Mifepristone abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions.

Deal on debt limit 'possible' by week's end
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy maintains that there could be a deal reached on the debt limit by the end of the week. Jadrian Wooten with Virginia Tech joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the latest on the ongoing talks.

Debt ceiling: Biden 'confident' there will be no default

Negotiators are racing to beat a deadline of June 1, which is when the Treasury Dept. said the U.S. could begin defaulting on its debts for the first time in history and risk financial catastrophe.

Biden: Confident we will reach debt limit deal
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The House GOP?s Limit, Save, Grow Act to raise the debt ceiling contains within it a vitally important reform ? work requirements for able-bodied adults to qualify for Medicaid. While the Congressional Budget Office estimates the Medicaid work requirements in the bill will save $109 billion over the next 10 years, the money savings are not why the reform is so important. In fact, work requirements for welfare programs are vital for the health and wellbeing of those receiving benefits. The House GOP Medicaid work requirements build on the highly successful reforms to unemployment insurance and other welfare programs Republicans enacted in 1996.

North Carolina GOP begins to override governor's veto on abortion ban bill

The vote came as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers debating laws to sharply limit abortion in North and South Carolina, two of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access.

ChatGPT's chief says AI should be regulated by a US or global agency

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified at a hearing saying that he supported the formation of an agency that would license the most powerful AI systems and have the authority to ensure compliance with safety standards.

Special Counsel: FBI rushed into Trump probe
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The report Monday from special counsel John Durham represents the long-awaited culmination of an investigation that Trump and allies had claimed would expose massive wrongdoing by law enforcement and intelligence officials. Instead, Durham?s investigation delivered underwhelming results, with prosecutors securing a guilty plea from a little-known FBI employee but losing the only two criminal cases they took to trial.

AI tools present political peril in 2024 with threat to mislead voters: 'Not prepared for this'

When combined with the powerful algorithms of social media, experts say political misinformation generated using AI has the potential to spread farther and faster than ever before.

After Nashville school shooting, Tennessee governor signs bill to protect gun firms

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee approved extra protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers, and sellers against lawsuits in legislation passed following the shooting.

Brandon Johnson sworn in as Chicago's mayor
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Brandon Johnson has been sworn in as the 57th mayor of Chicago. Johnson defeated incumbent Lori Lightfoot and Democratic challenger Paul Vallas.

Biden likely to resume debt limit talks on Tuesday

The nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight. The Treasury Department has said the government could exhaust the ability to pay its bills as early as June 1.

Historian predicts Trump 2024 presidential win
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Historian and Hoover Institution senior fellow Niall Ferguson argued that former President Donald Trump is not only a strong candidate for reelection in 2024, but the most likely person to win and take back the White House.

'24 presidential campaigns put to test
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A crisis at the border and the looming debt ceiling embattled the incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, the Republican front runner former President Donald Trump was found civilly liable for defamation and sex abuse but not rape, for misconduct in a Manhattan department store dressing room 30 years ago. The jury awarded columnist E. Jean Carroll $5 million, Trump's attorney said he will appeal. Those legal troubles are coupled with federal charges related to campaign finance in a Manhattan Court and another investigation into election meddling during the 2020 campaign in Georgia. Professor of Politics and U.S. elections expert Isaac Hale at Occidental College in Los Angeles joins Live Now From FOX to discuss the campaign trail.

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion ban bill, prepares for possible override

In front of an exuberant crowd, North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed legislation Saturday that would have banned nearly all abortions in his state after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Debt ceiling meetings will happen next week
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President Joe Biden?s meeting Friday with congressional leaders on the debt limit crisis was abruptly postponed to next week, with staff-level talks making progress and expected to continue through the weekend, the White House and congressional aides said Thursday. The White House said staff would continue to hold discussions, and the delay was billed as a sign of positive exchanges between Republican leaders, Democratic counterparts and Biden.