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The White House and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say a Republican-led proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks would endanger the health of women and have severe consequences for physicians. The measure introduced last week by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina proposes a nationwide ban that would allow rare exceptions. The legislation has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-controlled Congress. GOP leaders didn't immediately embrace it and Democrats are pointing to the proposal as an alarming signal of where Republicans would try to go if they were to win control of the Congress in November.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on some sentences to a 2021 ruling — planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

Some students have been using ChatGPT, a text-based bot, to do their homework for them. Now, 22-year-old Edward Tian's new app is attracting educators working to combat AI plagiarism.

The founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX appeared in court after being extradited from the Bahamas. He's charged with alleged fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and illegal campaign contributions.

Statewide votes on abortion played a huge role in the midterm elections. Measures defending abortion rights won in red states, blue states and independent ones.

President Obama's strategy of governing by executive order is designed to deal with a recalcitrant Congress. But Republican lawmakers are signaling that they'll challenge the White House there too by demanding the legal analysis to support the president's actions.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Professor Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, of Cornell University's Department of Information Science, about an AI chat moderating tool called ConvoWizard.

On Tuesday, the 31 members of the NATO alliance will meet for their annual summit — the second summit held since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Federal Reserve has cut the federal funds rate to the lowest level on record. The new target is a range of zero to 0.25 percentage points. The drop in the rate is expected to result in a quick reduction in the prime lending rate.

The nation's top military officer says more U.S. troops will likely be needed to win the war in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen's comments before the Senate Armed Services committee came as Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan underscored his opposition to additional forces, and Sen. John McCain, the committee's ranking Republican, shot back that any delay in sending troop reinforcements would have catastrophic consequences.