Graham introduces nationwide 15-week abortion ban legislation

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would ban abortions nationally after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The legislation includes exceptions for incest, rape and for saving the life of the mother if she is in danger from a physical condition.  Graham, who previously said abortion decisions should be left up to states, on Tuesday said elected officials have the power to define and regulate abortion, including in Congress. Graham indicated he was motivated to act following attempts by Democrats to enshrine abortion protections into federal

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Most Americans don’t want Trump or Biden to run in 2024: poll

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The Hill's Morning Report — Is Ukraine’s recent success against Russia a turning point?

Some optimistic Ukrainians in Kyiv have opened new restaurants, and city dwellers casually stroll along streets draped under yellow and blue flags. But near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city to the northeast, Russian forces on Sunday shelled a power station and the water supply, plunging the war-torn area into darkness and turning off the taps. The message from Russian military forces lo

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Trump wants it both ways on ‘declassified’ documents

Former President Trump’s legal team is trying to have it both ways — insinuating he declassified the documents stored at his Florida home without directly claiming he did so.  Trump’s legal team in a Monday court filing failed to fully premise its argument on the excuse the president has repeatedly offered since confirming his home was search: that he had already declassified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.  Instead, it noted he had the power to do so without “approval of bureaucratic components of the executive branch” — seemingly offering an air of myster

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Democrats wonder if they're missing Harry Reid in Nevada

Democrats are questioning whether they’re missing former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), as Nevada now looms as Republicans’ best chance of picking off a Senate Democratic incumbent amid stumbles by GOP candidates in Arizona and Georgia.   Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) entered the 2022 election cycle as a strongly positioned incumbent who was viewed as holding a safer seat than several of her colleagues, including Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.).   Less than two months from Election Day, however,

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