Fauci says it's 'becoming more and more difficult to get people to listen' because Americans are fed up with the COVID-19 pandemic and want it 'behind them'
You don't need to 'dramatically alter your lifestyle' to reduce your risk of catching COVID-19, Fauci said, just take 'simple' mitigation methods.
news.yahoo.comDonald Trump Jr. says Biden's student-loan forgiveness plans will force workers who didn't go 'to college to get drunk for four years' to pay for 'worthless gender study degrees'
Biden wants to "bail out a bunch of upper-middle-class kids" by canceling student debt, Donald Trump Jr. told The Washington Post.
news.yahoo.comThe Army Is Preparing for the End of Nationwide Abortion Rights as Senators Press to Keep Access
The Army is weighing new policies in response to the Supreme Court's expected decision to reverse Roe v. Wade and eliminate protections on abortion rights across the country, the service's senior enlisted leader told Congress.
news.yahoo.comRoberts may face roadblocks in probe of Roe leak, reporter who published it says
One of the two Politico reporters who obtained the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade questions whether Chief Justice John Roberts has the legal authority to order his fellow justices and their clerks to cooperate in an internal investigation into who leaked the document.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court that rarely leaks does so now with Roe v. Wade, biggest case in years
The draft says that a majority of the court is prepared to overrule the landmark 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, that legalized abortion nationwide. “This is the equivalent of the pentagon papers leak, but at the Supreme Court. And certainly not in the years I’ve been following the Supreme Court,” Katyal wrote on Twitter. A demonstrator protests outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. “Supreme Court leaks are rare, but they are hardly unprecedented,” Peters wrote in 2012.
mlive.comLeaked SCOTUS opinion: A look at the future of abortion in Michigan if Roe is overturned
The right to abortions has been widely debated among Americans and lawmakers alike in recent years -- a debate that has nearly reached a boiling point today, given that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this summer whether to overturn a landmark 1973 abortion ruling.
Fetal Viability and the Fate of Abortion Laws in U.S.
The concept of “fetal viability” is at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that could undercut or even eliminate the constitutional right to abortion. Under the court’s precedents, states can’t impose significant restrictions on abortion access before the point of fetal viability. Defending its attempt to ban abortion starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy, Mississippi is asking the court to discard the fetal viability line and give states broad power to restrict abortion at earlier stages. Abo
washingtonpost.comThe must-read deep dive into Michigan’s 2020 election, erroneous voter fraud claims
It’s worth taking a moment to read Politico’s latest deep dive into the state of Michigan’s Nov. 3, 2020 General Election controversy. In the end, one Republican lawyer’s decision to simply stick to the law as it is written cemented Michigan’s election outcome, upholding more than five million votes in a record-breaking year for the state’s voter turnout. A lot of the unproven claims about voter fraud came directly from the Michigan Republican Party and President Donald Trump himself. Like clockwork, one can always depend on controversies—sometimes mini-scandals—to spring up by noontime on any given Election Day. Much of this owed to months of tireless preparation by election officials at the state and local level.
Report: Trump administration to block proposed Alaska mine
“We categorically deny any reports that the Trump Administration is going to return to an Obama-like approach that allowed politics to interfere with the normal, traditional permitting process. The head of one of the nation's biggest environmentalist groups said he believes the Trump administration will stop the project. Stopping Pebble Mine was the right decision by the Obama administration in 2014 and we thank the Trump administration for making the right decision today." The mine, long a source of controversy and litigation, was seen by many as getting a second wind under the Trump administration. But the agency never finalized the restrictions and, under the Trump administration, allowed the Pebble partnership to go through permitting.
Report: Zuckerberg held private meetings with conservative leaders
Mark Zuckerberg is defending meetings he's reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings with, among others, Fox News' Tucker Carlson and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Zuckerberg says he meets with "lots of people across the spectrum on lots of different issues" and suggested others do the same. Facebook has fought allegations since the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election that it's not doing enough to stop bogus accounts and political ads on its platform. Conservatives have long accused Facebook of suppressing conservative political views.
Falwell Jr. asks FBI to investigate 'criminal conspiracy' at Liberty University
"There is no self-dealing at Liberty University," Falwell said. The article was reported and written by Brandon Ambrosino, who describes himself as a graduate of Liberty University. Jonathan Falwell, aside at Liberty University. Jerry Falwell Jr. said Liberty University bought the church and its K-12 school in 2017 for $22 million. "We wanted to help my brother out, and the board saw it as a good investment for the university," Falwell said.
White House drops attempt to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid
Drew Angerer/2017 Getty ImagesWASHINGTON (CNN)d - The White House has dropped its attempt to move forward with a controversial plan to eliminate up to $4 billion in foreign aid funding without congressional approval, several officials confirmed Thursday. The move represents another change of course from the White House on a major policy front. Two sources told CNN that there was a meeting about the rescission package at the White House on Thursday. White House officials believed they had the authority to cancel the already-appropriated funds without congressional approval. Opponents of the move also warned about the impact the cuts would have on national security and US foreign policy objectives.