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FILE - Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured March 29, 2024, in Houston. The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman&#039;s health. That&#039;s following last week&#039;s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override the federal law that requires hospitals to stabilize patients. (AP Photo/David J.

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

FILE - Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured March 29, 2024, in Houston. The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman&#039;s health. That&#039;s following last week&#039;s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override the federal law that requires hospitals to stabilize patients. (AP Photo/David J.

July 2, 2024, 3:42pm Health

The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week's Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment. Read story

Rep. Lloyd Doggett is first Democrat to publicly call for Biden to step down as party’s nominee

July 2, 2024, 12:43pm Politics

A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee for president, citing Biden’s debate performance against Donald Trump failing to “effectively defend his many accomplishments.” Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., Friday, June 28, 2024.

Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., Friday, June 28, 2024.

July 2, 2024, 12:25pm Latest News

Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Read story

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2024. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, June 24, that State Department counselor Derek Chollet, one of his most senior aides, is leaving to become Austin&#039;s chief of staff.

Defense Secretary Austin says the US will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2024. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, June 24, that State Department counselor Derek Chollet, one of his most senior aides, is leaving to become Austin&#039;s chief of staff.

July 2, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems. Read story

Supreme Court sidesteps new several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

July 2, 2024, 8:33am Latest News

The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. Read story

State Auditor Pat McCarthy, a Democrat, talks Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, with The Columbian editorial board.

WA auditor worried by growing ‘boldness’ with $900K misappropriation

State Auditor Pat McCarthy, a Democrat, talks Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, with The Columbian editorial board.

July 2, 2024, 8:17am Latest News

A worker at the state’s Office of Administrative Hearings improperly spent nearly $900,000 through fraudulent credit card purchases, the state auditor said Monday. Read story

President Joe Biden, from left, waves as he arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair accompanied by first lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington, on return from Camp David.

Biden’s campaign announces a $264 million fundraising haul in 2nd quarter during post-debate anxiety

President Joe Biden, from left, waves as he arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair accompanied by first lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington, on return from Camp David.

July 2, 2024, 8:15am Politics

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter, an impressive haul that may help them calm fears within their own party about last week’s shaky debate performance. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump&rsquo;s lawyers have sent a letter to the Manhattan judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside the verdict. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on July 1 and asked the judge to delay Trump&rsquo;s sentencing while he weighs the high court&rsquo;s decision and how it could influence the New York case.

Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump&rsquo;s lawyers have sent a letter to the Manhattan judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside the verdict. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on July 1 and asked the judge to delay Trump&rsquo;s sentencing while he weighs the high court&rsquo;s decision and how it could influence the New York case.

July 2, 2024, 8:09am Latest News

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. Read story