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Republicans Suddenly Don't Want To Talk About Banning Abortion

Polling has long suggested that most voters don’t favor overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court precedent that legalized abortion nationwide.

Republicans could retake the Senate in this fall’s midterm elections, giving them a chance to hold a vote on abortion legislation on their own.

Ernst is planning to introduce legislation banning abortion nationwide, according to an anti-abortion activist interviewed by The Washington Post.

Several Republicans agreed with Alito, saying that if the Supreme Court ultimately does overturn Roe, lawmakers in each state should decide whether abortion should be legal or illegal.

Several trigger laws, like in Tennessee and Kentucky, would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion.

In a campaign messaging memo obtained by Axios on Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee advised Republicans to a compassionate consensus-builder on abortion policy.

On Tuesday, some Republicans suggested that the Supreme Court leaker should maybe be thrown in jail. »

China’s Evolving Strategic Discourse on India • Stimson Center

Authored by stimson.org

China’s pre-Galwan Strategic Discourse on India.

China’s post-Galwan Strategic Discourse on India.

This has convinced many scholars, from India and beyond, that, unlike India, Beijing has little to gain from cooperation with India, and thus it has little obligation to be sensitive to India’s concerns or concede anything to India. »

After 160,000+ People Complained, Flight Attendants Will Now Be Paid For Boarding On Delta Air Lines

Authored by news.yahoo.com

Delta Air Lines will begin paying its flight attendants during boarding – a first for the major U.S. airline.

Now flight attendants will be paid for boarding rather than when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.

The change is expected to increase Delta flight attendants’ wages by several thousand dollars a year. »

TurboTax forced to stop misleading “free, free, free” ads and pay back $141M

Authored by arstechnica.com

"Intuit cheated millions of low-income Americans out of free tax filing services they were entitled to," James said in the settlement announcement.

In a statement on the settlement, Intuit said it "agreed to pay $141 million to put this matter behind it.".

Intuit is required to stop the "free, free, free" ad campaign immediately upon the settlement's effective date. »

New York City sues Activision, targeting CEO Bobby Kotick

Authored by axios.com

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick rushed to secure a takeover bid from Microsoft to escape liability for misconduct at the company, a new lawsuit from New York City officials alleges.

Driving the news: The suit was filed in Delaware on April 26 by New York City Employees’ Retirement System and pension funds for the city’s teachers, police and firefighters.

The city has been pressing Activision for internal documents since the fall, originally to find out what CEO Bobby Kotick knew of sexual misconduct at the company. »