A federal appeals court late Friday blocked doctors’ ability to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone via telehealth and deliver it through the mail. A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana in a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The court issued a temporary nationwide injunction… Source…
Click for more news from The Hill {Beacon} Health Care Health Care Big Story The MHA movement’s wild week The “Make America Healthy Again” movement demonstrated its strength this week by successfully excluding a pro-pesticide provision from the Farm Bill, but the Trump administration missed its chance to make a high impact when… Source link
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville on Friday accused Supreme Court justices of engaging in political bias and ethical misconduct. “There’s no reason, none, that you should have any respect or any admiration for a group of people who take money from anybody, don’t report anything, there’s only nine people… Source link
The New York Times on Thursday called on a New York courthouse to release an alleged suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The outlet petitioned a court judge to unseal the note, which Epstein’s cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione said he received in July 2019, a month before Epstein’s death. Note… Source link
President Trump formally notified Congress in a letter on Friday that the ongoing ceasefire with Iran extends the deadline between the start of the war and the 60-day deadline imposed by the War Powers Act. Friday marks 60 days since the President officially informed lawmakers about US military operations in Iran that began in February……
The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday. The blockade, which was initiated more than two weeks ago, is one of a number of actions President Trump has used to pressure Iran……
Republican governors in two Southern states are calling state lawmakers back into special session to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court ruling limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are scheduled to meet in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19 primaries, as… Source…
Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials claimed the 60-day war powers clock stops running when the ceasefire takes effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to emphasize the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare… Source…
Spirit Airlines may reach the end of the runway. Source link
ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), arguing that his investigation and a separate lawsuit into the progressive fundraising platform are political retaliation for his role in raising money for Democratic candidates and causes. Lawyers representing the platform asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday to block Paxton from proceeding… Source link
