Supreme Court Pauses Abortion Pill Restrictions
Justice Alito granted a one-week pause on mifepristone access limits, allowing continued telehealth and mail delivery while legal battles continue.
The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail, and pharmacies after Justice Samuel Alito paused restrictions for one week [PBS]. The move buys time as the Court weighs competing legal challenges to medication abortion access.
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Republicans are preparing what they're calling "restraint" measures on Trump's Iran military operations, though Congress missed a key deadline on war powers notification [Fox News]. The political calculus is tight: six months before midterms, Senate control could hinge on a handful of races in a polarized landscape [Fox News].
In European affairs, leaders expressed surprise at Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany, signaling tensions over unilateral military decisions [PBS]. Meanwhile, Armenia is hosting a European Political Community summit positioned as a diplomatic "gateway" reflecting the shifting global order [France 24].
Domestically, Trump's EEOC has sued the New York Times over alleged discrimination charges, escalating legal pressure on the media company [The Hill]. The administration is also eyeing sweeping changes to Washington D.C.'s physical landscape, from buildings to parks to statues [NPR].
In other developments: A United Airlines plane struck a pole during approach to Newark Airport [NBC News], Spirit Airlines confirmed refunding most customers after shutdown [CBS News], and a cruise ship suspected of carrying hantavirus was blocked from docking in Cape Verde [Guardian]. Election-denying candidates continue running for voting control positions across multiple states despite their track records [NPR], and prediction market platform Kalshi announced new safeguards to keep minors off its exchange [Axios].
On the international front, Israeli forces killed dozens in Lebanon within days despite active ceasefire agreements [BBC].