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Abortion emerged as a top midterm issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the decision that guaranteed abortion rights across the United States, on June 24. In the aftermath of the ruling, several states rolled back reproductive rights and for the first time in decades, abortion became illegal for millions. The decision galvanized liberal and independent women voters who are seeking to enshrine abortion protections both in state and federal law....

The proposal stems from a longstanding disparity within the state-federal Medicaid program. While states must cover nursing home care for all eligible Medicaid beneficiaries, home- and community-based care remain only optional services for states to cover. As a result, states can, and do, institute waiting lists to access home- and community-based care. Beneficiaries on these lists receive full medical benefits, but have to wait—years, in some cases—to qualify for services like visits from a home aide to help with activities of daily living....

Thousands of Haitians without so much as a COVID test are being released into the United States. Thousands more were encamped under the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas. This overwhelming influx of migrants over the border who claim to be asylum seekers straight from Haiti (as they discard Chilean and Brazilian ID cards) is not mere happenstance. The border crisis—which threatens our national security, our sovereignty and our safety—isn’t just happening....

Europeans have no obligation to consult with Washington on their economic agreements, and American business is not exactly leaving China over humanitarian concerns. Still, there is palpable alarm in the White House that the allies most relieved by Biden’s election victory already seem willing to undermine his promise of a more values-based alliance policy. And yet, the idea of an “alliance of values” with America was never going to have much appeal for contemporary Europe, not least because it overstates the role played by democratic ideals in European foreign policy....

But as the president continues his Twitter campaign against what he claims as electoral fraud, plenty of his supporters are still listening. Trump lost this month’s presidential election to challenger Joe Biden, now president-elect. A days-long counting effort gave the appearance of a tight race, but as more ballots are counted it has become clear that the former vice president won comfortably. His projected final total of 306 electoral college votes is the same total garnered by Trump in 2016....

Pastor Shane Vaughn, previously the star of a viral video claiming that Trump would serve a second term despite losing to Biden, made the remarks in a video titled “Open Mic Night – Professor Toto answers your questions” that was posted to YouTube on Saturday, not long after the Senate passed the relief bill. Although Vaughn made it clear that he does not support the bill, which no Republicans voted in favor of, he insisted that Democrats were attempting to claim credit for what was Trump’s “idea....

This policy attempts to undo a 2020 regulation I put in place as head of the HHS Office for Civil Rights under President Donald Trump. That regulation restored “sex” to its original, and still common-sense, public meaning—namely, that sex is based on an immutable, biological, genetic, binary and objective understanding of male and female. Nowhere does this scientific understanding of sex matter more than at HHS which, for good or ill, funds much of our health care system and medical research....

Words, as we all know, are cheap. The Biden administration signed off on a deal earlier this month to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality is criminalized, where the number of executions is on the rise, where women face rampant discrimination and where, according to the U.S. Department of State, religious freedom is nonexistent. Selling $650 million worth of arms to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seems to contradict Biden’s campaign promises about changing the foreign policy status quo....

As President Joe Biden configures his approach to the nuclear-armed nation, his administration is seeking China’s help in resolving the ongoing issue on the Korean Peninsula. The Chinese Foreign Ministry published a readout Tuesday of a July 6 telephone conversation between the Chinese government’s special representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs, Liu Xiaoming, and U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim. “Liu stated China’s stance on issues of the Korean Peninsula and expressed his views on the US’ policy review on the DPRK,” the readout stated, using an acronym for North Korea’s official title, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea....

Press secretary Jen Psaki said the virtual meeting was scheduled for Monday afternoon “in order to have a discussion about the path forward, which includes the recognition that this package is going to be smaller than originally proposed.” “What he wants to hear from them is what their priorities are, what their bottom lines are so he can play a constructive role in moving things forward,” she said. Biden will also likely meet with moderate Democrats later this week, the White House said, as negotiations continue on the sprawling spending package after Congress came to a deadlock last week....

The decision has multiple moving parts: Should the conference expand, how many schools would it add if it did and what two or four schools would it be and when would they join? MORE: Biggest losers from conference realignment | Ranking Big 12 expansion candidates The league announced on July 19 it would begin a formal expansion process. The most commonly mentioned potential expansion candidates — many of which have expressed interest to the conference — include Boise State, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Houston, Memphis, UCF, UConn and South Florida....

READ MORE: Falcao earns Colombia recall Together, Neymar and Ganso brought success to Santos that the Sao Paulo club had not experienced in 50 years, since Pele was running rings around his opponents in every corner of the planet. If they made for a destructive duo on the pitch, their camaraderie was only surpassed by the type of friendship that only the need for refuge from the intense pressures of early stardom can foster in two young men....

Gurtowski’s maternal anxieties were easily relieved. But the Louise Woodward ““nanny murder’’ has raised far graver issues of safety and accountability in child care. At a time when working parents are reaching for every reassurance they can find, the newest security blanket may be Internet video monitoring. About a dozen day-care centers from Michigan to Florida offer such systems, and many more plan to add them soon. Here’s how it works....

Yes, Ukraine. That small, amazing, resilient, strong and beautiful country that borders Russia, Poland and Germany, among others. Ukraine, a nation surrounded by economic, political and military giants—yet never in their shadow. Yes, that small country that somehow ended up in the middle of an international geopolitical crisis and the impeachment proceedings of the president of the United States. I suppose between direct military conflict with Russia and a cameo appearance in U....

MORE: Big Ten football doesn’t belong on Friday night The conference announced Tuesday the Friday night primetime schedule for 2017 will be as followed: Sept. 1: Washington at Rutgers Sept. 1: Utah State at Wisconsin Sept. 8: Ohio at Purdue Sept. 29: Nebraska at Illinois Oct. 13: Northwestern at Maryland Oct. 27: Michigan State at Northwestern While 95 Big Ten games are currently featured on TV, the conference wants to have more national on-air time....

On Thursday and Friday, Big Ten will hold its annual media event and, in case you were unaware, it’s sort of a big thing for two reasons: Jim Harbaugh and all things Ohio State. BIG TEN: Coach rankings | Non-con schedule rankings | 10 best games in 2015 It’s not like Harbaugh has been laying low since taking over at Michigan. He’s made headlines for going topless, going to Paris, a bizarre interview, being a fan of Lil Wayne, being a little crazy, trolling college football coaches and helping crash victims, among other things....

Sturridge, 27, looks set to leave Anfield in the off-season after making just five Premier League starts this campaign. Gerrard to manage Liverpool Under-18s The England international is reportedly a target for West Ham, who are 14th in the league table. Bilic is an admirer of Sturridge and said the forward, at his best, was a star. “When he is on fire, he is a great player. We are going to see....

Not expected to be released until December 9, the report also says the wiretap on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page’s phone was not politically motivated, according to The New York Times. “This discloses that there were some issues with some of the lawyers over at the FBI,” said Vance. “Problems like that need to be rooted out. They need to be taken very seriously.” “The good news is that there’s no indication that that isolated issue impacted any of the work that was being done by the FBI here,” Vance continued....

The Patriots coach showed his support for his friend Chip Kelly after the Eagles fired him Tuesday night ahead of Sunday’s final regular-season game against the Giants. MORE: Top 10 potential candidates to replace Chip Kelly | Kelly was wrong for Eagles all along “I’d say it’s really disappointing,” Belichick said Thursday, via NESN.com. “Chip Kelly, to me, is a really good football coach. He does a great job, he’s done a good job with that team....