Abortion pill ruling sets up Supreme Court review |
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that abortion pill mifepristone can remain on the market, though with restrictions making it less accessible. The ruling puts the Supreme Court in a position to potentially decide another major abortion case after its overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Wednesday's decision is on hold until the Supreme Court chooses whether to take up the case, meaning the drug's availability currently remains unchanged. "Mifepristone is widely used across the U.S. to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks of gestation," The Hill's Nathaniel Weixel and Zach Schonfeld previously reported. "About half of all abortions nationwide are performed using mifepristone as the first of a two-pill regimen. It is also used to help manage miscarriages." The appeals court struck down a lower court's rescinding of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) original mifepristone approval. However, the panel upheld the lower court's decision to block the FDA's attempts to make the drug more accessible over the past eight years. In recent years, these attempts included the FDA's permission for patients to receive mifepristone through the mail, and to make the drug available through 10 weeks of pregnancy rather than only seven weeks, as initially approved. |
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- Rep. George Santos's (R-N.Y.) fundraiser Samuel Miele was indicted Tuesday for allegedly impersonating a top aide to a member of House leadership. Santos himself was indicted in May for allegedly misleading donors and misrepresenting his finances, pleading not guilty.
Following similar news out of Florida earlier this year, Arkansas is getting rid of the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course in its high schools, saying the pilot course may violate state policy on "prohibited topics."
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are asking the Biden administration to investigate the Texas Department of Public Safety over alleged human rights violations connected to arrests of migrant men on accusations of criminal trespassing.
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Trump's Twitter messages obtained in DOJ's 2020 probe
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Newly unsealed court records show that special counsel Jack Smith sought access to former President Trump's direct messages, draft tweets and location information when he subpoenaed records related to Trump's Twitter account. The subpoena was part of Smith's investigation into Trump's efforts to stay in power following the 2020 election, a case in which Trump was indicted in early August. "Much of the information sought from the search doesn't appear to have been referenced in the four-charge indictment," The Hill's Rebecca Beitsch reported. Read more here. Related news — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) is seeking a March 4, 2024, trial date in Trump's other 2020 election case, concerning his efforts to overturn results in Georgia specifically. (Georgia's Republican presidential primary is scheduled for March 12.) |
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Biden commemorates one-year anniversary of IRA
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President Biden delivered remarks on the one-year anniversary of signing the Inflation Reduction Act. The president and members of his administration have been touring the country throughout the year in an effort to highlight concrete effects of the legislation across the states. Biden last week said the legislation's name doesn't capture the broader slate of economic goals its provisions are meant to achieve. A July poll found 71 percent of respondents knew little or nothing about the law, while also showing a majority supported particular provisions within it. Related news: |
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GOP lawmaker apologizes for tweet about religious freedom |
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) apologized amid online backlash on the right and from at least one House Democrat over a tweet in which he urged another user to delete a post about her personal faith. |
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A deep-space question mark
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Online observers recently noticed that a photo from the James Webb Space Telescope displays what appears to be a cosmic question mark. A representative of Space Telescope Science Institute told Space.com the deep-space punctuation mark could be distant galaxies "interacting." |
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Pence: 'Georgia election was not stolen' |
Former Vice President Mike Pence said in his first public comments since former President Trump's fourth indictment, "Despite what the former president and his allies have said for now more than two and a half years and continue to insist … the Georgia election was not stolen[.]" |
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1.5 million dehumidifiers recalled over fire risk
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Forty-two models of dehumidifiers from brand names Kenmore, GE, SoleusAir, Norpole and Seabreeze are being recalled over fire risk. They were manufactured between 2011 and 2014 and sold at stores nationwide. Learn more here. |
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"It's been one year since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed — here's what we need to implement it" — Jackson Ewing, Ph.D., director of energy and climate policy at the Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. (Read here) "Jack Smith's Trump indictment goes where free speech ends and criminal conspiracy begins" — Lynn Greenky, a Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University and the author of When Freedom Speaks. (Read here) |
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7 days until the first GOP presidential primary debate. 447 days until the presidential election. |
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President Biden heads to Camp David, where he'll hold a trilateral meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan Friday. |
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