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New attention on abortion pill dispensing amid challenge to Roe v. Wade
The FDA decision to allow patients to receive the pills via telemedicine or through the mail during the pandemic has galvanized both sides of the abortion wars.
Why Covid rules on liquor, pot and telemedicine might last past the pandemic
Industries pressing their case before state lawmakers are banking on polls finding widespread support for these new conveniences.
Rep. McCaul: Covid origin ‘worst cover-up in human history’
The president last week ordered a 90-day investigation into claims the virus was spread by a lab accident in China.
Foster and migrant kids shut out from Covid vaccinations
Federal and state consent laws factor in whether at-risk youths will gain access to the shots.
My Girlfriend Just Revealed Her Real Sexual Agenda With Me. I’m Speechless.
I want to be a giving partner, but this is really a lot to ask.
Biden’s budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
A Biden-friendly economist is creating a big headache for president’s spending plans
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
Tax the rich? Executives predict Biden’s big plans will flop
Corporate executives and lobbyists say they are confident they can kill almost all of these tax hikes by pressuring moderate Democrats in the House and Senate.
Biden pressed to send clear message on economy as warning signs flash
The White House’s reaction to unexpected jobs and price data has opened the administration up to GOP attacks.
Lockdown mentality still holding the economy back, banking official says
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
Richard Wright’s Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published
Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of “Native Son.” The novel’s searing critique of systemic racism made it a best-seller and inspired a generation of Black writers.
100 Experts Express ‘Growing Alarm’ That Republicans Are Endangering Democracy
“Our democracy is fundamentally at stake. History will judge what we do at this moment.
News Roundup: Republican attacks on democracy cannot go unanswered
In the news today: Texas Democrats were able to stall a racist bill again targeting voting rights in the state, but without federal action such victories will be short lived. After Senate Republicans refused, as “favor” to Sen. Mitch McConnell, to allow a special prove of the January 6 insurrection, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to push a probe forward by other means.
Democrat Melanie Stansbury Wins New Mexico Special Election
Stansbury defeated her Republican opponent to fill the U.S. House seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Q&A with Lauren Hough: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, living in her car, and leaving a cult
Lauren Hough’s deeply honest, moving, and original essay collection Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Part tackles a subject Hollywood loves—both living in and leaving a cult—from the perspective of someone who survived cult life during adolescence. Hough defies reader expectations, however, by focusing much more on what her life was like after the cult rather than during it.
No Republican is going to save the Republican party from itself
The media has focused a lot of attention on those few Republicans—Liz Cheney, for example—who have spoken out publicly as the GOP transformed itself before our eyes into an authoritarian Trump cult, committed to overturning fair elections while disenfranchising as many Americans as possible in the process.
Democrats Prepare To Investigate Capitol Riot After GOP Blocked Bipartisan Commission
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposed to her colleagues four options to launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection, despite Republican resistance.
Wall Street’s ‘Monumental’ Skirmish With Exxon
Every week, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide to living through climate change, in your inbox.Here’s a question that has recently become surprisingly important in the battle against climate change: What is a company?There’s a legal answer, of course.
Illinois anti-discrimination bill inspired by 4-year-old Black student heads to governor’s desk
Systemic and structural racism are, unfortunately, and disturbingly, long integrated into life in the United States. In recent years, mainstream media and elected officials have spoken openly about police violence against people of color—and specifically, Black Americans—as well as the intersection of race with a number of issues, like wage equality, job opportunities, and unhoused populations.
‘Handcuffed and prone’: Lawsuit details arrest of Black CNN guard targeted for simply doing his job
A Black security guard hired to protect journalists covering protests after George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis is suing the Minnesota State Patrol after troopers arrested him and bypassed white members of the media.
Elephants Can Suction Up Their Food
The trunk of an African elephant is an evolutionary marvel. Clocking in at weights well over 200 pounds, it ripples with thousands of individual muscles that help the superlong schnoz lift barbells, uproot trees, and fling bothersome lions into the air.
A tortilla chip is an embarrassment of engineering.
The Frightening New Republican Consensus
Former President Donald Trump has been speaking publicly about running to reclaim the White House in 2024, but he’s also reportedly expecting to make a comeback before then. “Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August,” Maggie Haberman, the New York Times’ ace Trump reporter, tweeted Tuesday.
Biden Calls Out 2 Democratic Lawmakers For Blocking Agenda
The president lamented that Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona “voted more with my Republican friends” than their own party.
Biden Taps Kamala Harris To Lead Push On Voting Rights
In a speech in Tulsa, the president gently called out two Democratic senators who have opposed eliminating the filibuster.
Help! My Neighbor Is Furious That I Moved Her Clothes Out of the Dryer.
Did I really break a laundry room rule of etiquette?
The Porn Crisis That Isn’t
If you ask some people, America is in the middle of a public-health crisis. No, not that one.Legislators in 16 states have passed resolutions declaring that pornography, in its ubiquity, constitutes a public-health crisis. The wave of bills started five years ago, with Utah, which went a step further this spring by passing a law mandating that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state block access to pornography by default.
Moderna seeks full FDA approval of its Covid-19 vaccine
The company is the second vaccine maker to seek full approval from U.S. regulators.
“There Are Many Others”: 215 Bodies Found at Canadian Residential School for Indigenous Children
The Canadian government is facing pressure to declare a national day of mourning after the bodies of 215 children were found in British Columbia on the grounds of a school for Indigenous children who were forcibly separated from their families by the government. The bodies were discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which opened in 1890 and closed in the late 1970s.