Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are hellbent on ripping away abortion access. Nominating Thomas Bell is just the latest step in their dangerous anti-abortion agenda.

Leading @huffpost.com this morning: Thomas March Bell is likely to be confirmed as inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department despite his long record of going after abortion clinics. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

“Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, and full of love."

New: that senator payola provision was added to the govt funding bill by agreement of John Thune and Chuck Schumer. Now a Schumer spox says he supports repealing it www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...

Tremane Wood was set to be executed this morning for a killing his brother admitted to. At the last minute, he was granted clemency. Huge kudos to @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social who has been relentlessly reporting on his story for years.

Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies. In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.

Blinken asked if Israel was conducting ethnic cleansing Biden + advisors discussed if American officials were liable for war crimes New details on the late 2024 deliberations that could have helped Gaza—and how Biden dodged accountability, kicking the can to Trump: www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...

NEW: In my report for @huffpost.com, I take a deep dive into the battle being waged for common sense and rule of law in our courts and what the hell the point any of it is. I hope you will read: www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...

Shutdown takeaways w/ @paulblumenthal.bsky.social: • Mods folding hurts the case for "combative centrism" • This wasn't about protecting the filibuster • Dems controlled the news cycle • This only matters for Nov if Trump approval stays down • This thing was probably doomed from the start

NEW: I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social for HuffPost. We talked about free speech, ICE, political prosecution, the Trump administration’s attack on immigrants, fascists, Democrats, and yes, a bit about the indictment, too. I hope you will read: www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-ab...

Tremane Wood is facing execution on November 13. I revisited his case to investigate how a group of judges and prosecutors have secretly coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chance to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

Trump's legal arguments in the Posse Comitatus Act case out of L.A. could disable laws banning the military from interfering in elections if a court affirmed them. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Dueling approaches to infertility vie for Congress' attention. "[Restorative reproductive medicine] is being sold to women as a newer, cheaper way to treat infertility, and that is not the case."

“At this time, we do not know how many pregnant women are in ICE custody, whether U.S. citizen babies have been born in ICE custody, and what provisions have been made for mothers’ and children’s health, safety, and wellbeing."

Fear is the mind killer www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-...

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

As federal authorities sweep homeless encampments in D.C. , I want to resurface the reporting we @propublica.org did last year on the possessions people lose, which include the things they need to survive: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

Jesus Christ.

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this? PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information? KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

In places where fewer people can get abortions, property crime rates go up, new economic research suggests. “It’s quite striking. It really points to economic vulnerability and striking destabilization for families.”

Over the past five years, more than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies or announced they’ll stop in 2025.

“I’ve had men follow me from [car to car], or bus to bus. I’ve had men get angry at me for not acknowledging them,” one subway rider in LA said. "It’s ridiculous, because we all have the right to safe public transportation." www.huffpost.com/entry/women-...

The New York governor’s support for Mamdani marked a shift in the NYC mayoral race — but top Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries still haven’t weighed in.

Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...

An appeals court just gave Trump permission to defund Planned Parenthood. The decision is “a devastating blow for patients across the country,” Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said.

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Three months after - asking us to delay a deadline for comment - using the extra time to contact other members of the media to sow doubt in our reporting - calling our reporting "lies" without directly refuting it - PPPFA confirms our reporting was correct on a press call we were not invited to

Looking back at Charlie Kirk's political commentary, his importance as an organizer, and his potential legacy in the MAGA movement: www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...

100k detention beds by 2028. CBO projects that increased detention capacity will 1) lead to a smaller overall labor force; 2) increase likelihood that removal orders (legal doc issued by an immigration judge) result in actual, real life removal. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

I take a deep dive into the Supreme Court’s maneuver this week that embraced racial profiling by ICE in LA. And if you think there's no way it could ever impact you, experts and analysts tell me exactly why that is wrong.

America Is Now A 'Show Your Papers' State The obvious end point of the Supreme Court’s logic is something normally associated with fascist regimes. www.huffpost.com/entry/americ...

Sara Jacobs: "Filler is gender affirming care. Boob jobs is gender affirming care. Botox is gender affirming care. Lots of my colleagues have received gender affirming care and let me be clear, I think everyone should have access to the gender affirming care they need." Nancy Mace: *screams*

For a @huffpost.com story, I'm looking to talk to women about all the extra safety precautions they have to take to feel secure on public transportation. Feel free to respond below or email me: [email protected]

The National Guard has assessed that its Washington, D.C. mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years. It will now be the first to make child care free for all. 19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...

The Supreme Court's decisions yesterday highlight the absurd lengths the conservative justices are going to help Trump without saying anything at all. That is except for Brett Kavanaugh who should probably say less. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

How "illegal" do you look? www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

The Center for Reproductive Rights sued the Trump admin on Friday over how it came to the decision to review the abortion pill. The timing between a Republican-backed junk science report and the FDA’s decision to review mifepristone “suggests political interference.”

Decades of research shows that treatment programs that permit women to bring their children have better outcomes. About 70% of women struggling with addiction have children & lack of child care is one of the top reasons women cite for not seeking help.

DEVELOPING. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

If you don't need reasonable suspicion to detain someone, you can literally detain *anyone.* www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

Wrote about Trump's vision of the presidency as a "mini-absolutist monarchy" (as @johnadearborn.bsky.social put it). And since the expansion of executive power has been described as a ratchet, why no future president is likely to give it up willingly www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter

NEW: Democratic leaders today rejected an arms embargo on Israel—while passing, then abandoning a Gaza proposal that pro-Isr hardliners advised on but lacked feedback from anti-war groups After 2 years of war, the party is still far from a humane, consensus approach www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Before you ask, it's only trans ppl: "The denial [...] applies only to trans people who are using them to treat gender dysphoria, with the letter clarifying they must still be prescribed during IVF, for treating endometriosis or fibroids, and for cancer treatment or tumor growth prevention."

"...arrested 48 children, of whom 32 had already been deported."

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...