About 35 percent of U.S. women ages 15 to 49 said they received a family planning service between 2022 to 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.   The most common services received that year were getting a birth control method or

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), President-elect Trump’s choice to serve as ambassador to the United Nations (UN).  “Always was a hard YES for @EliseStefanik but it was a pleasure to have a conversation,” Fetterman said in Wednesday’s post on X following the meeting with the House GOP conference chair.  “I support

The Biden administration will double tariffs on certain solar panel components that are made in China, it announced Wednesday. Starting in January, imports of Chinese solar wafers and polysilicon will carry a 50 percent tariff, up from the current levy of 25 percent. Polysilicon is a type of silicon that is used to make solar

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) took aim at the U.S. defense budget for potential cuts doled out by the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I want the U.S. to have the greatest military in the world and the resources to counter increasingly sophisticated threats from our adversaries, but we need a more sensible approach.

The House on Wednesday passed the annual defense policy bill, sending the mammoth measure to the Senate for consideration ahead of Congress’s end-of-the-month deadline. The legislation — known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — cleared the chamber in a bipartisan 281-140 vote, with 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats joining forces to push it over the

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Sunday suggested President Biden will respect the Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on former President Trump’s immunity argument. “I think there’s a sharp contrast between former President Trump and President Biden in terms of their respect for the rule of law and how they approach both law enforcement and our legal

Democrats are looking to elevate a controversial candidate in the GOP primary for a House seat set to be vacated by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in the hopes of flipping it in November.  A Democratic-aligned super PAC and Democratic candidate Adam Frisch’s campaign have aired ads in the GOP primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

The majority of voters under 30 said it has become harder to buy a house, raise a family and get a good job in comparison to the previous generations, according to a new poll. In a survey, published Sunday by CBS News, 82 percent of registered voters said they think it is more difficult to

Science educator Bill Nye said that extreme weather and record-breaking heat can be the start of a “new normal.” Nye made an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” to discuss the latest heat wave that has blistered many parts of the United States in recent days. Host Martha Raddatz asked if this sort of heat may

Women are missing from the biggest high-level political negotiations happening right now to try to end crises around the world.   No women are involved in negotiations held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the goal of ending Sudan’s brutal conflict. Excluded from the Doha agreement on Afghanistan, women continue to be cut out of subsequent