Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday designed to expand access to medication abortion and education about legally available abortion options, as well as provide legal backing for people seeking or providing abortions. The president is expected to speak in more …

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — one of the most consequential leaders in Japan’s postwar history — died Friday after being shot while giving a stump speech in the city of Nara. He was 67 years old. As Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, the assassination of Abe just two days before …

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal “We turned a promise broken into a promise kept,” Joe Biden told a crowd of union workers in Cleveland Wednesday. The president’s visit offered a victory lap for provisions in his American Rescue Plan, or ARPA, that will keep a number of multi-employer pension …

by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch The chair of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Thursday said she has requested that CEOs of three gun manufacturing companies appear before Congress to testify at a hearing later this month on gun violence. Chair Carolyn B. Maloney of New …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Conservative British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday after dozens of his government ministers stepped down earlier this week, jumping ship as the U.K. leader was engulfed by scandal, backlash over skyrocketing costs of living, and other crises. As the Associated Press summarized, “Johnson, …

by Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix U.S. Senate Democrats have reached a tentative agreement to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs in the Medicare program, the first step in passing a long-stalled package that’s expected to include tax and climate change provisions as well. The deal, brokered between Senate Majority Leader …

The Fulton County special grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia has subpoenaed two of then-President Donald Trump’s top lawyers and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, according to court filings detailed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Subpoenas for former New York City Mayor Rudy …

by Kira Lerner, Arizona Mirror The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced Tuesday that it has sued Arizona over a law signed by the state’s Republican governor in March that requires people registering to vote prove their citizenship to participate in a presidential election or to vote by …

by Rob Schofield, Ohio Capital Journal The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear a North Carolina redistricting case that one prominent constitutional scholar described to the New York Times as “an 800-pound gorilla brooding in the background of election law cases working their way up from state courts.” In Moore …

Maryland gun owners are no longer required to prove they have a good and substantial reason to carry a concealed weapon. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday directed the Maryland State Police to suspend that provision of state law. The governor’s directive makes it easier for legal gun owners to …

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune A school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The end of a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion. A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead …

President Joe Biden issued a statement Monday following a deadly shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb. A gunman opened fire at the parade in Highland Park Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring 24 more. Officials are still searching for the suspect. Update: The suspect, Robert …

by Linda C. McClain, Florida Phoenix Abortion rights advocates are looking for alternative ways to protect a woman’s right to the procedure following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Responding to the ruling by the majority conservative justices, President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to act. “Let …

Google will delete location data showing when users visit an abortion clinic, the company said, after concern that a digital trail could inform law enforcement if an individual terminates a pregnancy illegally. The update on Friday came as US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling that …

Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Progressive lawmakers and activists are demanding an emergency response from the Biden administration and congressional Democrats following Thursday’s 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. With their decision, the U.S. Supreme Court’s reactionary majority drastically limited the EPA’s authority to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, …