BREAKING: Lifesaving medication for postpartum hemorrhaging is being pulled off emergency carts because of new Louisiana law reclassifying misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance. My first Pulitzer Center StoryReach article for Louisiana Illuminator lailluminator.com/2024/09/03/lou…

New: Michigan judge quickly rejects RFK Jr. attempt to get off the ballot after nomination. "Elections are not just games, and the Secretary of State is not obligated to honor the whims of candidates for public office."

NEW: A second man -- who received a last minute commutation from Trump, had a known violent history and used connections through the Trump family to get in the door at the White House -- has been accused of domestic violence. nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/… w/Maggie Haberman

A new The War on Cars folk hero has risen

NEW: Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump have announced plans to build a luxury beach village/hotel in southern Albania on land that local villagers say is effectively being stolen from their families. A New York Times investigation. With Vladimir Karaj nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/…

"As traffic deaths have risen, police enforcement has declined sharply." washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

"Vision Zero officials pointed to a decline in major injuries as evidence that the program’s strategies were working. But...most of the drop was actually due to a change in classification in 2021 — lost teeth and potential internal injuries are no longer considered major."

212,745 Texas families have filled out applications for Medicaid health insurance for their kids — but the state has not even started processing them! Details in our new blog post: bit.ly/47guRiU #TXlege

“One gunshot victim was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital” To give folks perspective: that’s a 1.5 hour drive for a gun shot victim to get critical care. The fact there’s nothing closer is a policy choice.

Trump pivoted on Florida’s abortion ban. Here’s what anti-abortion leaders want next. politi.co/3ThRjCH via POLITICO

NEW w/ Meridith McGraw: After a lobbying blitz from anti-abortion leaders, Trump finally came out against Florida's ballot measure. Next, they want promises he'll appoint staunch abortion opponents to key cabinet positions. politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

New w/ Alice Miranda Ollstein: Anti-abortion activists celebrating Trump’s vow to vote no on Amendment 4 now want him to promise to include abortion opponents in his next admin (+ DeSantis and Trump played golf together on Sunday) politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

"Ever since it became clear that Trump was going to sew up the nomination, you would hear from conservatives: ‘Look, he’s got to say what he’s got to say to get elected, but once he’s in office, and we have a staunch pro-lifer as the head of HHS...then it’ll be all worth it.'"

EXCLUSIVE: FDA inspectors have not returned to nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants worldwide since before COVID, according to an exclusive AP analysis documenting the ongoing disruptions of the pandemic: apnews.com/article/fda-in…

Anti-abortion leaders have stuck by Trump out of hope he'll appoint true believers to key cabinet positions. But he not only hasn't made that promise, he's appointed people to his transition with a record of supporting abortion rights. politico.com/news/2024/09/0… w/ Meridith McGraw

A follow up up to Saturday's scuffle at the Trump rally in PA: the man who climbed the press riser wasn't there to attack the press --- he was there to protest Trump and was trying to get his attention thebulwark.com/p/liz-cheney-c…

Former President Donald Trump's recent acknowledgment that he lost the 2020 election has rattled prominent far-right figures, with some saying they will lead a campaign to keep him from being elected in 2024. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Missouri judge strikes down Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s ‘misleading’ description of abortion rights amendment. The ruling marks a win for abortion rights supporters. It also rewrote Ashcroft's language, which appears at polling places. #moleg kansascity.com/news/politics-…