What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice organizations.

It turned out there was a good reason. FBI Director James Comey had just sent his infamous letter to Congress reopening the official investigation into Hillary’s emails, throwing the election into turmoil in the home stretch. Hillary and her top advisers were huddling on the plane, trying to figure out how to weather this one last blow.

As we mourn the loss of activist, organizer, and former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I offer words of wisdom she shared with me in our interviews over the years.

Richards was a Waco native and the daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards. She was also Beto O'Rourke's national finance chair during his run for governor.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.

Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for abortion rights who served as president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, died on Monday. She was 67. Richards was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, in 2023. She died at home, "surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie," Richards’ family said in a statement.

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

She was a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and a powerful voice in the ongoing fight for safe and legal abortion access

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.

Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, Former Capitol Hill Police Officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6th when a violent mob incited by Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol, and attacked police officers and law enforcement in an effort to overturn the 2020 Election join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to those who attacked those law enforcement officers being released back onto the streets of the United States by the 47th President of the United States on his second day in office.

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.