The family of a Texas woman who died during pregnancy has filed the first lawsuit tied to a death linked directly to the state's abortion ban, naming Attorney General Ken Paxton among the defendants, reported The Washington Sun. read more
A federal immigration officer wanted on assault charges for shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested there on Wednesday, eight months after a confrontation that became a flashpoint over US President Donald Trump's deportation sweeps. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro was taken into custody by agents of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in downtown Minneapolis and was booked into the Hennepin County jail on his outstanding arrest warrant, the agency said. Castro had been released on bond from federal custody earlier this month, after an initial appearance in a District Court in McAllen, Texas, on charges of lying to investigators about the circumstances of the January 14 shooting.
Senator Bill Cassidy, the Republican chair of the US Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration's vaccine-skeptical approach for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and challenged Donald Trump's pick for surgeon general to directly state that vaccines do not cause autism on Wednesday. Cassidy, a Louisiana physician who chairs the panel, said three people in Pennsylvania had died of measles, with a fourth death under review, because of misinformation and misguided policies. His remarks come as the US grapples with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades. "To suffer from any disease is awful, but to suffer one which is avoidable, that's even worse," Cassidy said, adding that the country needs health leaders "who make decisions based on science, not politics or ideology".
The senator said that the outbreak would be "a terrible legacy for this administration".
Missouri's former election integrity director filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday against Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, alleging he was fired after raising concerns that staff were plotting to file a fake complaint in a legal case about the state's voter database. read more
In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the [Defense Department's inspector general] said that between Feb. 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury (OEF) had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, with $22.3 billion of that spent on munitions alone. "The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report states. read more
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