May 15 Planned Parenthood and ACLU suing over Ohio abortion ban Abortion bills passed in several states are setting up legal fights to push the now-conservative-leaning Supreme Court to take up abortion and overturn Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
May 15 Wisconsin lawmakers poised to approve ‘born alive’ bill By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto the measure, but the move comes as conservatives across the country push to end the constitutional right to abortion. Continue reading
May 15 U.S. pulls nonessential embassy staff from Iraq amid Mideast tensions By Jon Gambrell, Philip Issa, Associated Press It's the latest sign of tensions sweeping the Persian Gulf region over still-unspecified threats that the Trump administration says are linked to Iran. Continue reading
May 15 Alaska floatplanes collided at 3,300 feet before crashing By Rachel D'Oro, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press The two planes collided in mid-air Monday, and the Coast Guard raised the death toll to six people on Tuesday after finding the bodies of two people who had been missing. Continue reading
May 14 Trump plan to dip into Pell Grant reserves for NASA funding draws backlash By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The plan aims to redirect $1.9 billion from a Pell Grant surplus to jumpstart other projects, primarily a NASA initiative to put astronauts back on the moon. Continue reading
May 14 San Francisco bans use of facial recognition technology by police By Associated Press The ban is part of broader oversight legislation that orders San Francisco departments to spell out details of any surveillance currently in use and any surveillance they hope to use. Continue reading
May 14 AP sources: Trump Jr. and Senate committee agree to an interview By Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The deal comes after the panel subpoenaed the president's eldest son to discuss answers Donald Trump Jr. gave the panel's staff in a 2017 interview. Continue reading
May 14 Senate confirms Trump judicial pick who disparaged Obama By Associated Press Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to vote against lawyer Michael Truncale because of his 2011 comments in which he called then-President Barack Obama an "un-American imposter."… Continue reading
May 14 Florida governor says Russians accessed 2 voting databases in 2016 election By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said the hackers didn't manipulate any data and the election results weren't compromised. Continue reading
May 14 WATCH: Trump pushes ‘America First energy policy’ in Louisiana President Donald Trump's wide-ranging speech to workers emphasized energy efforts but also touched on the 2020 Democratic field, the economy and his 2016 election. Continue reading