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The ACLU of Texas argues that Gov. Greg Abbott's instructions to investigate parents of transgender adolescents were issued without proper authority, in violation of a Texas law and the state constitution and violate the constitutional rights of transgender youth and their parents.

The ACLU sues to block Texas from investigating parents of trans youth

The lawsuit says at least one family is already under investigation for providing their child with medically necessary gender-affirming care.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listens as acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on July 18, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib delivers a response to Biden's State of the Union

Her speech detailed a progressive political vision for the future, from lowering prescription drug costs to making major investments in tackling climate change and enshrining abortion access.

Robert Regan wins 74th District State House Republican Primary by narrow margin

Local business owner defeats City of Walker Mayor Pro Tem Steven Gilbert by unofficial 81 votes.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, on Jan. 11, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Reynolds is introducing herself to the nation by delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

Read Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' Republican response to the State of the Union

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers the Republican response to President Biden's first State of the Union address.

'Checkout 19' follows a life tracked through the lens of books

The protagonist of Clare-Louise Bennett's novel is a determinedly unfixed and unrooted person who marks time by which writers she has read.

Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya speaks at the United Nations in New York on March 2, 2022 before a vote on a resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The U.N. approves a resolution demanding that Russia end the invasion of Ukraine

The General Assembly overwhelmingly supported a nonbinding resolution that demands that Russia immediately remove its forces from Ukraine.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (L) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (R) stand with fellow lawmakers as they listen to U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in the U.S. Capitol's House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Boebert heckled Biden about deaths in Afghanistan while he mentioned his son's cancer

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert heckled President Biden during his State of the Union speech as he was describing the death of his son Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran who succumbed to brain cancer.

Millennial homeowners: Do you have buyer's remorse?

Surveys show millennials are experiencing buyer's remorse from houses they purchased during the pandemic. NPR's All Things Considered wants to hear how your homebuying experience went.

A refugee girl carries a sibling after arriving at the Hungarian border town of Zahony on a train that has come from Ukraine on Thursday.

A million people have fled Ukraine as Russia nears takeover of port city

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

People walk by an Amazon Books store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall in Paramus, N.J., on Jan. 10, 2022.

Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops

The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.

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