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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sought to prevent Jack Smith from destroying records related to Trump cases

The Last Week Tonight host looks into how Trump’s presidency shifted the US judiciary far rightward – and what could happen if he’s elected again

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Political pressure is nothing new for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency has frequently come under fire for its drug approval decisions, but attacks on its decision-making process and science itself have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California leaders commended Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that will temporarily preserve access to abortion pills, doubling down on their push to protect reproductive services in the Golden State.

SCOTUS reversed a federal judge's previous ruling that banned mifepristone, a pill intrinsic to medication abortion

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.

Mifepristone is currently used to treat a handful of conditions, including Cushing’s syndrome. A suspension would affect more than those seeking medication abortions.

The Supreme Court is ruling on a district court's attempt to ban the abortion pill mifepristone