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A craw in the ongoing abortion debate centers on the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funds from paying directly for abortions. The Democratic Party aims to strip the Hyde language from its 2016 platform. (Associated Press)

Lifting ‘Hyde’ ban on abortion funds would affect 14.5 million in Medicaid: Study

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Court expands right to sue counties over public defenders

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Judge permanently blocks Bevin’s order abolishing UofL board

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Safia Bano displays the picture of her husband Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner, while she sits with other family members in Burewala, in central Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. A rights group and the family of Ali, a mentally ill man on death row in Pakistan have pleaded with the government to halt his execution. Imdad Ali was convicted in a 2001 murder case and has exhausted all appeals. (AP Photo/Asghar Ali)

Pakistani court upholds death penalty for mentally ill man

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Retired judge: Most Arkansas medical pot signatures valid

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Court rejects collection of court fees from disability money

Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden pauses pauses while speaking atthe Center for American Progress' meeting on middle-class economic security, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Joe Biden to GOP: Deal with Zika, guns and Judge Merrick Garland

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Screen capture of Backpage.com.

Classifieds website Backpage.com asks Supreme Court to block subpoena over sex ads

By Sam Hananel - Associated Press

Protesters rally at Rizal Park to oppose the burial of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes' Cemetery on Aug. 14, 2016, in Manila, Philippines. (Associated Press)

Rodrigo Duterte plan for Ferdinand Marcos honor burial sparks backlash in Philippines

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

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Alaska’s high court reprimands judge over ‘undignified and discourteous’ comments

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Radio host Laura Ingraham told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Aug. 10 that it would be "immoral" for the #NeverTrump Republicans not to cast their presidential vote for Donald Trump. (Fox News screenshot) ** FILE **

Laura Ingraham claims #NeverTrump ‘immoral’ to deny Donald votes, calls holdouts ‘selfish’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Donald Trump suggested at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, that "Second Amendment people" could stop Hillary Clinton if she is elected. (Associated Press)

New York Daily News calls on Donald Trump to end campaign

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP must vote

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gavin Grimm is at the center of a case in which the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of transgender bathroom use "once and for all." The Fairfax County district in Virginia is struggling with the matter as the school year opens.

Gavin Grimm, transgender Virginia student, barred from using boys’ restroom by Supreme Court

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

The nomination of Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, has been held up for months. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate block on Garland fails to get a mention at DNC

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Edward G. Robinson Wants More, See? Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Glaring differences between Republican, Democratic platforms

By Robert Knight

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth Address before a joint session of the 2016 Virginia Assembly at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., in this Jan. 13, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

McAuliffe begins to grant voting rights for convicted felons individually after court ruling

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Comedian Kate McKinnon portraying Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a special SNL "Weekend Update" segment on MSNBC from the Republican National Convention. Captured from video on Twitter.

SNL’s Kate McKinnon ‘Ginsburns’ Trump, GOP convention in character as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland smiles during his meeting with Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Judge Merrick Garland becomes longest Supreme Court fight in history, Dems say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times