Jun 30 Kentucky abortions can resume after judge temporarily blocks state's near-total ban By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A judge cleared the way Thursday for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state's near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
Jun 30 Supreme Court limits EPA in regulating power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight By Associated Press In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court By Associated Press Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: What to know about tech surveillance and abortion access By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn Cell phone technology can track user data, including applications, location services and browsing history. Law enforcement has also been able to obtain and use this information in criminal cases. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: A community conversation about abortion hosted by GBH in Boston Thursday, June 30 at 2 p.m. ET, our partners at GBH will host a community town hall on the latest Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. We'll stream the GBH event live in the player above, and… Continue reading
Jun 29 Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone By Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has issued a subpoena to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone. Previous witnesses have testified Cipollone was in meetings in which lawyers debated strategies to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election loss. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Death toll rises to 53 in Texas after migrants were found in abandoned truck In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll rose to 53 in San Antonio, Texas, after migrants were found in an abandoned truck, the Supreme Court allows an Army veteran to sue Texas over claim that burn pits in Iraq… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 8:52 Former White House aide's testimony could pose new legal challenges for Trump By PBS NewsHour This week's remarkable testimony from White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson painted an incriminating picture of former President Trump’s actions around the Capitol insurrection, raising key questions about possible criminal charges and other consequences for Trump and his inner circle. Attorney… Continue watching
Jun 29 Mexican migrant in Texas tragedy hoped to reach family in Ohio By Julie Watson, Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Francisco López Hernández said Wednesday that his cousin Javier Flores López went back home to Cerro Verde to see his wife and three children before departing for the U.S.-Mexico border with another cousin, José Luis Vásquez Guzmán. Vásquez Guzmán was… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 5:57 Democrats pressure Biden to take executive action on abortion rights President Biden promised to do everything in his power to protect abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In the days since that historic ruling, pressure from Democrats in Congress and outside advocates is mounting on Biden… Continue watching