WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.

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.

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade to end nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights has led to Paul Walker's daughter disclosing a very personal matter -- she sought an abortion during the height of the pandemic.

Trends Reporter, HuffPostThe legal right not only to same-sex marriage but also to interracial marriage — which reaches even further back in American history — is now at risk with the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and its profound upending of decades of basic rights, experts warn.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again, one of the most popular and prolific rap artists on the planet, scored another pre-trial victory in his Louisiana gun case Friday when a federal judge ruled that a cache of personal videos seized at the time of his arrest nearly two years ago will remain off limits to prosecutors due to an improper search warrant.

After one month at Washington County Detention Center, Josh Duggar is being transferred, Us Weekly can confirm.The former 19 Kids and Counting star, 34, is now moving on from the Fayetteville, Arkansas, location to either FCI Seagoville or FCI Texarkana, both a few hundred miles from the Washington County Jail.

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.

Cheer star Jerry Harris faces more than a decade behind bars after he pleaded guilty in a child sexual abuse case earlier this year. As the case reaches the sentencing point, prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to sentence Harris to 15 years in prison. Harris in December 2020 was indicted on numerous charges alleging he received and attempted to receive child pornography and persuaded ...

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has successfully overturned a woman’s federal right to an abortion; nearly 50 years later, Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land. To help you learn more about the history behind this court’s contentious ruling, TheWrap has gathered five essential documentaries to watch.

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.

He’s got another “Situation.”Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino — who, in 2019, served time in federal prison for tax evasion — owes Uncle Sam $2.3 million in unpaid taxes over the course of five years.Legal documents obtained Thursday by The Sun show that the 39-year-old “Jersey Shore” star’s debts to the IRS are from 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor has asked a federal judge to sentence Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to 15 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions.

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.

The former Department of Justice official under Trump, Jeff Clark, is in hot water for his efforts to help the former president try to overturn the 2020 presidential election — so much so that federal agents armed with a warrant for potentially incriminating electronic communications or other images and information served him in the early morning hours Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in an ongoing fight over the state’s latest photo identification voting law.The 8-1 decision doesn’t end the more than three-year dispute over the voter ID law, which is not currently in effect and has been challenged in both state and federal court. The decision just means that Republican ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, finding the restriction is not an unconstitutional violation of free speech.

Savannah Chrisley is “reflecting” on her life before and after her parents’ fraud conviction.The youngest daughter of Todd and Julie Chrisley took to Instagram Wednesday to address what things have been like since her mother and father were found guilty on multiple federal charges.