Apr 08 Watch 6:32 Mifepristone ruling is latest in series of moves to curb abortion access By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson On Friday, a federal judge in Texas invalidated FDA approval of mifepristone, threatening access to the most common abortion pill in the country. Earlier this week, legislatures in Idaho, Kansas and Florida moved to further restrict abortion access in those… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:16 California’s reservoirs refill after historic storms, but snowmelt poses risks By William Brangham, Harry Zahn After a barrage of severe winter storms, 12 of California's 17 major reservoirs have been replenished — a silver lining for a state suffering from brutal drought. But officials also warn that when the enormous snowpack atop the Sierra Nevada… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 8:16 The history and future consequences of the Supreme Court’s conservative shift By John Yang, Rachel Wellford, Harry Zahn, Juliet Fuisz Recent reporting by ProPublica revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed, lavish trips funded by a Republican megadonor. This comes as the country waits to see how the justices will rule in a number of contentious cases. Supreme… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Terror attack in Tel Aviv kills 1, injures 6 others In our news wrap Friday, Israeli authorities said a driver rammed a car into a group of people near a popular park in Tel Aviv, killing one and wounding six others, the U.S. Labor Department reported employers added 236,000 jobs… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 10:33 Kamala Harris meets with Tennessee Democrats expelled from state House by GOP lawmakers By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens It was a chaotic scene at the Tennessee Capitol Thursday as two Black members of the state House of Representatives were kicked out of office by the Republican supermajority. In response, Vice President Harris traveled to Nashville to meet with… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 7:17 Biden proposes using Title IX to stop blanket bans on transgender athletes By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings A rule change the Biden administration is proposing could make broad bans on competition by transgender athletes illegal, but would still allow restrictions in some cases. The proposal would affect Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination by schools that receive… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 4:57 Incarcerated people face heightened costs to communicate with families By Roby Chavez For years, advocates argued that incarcerated people in the U.S. are overcharged for basic phone calls. A new law aimed at capping those costs recently went into effect, but a new report is sounding the alarm about the escalating costs… Continue watching
Apr 07 What’s next for Tennessee’s expelled Democratic lawmakers? By Associated Press Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 9:08 Iraq’s younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process By Simona Foltyn Over half of Iraq's 42 million people are under the age of 25 and grew up in the wake of the U.S. invasion. But while this young population could be a driver for growth, many find themselves shut out of… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 10:56 Capehart and Abernathy on Trump’s indictment and his hold on the GOP By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and columnist Gary Abernathy join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Trump's hold on the Republican party as he faces legal issues and the expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee. Continue watching