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AP Headline News - Jun 28 2024 13:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donahue, no ruling today from the Supreme Court on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election interference case against him. Today, the High Court did rule to make it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction. Here's the AP's Mark Sherman. The case could also affect the prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Officers have used the charge against around 330 people so far since the January 6th riot. Iowa Supreme Court is telling a lower court to let a strict abortion law take effect. Here's the AP Shelley Adler. In a 4-3 ruling, the state Supreme Court told the lower court to dissolve the temporary injunction and continue with further proceedings. The new law bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they're even pregnant. Iowa joins more than a dozen other states with restrictive abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. I'm Shelley Adler. In Texas, that state Supreme Court upheld the ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Parents claim it violates their right to seek medical care for their transgender children. After last night's presidential debate, House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about the possibility of the 25th amendment being used to remove President Biden from office. Our adversaries see the weakness in this White House as we all do. I take no pleasure in saying that. I think this is a very dangerous situation. But unfortunately, it's not the house that gets to determine that. It's the cabinet. Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling for resuming production of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now scrapped treaty with the United States. An indictment in Texas accuses the former Uvaldi School's police chief of delays while a shooter was hunting children, ultimately killing 21 people at Rob Elementary School. This is AP News. The Supreme Court says cities can enforce bans on the homeless, sleeping outdoors. This ruling comes as more and more people in the nation have no permanent place to live. The High Court's 6-3 decision reversed a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Some leaders in Western states had argued that outdoor camps were poking on to sidewalks and other public spaces. Homeless advocates on the other hand said allowing cities to punish people who need a place to sleep would criminalize homelessness and make the crisis worse. Reading from the bench in a descent to the High Court decision, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime. I'm Rita Folay. The White House wants roughly $4 billion in additional emergency funding from Congress for costs related to the collapse and repair of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.