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The Supreme Court tonight granted an emergency request from two drug makers of the abortion
“pill, Miffa Pristot, to put a hold on an appeals court order that sought to limit how the”
pill can be prescribed and distributed. That lower court order ban telemedicine visits and delivery by mail impures Selena Simmons Duffin. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly four years ago, telemedicine abortion has grown and grown and it now accounts for a quarter of all abortions in the country.
Some of those abortions are happening in states with bands, but residents of states where abortion is legal are also making use of the flexibility of telemedicine to access abortion. I've talked to people who live in remote parts of California, in Georgia, in Louisiana, who all use telemedicine abortion and were grateful they had that option.
And here's Selena Simmons Duffin reporting.
The high court is allowing that access to continue while the case plays out. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, but the court didn't explain its reasoning nor disclose the vote count.
“U.S. Central Command says it's not investigating most allegations of Iranian civilians killed”
by U.S. air strikes. Even if your school Lawrence reports, Admiral Brad Cooper addressed the matter during testimony before a Senate committee. Admiral Cooper said that one incident at the start of the war is still under investigation to determine if the U.S. was responsible for an air strike on an Iranian girl school that
killed 175 people, most of them children. Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pressed Cooper about other cases. How many schools have we bombed? There is one active civilian casually investigation from the 13,629 munitions. So how do you explain the publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit
and multiple hospitals? There's no way that we can corroborate that. No indication of that whatsoever, Senator. Cooper said the Pentagon is not investigating any of the other incidents. Quill Lawrence and PR news.
Senators passed a resolution today to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns. Cooper's Ava Berger reports the move brings them in line with most federal employees who receive back pay only when the government reopens. The resolution was approved by voice without any senators objecting. Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, called his measure a quote "shared sacrifice"
with other federal employees who miss paychecks. She had a stop shutting down government should not be a default solution to our refusal to work at our issues. Congress reopened the Department of Homeland Security last month after the agency went unfunded for more than 70 days.
Kennedy's measure, which won't apply to House members, will take effect after the midterm elections. Ava Berger and PR news, the capital. U.S. features contracts are trading flat at this hour, you're listening to NPR News. U.S. border patrol chief Michael Banks has resigned, telling Fox News, "It's effective
immediately," that agency secures the U.S. border. Banks has served as chief since President Trump returned to office and there's no word on who will replace him. Controversy over actions by the agency led to that partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security and April that's still going on, this after democratic lawmakers
refused to approve funds for DHS until certain policies are changed. The World Cup is taking a page from the Super Bowl.
For the first time, this year's final match will include a special halftime performance
with major star power. It appears Isabella Gomez-Sarmiyanto has more. Madonna Shakira and the K-pop group BTS will headline the World Cup halftime show. The lineup was curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin and features three artists currently in the global spotlight.
Shakira just released her fourth official World Cup song, Guy Dye featuring the Nigerian singer Bernaboy. BTS is back after a year's long hiatus with a chart-topping new album, Arirang and a global tour. In July, Madonna will release the new album Confessions 2, a sequel to her 2005 hit Confessions
on a dance floor. The World Cup final will take place July 19th in New Jersey. The halftime show will support an education fundraising initiative led by FIFA and the non-profit global citizen. Is the Bella Gomez-Sarmiyanto and PR news?
Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Dow up 370 points the NASDAQ up 232. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, President Trump in China, the latest on a summit that was built as a major meeting on Trade and AI being overshadowed by the Warren Iran, a close ally and trade partner of China.
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