Jill Biden makes Mother's Day visit to Ukraine.
REPUBLICANS DOUBLE DOWN ON REVERSING ABORTION RIGHTS, OFFER HEARTS TO PREGNANT WOMEN Republicans hardened their resolve to repeal Americans' constitutional right to have an abortion, insisting that Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional. When asked about Arkansas women who want an abortion but cannot afford to travel to get one, or who are pregnant from rape or incest, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said his heart is with them. [HuffPost] JILL BIDEN MAKES SURPRISE MOTHER'S DAY VISIT TO UKRAINE Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the embattled nation. Also on Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Bono, the lead singer of the iconic rock band U2, performed a concert inside a metro station in Kyiv. [AP] BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING SUSPECT INDICTED ON TERRORISM CHARGE A federal grand jury has charged a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway last month with committing a terrorist attack against a mass transportation system and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Both counts carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The attack wounded 10 people and rattled a city already experiencing a rise in violent crime. [AP] MIKE PENCE TRIES TO BREAK TRUMP'S HOLD ON SOUTH CAROLINA AHEAD OF 2024 As Mike Pence returned to South Carolina last week in his continuing pre-presidential campaign, such was the looming challenge: Figure out a path in the critical early-voting state without relying on two significant segments of eligible primary voters. "His problem is: What part of the Republican Party does he see as his base?" wondered Winthrop University political science professor Scott Huffmon. [HuffPost] |
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MITCH MCCONNELL SAYS FEDERAL LAWMAKERS COULD BAN ABORTION IN U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned that a national ban on abortion is "possible" if the Supreme Court guts Roe and federal lawmakers then pass a law prohibiting abortion. This goes against the wishes of the majority of Americans, according to a new poll. [HuffPost] 3 AMERICANS FOUND DEAD AT SANDALS RESORT AFTER MYSTERIOUS 'HEALTH EMERGENCY' Three Americans were mysteriously found dead at a Sandals vacation resort in the Bahamas, launching a police investigation into what initially started as a "health emergency," resort officials said. [HuffPost] HAVANA HOTEL DEATH TOLL RISES TO 30 AS DOGS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS Search crews with dogs hunted through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital for survivors of a devastating explosion while officials raised the number of known dead to 30. The Hotel Saratoga was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country's Capitol building. [AP] BLACK MAN ACCUSES LOS ANGELES HOSPITAL OF RACISM IN C-SECTION DEATH OF WIFE Charles Johnson filed a civil rights lawsuit against the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, saying he believes he has proof the staff treated his wife with less care because she was Black. In April 2016, Kira Johnson had a scheduled caesarean section at the hospital to deliver her second child. Less than 12 hours later, the 39-year-old was dead of a massive internal injury. [HuffPost] A NEW TRUMP-TIED PAC HAS ENTERED THE RIGHT-WING WAR AGAINST BIDEN'S CONSERVATION GOALS A new political action committee run by two former Trump administration officials is marking its territory in a disinformation-rich campaign against the Biden administration's goal of conserving 30% of America's lands and waters by 2030, known informally as "30x30." [HuffPost] |
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