Apr 28 Watch 5:47 Battles over reproductive, transgender rights fought in state legislatures By Geoff Bennett, Gabrielle Hays, Matt Loffman, Karina Cuevas States with Republican-led legislatures have become ground zero for the political battles over reproductive rights and transgender care. Along with bills to ban or restrict abortions, The Washington Post reports that more than 400 anti-trans bills have been filed in… Continue watching
Apr 28 Biden declares Fort Lauderdale a disaster area after flooding By Associated Press Biden's Friday declaration means that Broward County residents, businesses and local governments that suffered damage are now eligible for loans and other federal relief. Continue reading
Apr 28 Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press The new laws enacted Friday include raising the buying age for all firearms from 18 to 21 and installing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun. Continue reading
Apr 28 House votes to reinstate solar panel tariffs paused by Biden By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries. President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar panel installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda. Continue reading
Apr 28 In drought-stricken Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi Arabia-owned farm’s water use By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press In Arizona, worsening drought has brought renewed attention to a farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company and whether the state should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources. Continue reading
Apr 28 Why Arab Americans are pushing for a ‘Middle East or North African’ category on the census By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang The federal proposal for a separate MENA category would lead to more accurate federal data collection for Arab Americans. Continue reading
Apr 28 ‘I’m trying not to go into panic.’ Review of millions of Medicaid enrollees plagued by error and confusion By Amanda Seitz, Anita Snow, Associated Press Advocacy groups have warned for months that confusion and errors will abound throughout the undertaking, wrongly leaving some of the country’s poorest people suddenly without health insurance and unable to pay for necessary medical care. Continue reading
Apr 28 3 soldiers killed when Army helicopters crashed in Alaska By Associated Press The Army said the cause of the crash was under investigation and more details would be released when they become available. Continue reading
Apr 27 Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting access to abortion pills By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press The Vermont Legislature has passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions — even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of mifepristone. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 4:42 Prosecutors accuse guardsman in intelligence leak of history of violence and threats By Amna Nawaz, Nick Schifrin Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting highly classified documents online, appeared in a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday. Prosecutors accused him of a history of violence and threats long before he allegedly committed one of the most significant… Continue watching