Democrats' Alabama win underscores political staying power of abortion, IVF
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by Caroline Vakil, Joseph Choi
17h ago
A special election in Alabama is the latest sign for Democrats that reproductive rights are a major motivating force for voters ahead of this fall’s elections.  Democrat Marilyn Lands beat Republican Teddy Powell in a special election for a state House seat in the Yellowhammer State on Tuesday, after she leaned into the issues of abortion and in vitro fertilization (IVF).  Lands’s landslide win in the purple district is underscoring the political staying power of reproductive rights as an election issue, one that could make the difference as Democratic control of Congress and the Whi ..read more
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State Department offers $10 million reward for info on UnitedHealthcare hackers
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by Lauren Irwin
17h ago
The State Department announced Wednesday it would provide a $10 million reward for information about the Blackcat ransomware group that hacked UnitedHealth Group in February. “The ALPHV BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group compromised computer networks of critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and worldwide, deploying ransomware on the targeted systems, disabling security features within the victim’s network, stealing sensitive confidential information, demanding payment to restore access, and threatening to publicize the stolen data if victims do not pay a ransom,” the State D ..read more
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Key takeaways from Supreme Court abortion pill arguments
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by Nathaniel Weixel, Joseph Choi
17h ago
Abortion rights returned to the Supreme Court Tuesday for the first time since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.   The case questioned whether federal regulators overstepped their authority by loosening restrictions to make mifepristone, a widely available drug used in medication abortions, easier to access. A decision is expected later this summer and could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election. Democrats are using abortion as a cudgel against Republicans and former President Trump, who appointed three of the justices who voted to end Roe.  ..read more
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Democrat wins Alabama special election after focusing on IVF, abortion
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by Caroline Vakil
1d ago
Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands is projected to win the special election in Alabama state House District 10, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Lands, a licensed professional counselor, beat Republican Teddy Powell, a Madison City Council member, to fill the seat. The spot was vacated after former Rep. David Cole (R) pleaded guilty last year to voter fraud.  The Huntsville-area race was closely watched because Lands leaned into the issues of abortion and in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a special election that came one month after the state saw IVF services temporarily paused after a ..read more
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Ex-officials of Massachusetts veterans' home with deadly COVID outbreak avoid prison
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by Lauren Sforza
1d ago
Two former officials of a veterans’ nursing home in Massachusetts that had a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 settled their cases Tuesday to avoid prison, according to the state attorney general. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers' Home and David Clinton, the former medical director at the home, were facing five charges of neglect over the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 that killed at least 76 people in 2020. At a hearing in the Hampshire Superior Court on Tuesday, the state attorney general’s office said they each withdrew their previous not guilty pleas. State prosecutors a ..read more
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Kansas Republicans advance bill requiring abortion providers to state reason for patient's procedure
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by Nick Robertson
2d ago
The Republican-controlled Kansas state Legislature passed a bill Tuesday requiring abortion providers to ask patients the reason for their procedure and report the information to the state, a move critics say creates an unnecessary hurdle for patients to receive reproductive care. The state Senate passed the bill in a 27-13 party-line vote on Tuesday, after the Kansas House voted to advance it earlier this month. Gov. Laura Kelly (D), an abortion rights supporter, is expected to veto the measure, though it appears to have enough support for her veto to be overridden. The law comes after Kansan ..read more
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Biden seeks to draw contrast with Trump on health care in North Carolina
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by Brett Samuels
2d ago
President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled Tuesday to North Carolina to tout the recent anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and bash Republicans' health care agenda. Biden delivered remarks in Raleigh, the capital of a state his campaign has cited as a potential flip opportunity in November after he lost it to former President Trump by roughly 75,000 votes in 2020. The visit was timed around the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law, but Biden used the trip to more broadly chastise Trump and Republicans for their efforts to restrict abortion and roll bac ..read more
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13 activists arrested ahead of Supreme Court abortion pill hearing
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by Sarah Fortinsky
2d ago
Thirteen activists were arrested Tuesday morning outside the Supreme Court, ahead of oral arguments in a case that could dramatically limit access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill. At approximately 8:45 a.m. EDT, U.S. Capitol Police arrested 13 people who, a police spokesperson said in a statement, were “illegally blocking roads and then a walkway.” The spokesperson added that Capitol Police officers warned the group to stop “blocking the walkway or they would be arrested.” “They refused, so our officers arrested them,” they said, citing crowding, obstructing, or incommoding as po ..read more
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Democrat Bush calls to repeal 'zombie statute' raised in abortion pill case
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by Joseph Choi
2d ago
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush (Mo.) called for the Comstock Act to be repealed following the Supreme Court's oral arguments over mifepristone Tuesday, calling the 1873 bill a "zombie statute." The Supreme Court heard arguments from the federal government and Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom over the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) actions to expand access to the pill mifepristone, one of two used in medical abortions. Justice Samuel Alito invoked the Comstock Act during the arguments, bringing up a study that observed an increase in emergency room visits among those ..read more
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Supreme Court justices appear deeply skeptical of effort to cut access to abortion pill
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by Nathaniel Weixel
2d ago
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would likely retain widespread access to one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion, in a case that could have nationwide implications for reproductive rights and the authority of federal agencies.  During oral arguments, a majority of the justices from across the ideological spectrum appeared deeply skeptical that a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations had the right to sue the Food and Drug Administration over changes the agency made to make it easier to access mifepristone.  In particular, the conservative justice ..read more
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