Alabama lawmakers are considering legislation that would protect in vitro fertilization, after a State Supreme Court ruling last week led some clinics to halt I.V.F. treatments and left many women in limbo. The ruling, which declared that frozen embryos should be legally considered children, set off a scramble among leaders in both parties to preserve…
The political spotlight will be on Michigan on Tuesday when voters there cast primary ballots, and then again four days later when Republicans host an additional contest. The party adopted a novel and somewhat confusing hybrid nominating system this year, which will culminate on March 2 with a statewide nominating convention. Or two. A mutiny…
President Biden called Vladimir V. Putin, the president of Russia, a “crazy S.O.B.” during an evening fund-raiser in California, which the Kremlin dismissed as “Hollywood cowboy-style behavior.” “We have a crazy S.O.B. like that guy Putin, and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict,” Mr. Biden told a crowd of donors in…
A woman’s body was found in a wooded area on the University of Georgia’s campus in Athens on Thursday, according to university officials, who said that foul play was suspected in her death. In a statement to The Times, the university said the victim was an undergraduate student at the school until the spring of…
When Judge Aileen Cannon was handed the job last spring of overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution on charges of mishandling classified documents, she was already under fire. Many legal analysts as well as Trump critics assailed her for having issued a ruling in an early part of the inquiry that was favorable to him but so…
Americans are deeply split over whether gender identity should be taught in school, according to two polls released this week that underscored the extent of the divide on one of the most contested topics in education. Many groups, including Democrats, teachers and teenagers, are split on whether schools should teach about gender identity — a…
For months, anger within the Democratic Party over President Biden’s support for Israel in the war in Gaza has been building. Protesters have shouted through his campaign events, marched outside the White House and vilified him as “Genocide Joe” on social media. Now, Michigan’s primary election next week will put that discontent on the ballot…
Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with H.I.V. and as a child became a leading voice in raising awareness about the virus and AIDS, died on Tuesday at her home in Las Vegas. She was 39. Her father, Loren Broadbent, confirmed the death. No cause was given. Ms. Broadbent was 6 years old when she began…
A 16-year-old student in a small Oklahoma town outside Tulsa died after what the police said was a “physical altercation” in a high school bathroom, drawing outrage from gay and transgender rights groups who said the student was attacked because of their gender identity. The student, known to peers as Nex Benedict, often used the…
President Biden announced the cancellation of an additional $1.2 billion in student loan debt for about 153,000 borrowers on Wednesday, his latest effort at student debt relief after the Supreme Court blocked a more sprawling plan last year. Mr. Biden has now canceled $138 billion of student debt for almost 3.9 million borrowers through about…