“They’re Winning”: How the Mifepristone Case Could Sabotage the FDA

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“They’re Winning”: How the Mifepristone Case Could Sabotage the FDA

Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Abortion rights are hanging in the balance as the Supreme Court appears poised to take up a case on mifepristone, the widely used abortion medication that a Trump-appointed judge recently ruled was improperly approved. The case, as writes Katherine Eban, could completely upend the FDA’s regulatory authority and destabilize the pharmaceutical industry as we know it.

Zooming out to Fox News’ legal woes, Charlotte Klein catches the judge in Dominion’s defamation pretrial hearing slapping the network’s lawyers with a sanction for withholding key evidence about Rupert Murdoch. Plus, Bess Levin observes Donald Trump attempting to delay his impending rape trial with E. Jean Carroll over concerns that his hush money case might sway the jurors. Thanks for reading!

“They’re Winning”: How the Mifepristone Case Could Sabotage the FDA

A Trump-appointed judge’s ruling against the abortion pill may be “a Mad Lib of a legal opinion,” but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t succeed in radically restricting reproductive rights and gutting the federal government’s ability to safeguard the nation’s drug supply.

Judge Sanctions Fox News for Withholding Evidence in Dominion Defamation Suit

Days before trial is set to begin, Dominion has been granted permission to conduct additional depositions. “I’m not very happy right now,” Judge Eric Davis told Fox News attorneys.

Trump Asks for Delay in Rape Trial Because Jurors Will Be Thinking About His Alleged Hush Money Crimes

The ex-president’s lawyers believe Trump will not be able to get a fair trial…because of all the other shady stuff he’s allegedly done.

Lindsey Graham Hangs Out With Mohammed bin Salman, a Guy He Once Called a “Beyond Toxic” Murderer

Five years ago Graham said he would never go to Saudi Arabia again as long as MBS was in charge. Fast forward to 2023, and the South Carolina senator is praising his meeting with the crowned prince in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Alvin Bragg Can’t Pretend Jim Jordan Doesn’t Exist Any Longer

A judge denied the Manhattan DA’s request for a temporary restraining order in Tuesday’s lawsuit, which accuses the House Judiciary chairman of leading a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” Bragg’s office.