"Li from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
The Supreme Court today kept the status quo when it comes to the abortion pill, Miffapristone.
“And Piersalena Simmons-Duffins says the justice is put a "stay" on a lower court ruling”
while the legal process continues." The case is Louisiana versus the Food and Drug Administration. The state challenged FDA rules that allow Miffapristone to be prescribed remotely. A panel of judges on the fifth circuit court of appeals ordered an end to telemedicine access to Miffapristone on May 1st, to drug makers filed for emergency relief at the Supreme
Court. Nearly two weeks later, the justice has stayed that fifth circuit ruling pending appeal. Justice's Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. That means telemedicine abortion remains available as it was. Reproductive rights advocates celebrated the decision, although they noted its temporary.
There's more to come with this case and several other legal challenges to telemedicine abortion are underway. Selena Simmons-Duffin and Piers News, Washington.
“The Justice Department is suing the Washington D.C. Bar Association over its recommendation”
to disbar Trump ally Jeffrey Clark. And Piers Jacqueline Diaz has more. Jeffrey Clark worked to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. And so doing the D.C. Bar said Clark violated legal ethics and should lose his law license. But the Justice Department is stepping in.
It filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, and it's asking the court to rule that the D.C. Bar unlawfully targeted a federal employee and violated the supremacy clause. It's the latest escalation in the DOJ's feud with state bar associations, which are the main avenues for lawyer discipline. The DOJ leadership says the state bar's nationwide are being weaponized and the agency
is already working to weaken bar associations ability to discipline federal prosecutors. The D.C. Bar has not yet responded to this lawsuit. Jacqueline Diaz and Piers News.
“The education department says it will send states millions of dollars to help fund a federal”
program for educating students served by individuals with disabilities education act. Piers Genaki Mitha reports it's a historically underfunded program. Secretary Linda McMahon announced her agency will send $144 million to states this year for two IDEA programs. A department spokesperson did not specify where the funds came from, but said that by October
first, most of the money would go to programs for students ages 3 to 21. The remaining 20 and a half million to early intervention services for infants and toddlers.
The federal government has never met its promise of fully funding the program, which helps
students with disabilities get a quality public education with the services they need to succeed. In Piers Genaki Mitha reporting, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Some residents in Miami are suing over the land donated for President Trump's presidential library.
Sophia Zaron with member station WLR and reports, they argued the donation was illegal. The residents are suing Trump, Miami-Dade College and the state of Florida for what they argue was an unconstitutional action. The plaintiff's claim Trump's library foundation and state officials violated the domestic
emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from giving financial benefits to a sitting president.
The plot of land is located in downtown Miami and has an estimated value of more than $300 million.
The land was owned by Miami-Dade College and transferred to the state last year. It was then gifted to the Trump Library Foundation. Rendrines were released in March showing a skyscraper with the Trump name emblazoned on top. Images of the interior revealed a gold escalator giant ballroom and gold statue of Trump.
For NPR News, I'm Sophia Zaron in Miami. Hi gas prices and rising prices in the grocery store fueled by the ongoing war in Iran. But shoppers slowing their spending in April, but that doesn't mean no shopping. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose a half percent last month, a sharp slowdown from the 1.6 percent growth in March.
The biggest category gainers in April, aside from essentials, clothing and furniture, although economists are worrying that spending on non-essentials will also drop as the prices rise. I'm Jeanine Herbst and PR News in Washington News shows new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job. Thankfully, over at pop culture happy-hour, it's literally our job.
We break down what's actually worth watching, listening to, and pretending you already knew about. So the next time someone says, "Did you see that?" You can say, "Yeah, obviously." Follow NPR's pop culture happy-hour wherever you get your podcasts.
