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Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito postponed a ruling on access to the abortion pill until Friday as the high court continues considering arguments from anti-abortion organizations and the federal government. Alito’s two-day-long pause, issued Wednesday, keeps a ruling from U.S. District Court for the Northern …

Ariana Figueroa, Ohio Capital Journal House members in a hearing on Tuesday questioned the head of a federal agency in charge of unaccompanied migrant children about multiple reports of their exploitation as workers in U.S. meatpacking plants and elsewhere. Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight & Accountability Subcommittee on National …

Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee temporarily as she recovers from shingles at home. Senate Democrats are seeking to temporarily replace Feinstein on the powerful panel that processes judicial nominees as the California Democrat remains absent. Feinstein’s return …

Two dozen House and Senate lawmakers led by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from trading individual stocks, reprising an effort that gained momentum last year before fizzling out ahead of the November midterms. “Congressional stock trading …

Chabeli Carrazana, Sara Luterman Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden is using an executive order to direct federal agencies to work to lower the cost of child care and improve long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities — a move that signaled the administration’s commitment to …

Fox News has agreed to settle the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the network over its broadcast of lies aimed at undercutting public confidence in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The network and Dominion Voting Systems agreed to a $787.5 million settlement Tuesday, according to Dominion attorney …

Murray, Alabama Reflector The U.S. House passed a bill Monday that would require U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials to report to Congress their work with allies deterring Chinese surveillance aircraft and to provide a classified briefing on any airborne spying over the U.S. by the rival nation since 2017. The …

Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix As illicit fentanyl seizures reach record numbers, the Biden administration on Friday announced “government-wide efforts” to counter narcotics trafficking, including criminally charging members of the Sinaloa Cartel operating out of Mexico, and sanctioning Chinese producers of the chemicals used to make the synthetic drug. The Department …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams “Mifepristone remains safe, effective, and AVAILABLE.” However, access to medication abortion remains at “severe risk.” That was the message Friday from reproductive rights advocates after the United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling by a Texas federal judge that would effectively end access to abortion …

by Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traveled to the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to press for the Republican approach to raising the nation’s debt limit in front of a new audience, calling on Democrats to agree to future spending cuts without any tax increases. …

Ariana Figueroa, Source New Mexico President Joe Biden announced last week that he will direct his administration to allow undocumented people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in Medicaid or private insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …

Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector At least four people were killed and 28 injured in a shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville on Saturday night. The shootings took place on Broadnax Street around 10:30 p.m., said Sgt. Jeremy Burkett, a spokesman for ALEA, at a press conference Sunday morning. The …

Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica This story was originally published in ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies purchased a string of properties on a …

Daja E. Henry Originally published by The 19th As the dust settles in Tennessee after the past few weeks, there have been allusions to change. But still, much remains the same. There was a mass school shooting in Nashville, a protest over gun violence that left two Black lawmakers expelled …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams As legal fights raise concerns about the future accessibility of the abortion medication mifepristone, reproductive rights supporters on Saturday rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court and in cities across the country. The demonstrations came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a recent ruling …