Supreme Court Takes Case That Could Gut Access to Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear South Carolina’s case against the reproductive health nonprofit. Prosecutors argue that Planned Parenthood’s locations in Charleston and Columbia should not ... 12/18/2024 - 6:29 am | View Link
Supreme Court to weigh state moves to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since overturning it as a nationwide right. 12/18/2024 - 5:55 am | View Link
SCOTUS to hear case on state funding of Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court said it will hear a longtime case about a state's right to defund Planned Parenthood. It will likely be heard next spring. 12/18/2024 - 5:48 am | View Link
Can Planned Parenthood be stripped of Medicaid funding? Supreme Court to weigh in WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will review South Carolina’s efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds, taking on another dispute in the abortion wars in conservative ... 12/18/2024 - 5:12 am | View Link
Supreme Court to hear case over South Carolina’s effort to cut Planned Parenthood funding The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to wade into a years-old legal battle over South Carolina’s failed bid to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. 12/18/2024 - 4:40 am | View Link
“The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to the bird flu virus in the United States,” Reuters reports.
“Senior Democrats aren’t ruling out Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate for 2028. But not all of them are fully endorsing the idea, either,” Politico reports.
“For party leaders, it’s a delicate balancing act. Some want to show respect for the outgoing vice president — but also share a sense of skepticism about her future prospects.
Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a three-term Democratic lawmaker from northern Virginia, delivered her final speech on the House floor Tuesday after a severe neurological disease forced her to step away from Congress, the AP reports.
Just three states — Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — have split Senate delegations, the Washington Post reports.
That is the lowest number since Americans began directly electing senators more than a century ago.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is defending what he says is “embarrassing, though not criminal” past behavior and taking a shot at the House Ethics Committee, following reports that the panel voted to release its findings about him, The Hill reports.
Said Gaetz: “In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated – even some I never dated but who asked.
“The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that could ban its U. S. operations, putting the case on an exceptionally fast track, culminating in oral arguments at a special session on Jan. 10,” the New York Times reports.