Thousands of Americans took to the streets to protest the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade this past weekend, including actress Jodie Sweetin, who was shoved to the ground by a Los Angeles Police Department officer.

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Saturday that the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion could lead to the loss of other rights and indicated his country would continue to allow Americans to get abortions in Canada.

Breaking News Reporter, HuffPostWashington Bureau Chief, HuffPostIf Clarence Thomas gets his way, abortion rights are only the beginning of what should fall.The conservative Supreme Court justice wrote a concurring opinion Friday in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, which overturns Americans’ constitutional right to an abortion.

Senior Politics Reporter, HuffPostWASHINGTON ― The Senate approved a bipartisan bill on Thursday aimed at curbing gun violence, taking action a month after the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, amped up pressure on a response in Congress.

Senior Reporter, HuffPostRep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) became a victim of “pardon bombing” Thursday on Twitter.It happened after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol revealed that the lawmaker was one of at least five members of Congress who attempted to get pardons from then-President Donald Trump for their roles in helping Trump attempt to overturn ...

Senior Reporter, HuffPostSenior Politics Reporter, HuffPostWASHINGTON ― The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol named five additional Republican Congress members who sought pardons from President Donald Trump.

Trevor Noah believes protecting one piece of paper matters more to Americans than the lives of other people.On Wednesday, “The Daily Show” host discussed the Senate’s advancement of the bipartisan gun safety bill this week. The bill looks to improve background checks for people between 18 and 21 years old, give incentives to states that pass “red flag” legislation and close the “boyfriend ...

News Corp. chief executive Robert Thomson said Wednesday that if governments don’t take action now to curb so-called “self-preferencing” online, the opportunity may be gone forever.Two pieces of legislation now going through Congress target the ability of companies that both market products and also provide a sales platform to push their own goods in front of consumers while sidelining their ...

A philosopher of race teaching in the Bible Belt.My grandfather was almost killed in a sundown town.I never met him, but I remember my grandmother telling stories of how he would sometimes take cross-country trips. On many of these trips, he might find himself in a town he didn’t know, and he’d have to find lodging before dark, because ― well, he might be in a sundown town.

Trends Reporter, HuffPostNearly six in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a new poll released Sunday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new “gender inclusion policy” at the organization’s extraordinary general congress on Sunday. It will apply to all its events from Monday.

"(On) July 4, 1776, not everybody was free and celebrating their Independence Day. So here's our day. And if you love us, it'll be your day, too."That's how Pharrell Williams addressed the press in his home state of Virginia in June 2020, according to The Virginian Pilot, as he appeared alongside Gov. Ralph Northam during a press conference in which the governor proposed making June 19—or ...

Senior Reporter, HuffPostNo one can say Peter Navarro doesn’t have his priorities, but that doesn’t mean people can’t laugh at them.After Donald Trump’s former trade adviser pleaded not guilty to two contempt of Congress charges on Friday, he tried to delay the start of the trial until next year.

Sunday marks the 157th anniversary of Black American Independence Day, more commonly knowns as Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the date in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans that the Civil War had ended and they were free -- two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House and more ...

Senior Reporter, HuffPostSteve Bannon got a double whammy on Wednesday.First, a federal judge declined to dismiss the contempt of Congress charges filed against Donald Trump’s former White House adviser after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Senior Reporter, HuffPostWASHINGTON ― New footage released by the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection shows members of a tour group hosted by a Republican lawmaker taking pictures of Capitol complex hallways and making menacing comments about members of Congress.

On Tuesday, the FBI arrested two música Mexicana record label executives for doing business with a concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug cartels in 2018.Angel Del Villar, CEO of Del Records, and Luis Scalisi, CFO of subsidiary Del Entertainment, were arrested and later released on bail for allegedly conspiring to violate the Kingpin Act, which prohibits Americans from conducting business ...

Directors and cast discuss animation styles and the narratives of undocumented Latin Americans in the United States.

Politics editor Chris Stirewalt, who criticized Fox News after the network fired him in the days following the 2020 election, disclosed on his new NewsNation home that he’s been called to testify before Congress in the Jan. 6 hearings.

Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPostRep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), vice chair of the House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, said the committee will provide proof that multiple Republican Congressmen sought pardons from former President Donald Trump after Jan. 6.