An original script for Donald Trump’s speech the day after the Capitol insurrection included tough talk ordering the Justice Department to “ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” and stating the rioters “do not represent me.” But those words were crossed out with thick black lines, apparently by Trump, according to exhibits released by House investigators.
Thousands of people arguing the abortion issue surrounded the Indiana Statehouse and filled its corridors Monday as state lawmakers began consideration of a Republican proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state and Vice President Kamala Harris denounced the effort during a meeting with Democratic legislators.
Since it arrived in the United States in the spring, the BA.5 wave of COVID-19 has swept the nation, causing hundreds of thousands of new infections daily, recently including President Joe Biden.
Florida’s stance against COVID vaccines for healthy children is endangering the state’s most vulnerable families, writes Lori Rozsa at The Washington Post. That’s because about 33,000 kids in the state normally get vaccines from state-run county health departments that aren’t offering the shots to kids under 5.