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Ending the COVID emergency will further harm Black maternal mortality

Our governments and healthcare systems are rolling back COVID protections while largely ignoring the devastating effects these actions will have on reproductive health inequities.

Jan. 6 rioter who pinned officer in door sentenced to more than 7 years in prison

A man who pinned an officer into a doorframe with a stolen riot shield during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Friday. A release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia states that Patrick McCaughey III, a 25-year-old from Connecticut, was sentenced to...

DeSantis PAC ad targets Trump comments about needing to ‘fight’ NRA ahead of his speech at NRA forum

Never Back Down, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, dropped a new ad targeting former President Trump's gun record ahead of an NRA forum.

Supreme Court temporarily allows access to abortion pill mifepristone amid judges’ contradicting orders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily resumed access to the abortion pill mifepristone Friday, after the Texas lower court ruling that seeks to limit access.

Supreme Court allows challenges to federal agencies to go forward in court

The Supreme Court is allowing challenges to the structures of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to go forward in federal court.

Nebraska bill allowing tax donations for school vouchers advances

A bill that would funnel public tax donations into a state-sponsored private school voucher program has advanced in the Nebraska Legislature.

TAKING ON TENT CITY: CA enclave tackling homeless camps declares ‘we want a city that feels and looks safe’

A public meeting got heated as activists railed against a proposed ban on homeless camping. But other San Diego residents said the crisis is out of control.

Alabama attorney general takes over prison litigation

The Alabama attorney general is taking control of prison litigation and moving it into his office. The governor’s office directed questions about the issue to the prison system.

New Jersey environmental agency charges itself for damaging endangered species’ habitat

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has charged itself for accidentally destroying the habitat of two threatened and endangered bird species.

Pentagon files leaker faces serious punishment depending on full impact of revelations, expert says

The full scope and impact of the leak will affect the severity of Pentagon files leaker Jack Teixeira's punishment, but the case appears cut and dry as to whether he is guilty.

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