A doctor in New York is facing criminal charges for allegedly providing abortion medication to the mother of a pregnant minor resident of Louisiana.

The case is one of the first direct challenges to shield laws enacted in blue states that protect providers who prescribe ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R), a physician-turned-politician from deep-red Louisiana, has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation fight over Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and ...

The top Republican on the Senate's health committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., faced criticism from fellow Republicans after ...

Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with ...

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said he was "struggling" with Kennedy's nomination for health and human services secretary after repeatedly challenging his views on vaccines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety may lead at least a few Senate Republicans to vote against his ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda — including a pledge to deport 20 million people — is sowing fear and uncertainty in Louisiana’s migrant enclaves, from working-class neighborhoods ...

Do they fight for unconditional fight for wildfire victims in their home state? Or fall in line behind President Trump?

Unfortunately for the Louisiana Republican ... A day later, as NBC News reported, the GOP leader chose Turner’s successor. Speaker Mike Johnson said he selected Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., ...

followed by GOP Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. After three weeks of paralysis, Johnson grabbed the gavel. By all accounts, the congressman from Louisiana was the only candidate who hadn't made many ...

Johnson was headed toward another GOP majority of his own. And the Louisiana Republican, a self-described “nerd constitutional-law guy,” had become a fixture of Trump’s inner circle.