Government

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

The senator said in a tweet that he is doing fine.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told a crowd in Tampa that "nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," launching him into an online battle with a teenage activist.

Kids ages 6 months to 4 years became eligible for the vaccine last month. Experts say a number of factors could be hampering parents from getting their kids vaccinated.

While people consider deleting period tracking apps and worry about interstate travel restrictions, most pregnancy-related criminalization start in a much simpler way: with a report from a health care provider.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s campaign has a history with the politics blogger, using more than $1,000 in campaign funds to pay him for advertising services.

In a letter to the White House, Texas abortion advocates map out a plan for how the federal government can ensure access to medication abortion and protect out-of-state travel.

Over the past five years, the state has ended its responsibilities for minor children 170 times — despite the youth being missing or having run away.

Protests have taken place across Texas since last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights. But is the anger over Roe v. Wade potent enough to last until November? And will the issue benefit Texas Republicans or Democrats more at the polls?

The U.S. federal agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but does not rescind it.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, has been sworn in as the 116th justice. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

Experts warn that it could price out many would-be residents from the city, which has previously recommended increasing affordable housing production.