Law

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden administration's immigration rules

11:13am June 23, 2023

In a major win for the Biden administration, the court ruled Texas and Louisiana lack the standing to challenge the administration's immigration enforcement guidelines.

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3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over 'forever chemicals' in public water systems

11:08am June 23, 2023

3M has reached a $10 billion settlement over "forever chemicals" in drinking water. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Scott Summy, an attorney for water systems that sued the chemical maker.

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National

A year after the Dobbs abortion ruling, the impact nationwide has been dramatic

10:47am June 23, 2023

It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court overturned decades of abortion-rights precedent with its Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

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Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman's law license over his work on former President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election.

Politics & Government

What we've learned from pro-Trump attorney John Eastman's state bar trial

10:45am June 23, 2023

by Tom Dreisbach

Attorney John Eastman was a key player in Donald Trump's legal efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The State Bar of California is now seeking to revoke Eastman's law license.

National

Ben Crump asks N.C. court to release bodycam footage of Black man killed by police

8:09am June 23, 2023

by Benjamin Schachtman

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is asking a North Carolina court for body camera footage in the fatal police shooting of a Black man, who was reportedly suffering a mental health crisis.

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Morning news brief

6:51am June 23, 2023

Coast Guard says all five people aboard a tourist sub are believed dead after an implosion. Saturday marks a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Independent voters weigh in on social issues.

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National

The Supreme Court rules against the Navajo Nation in Colorado River case

5:12am June 23, 2023

by Luke Runyon

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation's request for a federal assessment of its water needs and, potentially, to meet those needs with water from the Colorado River.

Zack Dorsett, the operations manager of Wonderbags, a company that sells mushroom starter kits, at his company's booth at the "Psychedelic Science 2023" conference in Denver on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Denver psychedelics conference attracts thousands

5:01am June 23, 2023

by Leigh Paterson

Thousands are in Denver this week to learn about the future of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and MDMA, and to talk business.

FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming's 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban

12:24am June 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that the ban wouldn't harm the plaintiffs before their lawsuit is resolved, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens ruled after hearing arguments from both sides.

Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems

11:04pm June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with substances known collectively as PFAS, described as "forever chemicals" because they don't degrade naturally in the environment.