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First Look'I stand with you': Vote returns Justin Jones to Tennessee HouseRep. Justin Jones was reinstated by unanimous vote on Monday to the Tennessee House just four days after his expulsion. Fellow lawmaker Justin Pearson could be reinstated on Wednesday.
First LookJustice Dept. vs. Texas: Access to abortion medication challengedThe Justice Department is appealing a Texas court ruling that would halt the approval of mifepristone, the most common method of abortion in the United States. The request was made just days after conflicting court rulings over the legality of the drug.
FocusCourt pushed abortion back to the states. It isn’t staying there.Returning abortion policy to the states proves hard as some states’ choices affect their neighbors, and courts clash over pills sent through the mail.
- FocusCourt pushed abortion back to the states. It isn’t staying there.
Returning abortion policy to the states proves hard as some states’ choices affect their neighbors, and courts clash over pills sent through the mail.
First LookLouisville searches for answers in wake of bank mass shootingAn employee at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank killed four in a shooting on Monday, police said, and the shooter is also dead. This is the 15th mass shooting in the US this year, the highest number in the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009.
Trump spins legal woes into donation gold. Less left for GOP?Since his indictment, Donald Trump has been raising money hand over fist. Some Republicans worry he makes it harder for other candidates to fundraise.
First LookNashville officials prepare to vote on expelled lawmakersNashville’s metro council has called a meeting to vote on the reinstatement of the expelled lawmaker Justin Jones on Monday. Justin Pearson will be considered at a meeting on Wednesday, according to Mickell Lowery, chair of the Shelby County Commission.
First LookAccess to abortion pills: What does an 1870s law have to do with it?On Friday, a Texas judge used an 1873 law to ban sending abortion pills through the mail. Almost simultaneously, a Washington state judge issued a dueling opinion, likely meaning the issue will go to the Supreme Court. Here’s what the law says and how it’s being used.
Marketplace of ideas? Why neither side is buying anymore.Has the idea of an open marketplace of ideas – once a bedrock American principle – lost its value?
First LookWhy were two protesting Democrats expelled from the Tennessee House?Three Democrats in the Tennessee House called for tighter gun control but only two were expelled after joining chants in the gallery following the Nashville shooting. Expulsions are an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only extremely rarely.
First LookBiden responds to transgender bans with new Title IX protectionsThe White House is proposing a new rule to prevent schools and colleges from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, barring certain exceptions to promote fairness or reduce injuries. If finalized, it would become a provision of Title IX.
What can high schools learn from their post-pandemic upperclassmen?The resumption of in-person schooling didn’t generate an automatic return to normalcy. What can school systems learn from students nearing the end of their K-12 experience?
First LookKansas bans transgender athletes from joining women's sportsKansas is banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports amid a national debate on transgender athletes. Nineteen other states have imposed such bans, most recently Wyoming, but also Arizona, Florida, Texas, and West Virginia.
Indictment fuels Trump 2024 campaign – for nowFormer President Donald Trump is seeing a bump in the polls, and after Tuesday’s arraignment, even longtime critics are coming to his defense. But with other legal cases still pending, no one knows where the Trump narrative is heading.
Meet the man trying to end affirmative actionEdward Blum has spent decades trying to end what he considers a harmful practice: affirmative action in college admissions. The Supreme Court will rule on two cases by the end of term that may do just that.
First LookProtasiewicz to aim for ‘fair and impartial’ Wisconsin Supreme CourtDemocrat-backed Janet Protasiewicz won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race after beating out Republican opponent Dan Kelly. The new court controlled 4-3 by liberals is expected to decide a pending lawsuit challenging the state’s 1849 law banning abortion.
Donald Trump arraignment: US history or just another day in court?For the first time in U.S. history, a former president was arraigned in criminal court Tuesday. Outside the Criminal Courts Building, reporters nearly outnumbered the protesters.
First LookAbortion, voting rights in question in Wisconsin Supreme Court raceThe Wisconsin Supreme Court has been under conservative control for 15 years, and the race this year has become one of the most expensive contests in U.S. history of its kind. The stakes are high as the winner will serve a 10-year term.
First LookUS bipartisan lawmakers agree on more school safety measuresBoth red and blue US states are passing legislation to increase school safety measures, including panic buttons and video surveillance, following the school shooting in Tennessee. Meanwhile, a bill in Florida will allow unconcealed guns without a permit.
Tackling the biggest fraud in US history – pandemic reliefHundreds of billions of dollars were stolen in the rush to aid small businesses and individuals. Now the U.S. is trying to claw some money back.
