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Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions
by Nina Totenberg
The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.
Morning news brief
Fox News settles a major defamation lawsuit. Abortion pills could be heavily restricted in many states unless the Supreme Court intervenes. Pentagon reviews the way classified data is distributed.
Fox News settles defamation lawsuit with election tech firm Dominion Voting Systems
Fox News has settled a lawsuit over false claims it aired following the 2020 presidential election. It will pay nearly $790 million to Dominion Voting Systems.
The men's swimming and diving team at Howard University receives national recognition
Shortly after becoming the first all-Black swim team on the cover of Sports Illustrated, they won the Northeast Conference Championship. And now coach Nic Askew has received the Drake Hero Award.
The political battle between Disney and Florida Gov. DeSantis heats up
by Danielle Prieur
The fight between Ron DeSantis and Disney enters another round Wednesday as the governor's appointees on a new oversight board try to regain some power over land-use permits around the Disney parks.
Congressional lawmakers raise concerns about the welfare of migrant children
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know why so many migrant children are reportedly being exploited. House hearings are part of a government strategy to investigate child labor.
Republicans block an effort to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary Committee
A Senate fight over temporarily replacing Diane Feinstein on the judiciary panel is delaying the confirmation of several federal judicial nominees. Feinstein, who is 89, is recovering from shingles.
An app is the latest tool, and barrier, for migrants at the southern U.S. border
by Eyder Peralta
The Biden administration has an app specifically for asylum-seekers and other migrants without valid visas. But it often stands between migrants and crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S.
Without Supreme Court intervention, abortion pill could be heavily restricted
An administrative stay from the Supreme Court in a federal abortion pill case out of Texas expires late Wednesday, once again putting access to mifepristone in jeopardy.