Bloomberg Law: The Next Battle Over Abortion
Mary Ziegler, a professor at UC Davis Law School and an expert in the law of reproductive rights, discusses her new book, "Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction." Trial attorney David Ring, a partner at Taylor & Ring, discusses the murder retrial of Karen Read. June Grasso hosts.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Yahoo
Taylor introduces bill to connect rural communities with water resource programs
Jun. 9—WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, introduced the Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act to ensure the responsible usage of taxpayer dollars in federal programs and help rural communities navigate water funding resource programs available through the Environmental Protection Agency. Taylor serves as the vice chairman of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. During the Biden-Harris Administration, the EPA established the Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) Program, an initiative meant to address gaps in the accessibility of water resource programs. However, Taylor's office said they have received reports that this program has not been implemented correctly, ultimately boxing out rural communities from accessing the water resource funds that should be available to them. "Unfortunately, many rural communities in southern Ohio are left on the outside looking in when it comes to accessing federal funds, including the resources and technical expertise needed for critical water and wastewater projects," Taylor said. "I am leading the charge to reform this Biden-era program so rural communities can access the water assistance they should have been receiving all along." Specifically, the Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act would: —Direct the U.S. Government Accountability Office to evaluate EPA's clean water technical assistance, authorities, initiatives, and programs from the past five years, with an emphasis on the WaterTA Program; —Require GAO to submit a report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee outlining their findings, with recommendations to improve EPA's clean water technical assistance programs; —Require the EPA to develop and submit a compliance plan to Congress based on GAO's recommendations. You Might Like News 'Trailheads of remembrance' News Man in cape, underwear breaks into West Portsmouth Dollar General News Proctorville woman killed in WV crash News Former local meteorologist arrested
Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Yahoo
Watch: Trump falls on stairs of Air Force One
Donald Trump stumbled as he climbed up the stairs of Air Force One, sparking comparisons with Joe Biden, the predecessor Mr Trump once mocked for doing the same. Mr Trump, 78, was filmed losing his balance before quickly steadying himself as he boarded the jet to return to Washington DC after a golfing weekend in New Jersey. The footage showed shock on the US president's face when he tripped on Sunday, before he composed himself to smile and wave at the cameras from the top of the stairs. Moments later, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, almost fell at a similar point on the stairs. The White House has not yet responded to the clip, which is being widely compared to Mr Biden's repeated public tumbles on the same stairs during his presidency. Mr Trump, along with his allies and Ring-wing commentators, repeatedly seized on the former president's falls during his tenure, using them to raise concerns about his age and health. 'Joe Biden can't even walk up a flight of stairs on Air Force One,' Mr Trump said during a speech in 2023. Later that year, while calling the Biden administration incompetent, he said Mr Biden used 'the children's stairs' on Air Force One and that 'he can't quite make it up or down' those stairs. In a high-profile incident in February last year, Mr Biden, who had been moved to the shorter stairs used by the media to board the presidential plane, fell twice as he climbed up. In April, Mr Trump was given a clean bill of health, with White House physicians saying he was in 'excellent cognitive and physical health', largely owing to his 'active lifestyle'. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Critics Rip ‘Wannabe Dictator' Trump for LA Troop Deployment
Critics of the administration have lined up to bash President Donald Trump as an 'authoritarian' after he sent the National Guard to quash protests in Los Angeles against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 'We have a president who is moving this country rapidly toward authoritarianism,' Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, said on CNN Sunday morning. 'This guy wants all of the power. He does not believe in the constitution, he does not believe in the rule of law.' Trump announced Saturday that he was federalizing the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 troops to Los Angeles, where protests against ICE raids erupted this week—a move California Governor Gavin Newsom blasted as 'purposefully inflammatory' and warned would 'only escalate tensions.' The last time a president overrode a governor to seize control of a state's National Guard was in 1965, when former President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights marchers, according to The New York Times. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) branded Trump as a 'wannabe dictator' in a statement, while California Senator Adam Schiff of Los Angeles blasted Trump's deployment of National Guard members as a politically motivated stunt with far-reaching consequences. 'If the Guard is needed to restore peace, the Governor will ask for it. But continuing down this path will erode trust in the National Guard and set a dangerous precedent for unilateral misuse of the Guard across the country,' Schiff said. Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor, who served in the first Trump administration, said Trump's latest move is 'the most significant act you've seen yet in the Trump administration' and puts him one step closer to what Taylor claims he's always wanted to do: 'taking control of national law enforcement.' Speaking on MSNBC's The Weekend, Taylor said that during Trump's first term, 'his own lieutenants were worried he would create a de facto police state if he was going to be deploying the military on U.S. soil.' 'That was our fear, and we are seeing potentially the early innings of that play out in real-time,' he added. The National Guard was last federalized in 1992, when President George H.W. Bush deployed troops to respond to the L.A. riots—at the request of then-Governor Pete Wilson and then-Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. This time, neither Newsom nor Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass requested federal intervention, and officials from the LAPD and sheriff's department said the demonstrations, despite some flare-ups of violence, were under control, according to The Washington Post. 'Sending federalized guard troops to Southern California, without regard for the authority or approval of local or state officials, is a tactic we associate with authoritarian regimes, not the United States,' said Roman Palomares, president and board chairman of League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a civil rights group. 'For the federal government to take over the California National Guard, without the request of the governor, to put down protests is truly chilling,' Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law and a leading scholar on constitutional law, told the Los Angeles Times. 'It is using the military domestically to stop dissent. It certainly sends a message as to how this administration is going to respond to protests. It is very frightening to see this done,' he said. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt justified the deployment by claiming that 'violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles.' 'These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California's feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens,' she told the Daily Beast in a statement. 'The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs. These criminals will be arrested and swiftly brought to justice. The Commander-in-Chief will ensure the laws of the United States are executed fully and completely.' Echoing a similar narrative, Trump has attacked Newsom on Truth Social: 'If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can't do their jobs, which everyone knows they can't, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!'
