Fox News Heads to Trial in Peril: “No Advantage for Dominion to Settle Now”

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Fox News Heads to Trial in Peril: “No Advantage for Dominion to Settle Now”

Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Fox News has a lot of explaining to do. After platforming Donald Trump’s crank conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, the network’s top stars and executives are expected to take the stand as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation suit that’s set to go to trial next week, writes Brian Stelter, who lays out the stakes in further detail alongside Gabriel Sherman in the latest episode of Inside the Hive.

Zooming out to reproductive rights, Abigail Tracy has the latest on the fate of mifepristone, the embattled abortion medication that a Fifth Circuit judge recently ruled will remain available to the public for the time being. Thanks for reading!

Fox News Heads to Trial in Peril: “No Advantage for Dominion to Settle Now”

It’s time for Dominion Voting Systems to make its case against Fox News in its $1.6 billion defamation suit. The election-system company has identified 20 occasions when it was demonized on Fox after the 2020 election. Can Dominion prove Fox did it on purpose?

Fox on Trial: Rupert Murdoch’s Date With Destiny

Will the 92-year-old media mogul be able to steer his empire through an incoming legal maelstrom? On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, Brian Stelter and Gabriel Sherman, who have been following Murdochland for decades, spill the tea on what Monday’s trial could mean for the dynasty—and democracy at large.

Abortion Medication Mifepristone Will Remain Legal for Now, but With More Restrictions

An appeals court put Trump-appointed judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling stripping mifepristone’s FDA approval on hold, but for now, the drug cannot be sent to patients by mail, and can only be used up to seven weeks into pregnancy. The future of the drug’s availability remains in limbo.

Senator Dianne Feinstein Bucks Pressure to Resign, Asks for a Temporary Replacement on Judiciary Committee

The 89-year-old Democrat, the oldest member of the Senate, has been away from the chamber since February due to medical issues, slowing down Biden judicial confirmations and triggering calls for her to resign.

The Biden Administration Will Ask the Supreme Court to Throw Out Bulls–t Abortion Pill Ruling

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended the FDA’s nearly 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, a medication abortion drug that has been used by more than 5 million pregnant people since 2000.