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The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.

Seven jury members were seated in Trump’s hush money case. House Speaker Johnson could lose his job over Ukraine aid. And the SCOTUS heard oral arguments in a case that could undo charges for January 6th rioters.

Former president Trump’s hush money trial begins. Indigenous communities call on the U.N. to shut down a hazardous pipeline. And SCOTUS will hear oral arguments about whether prosecutors overstepped when charging January 6th insurrectionists.
 

House Republicans want citizenship proof for federal election voting, under White House pressure Israel shows restraint after Iran's attack and Trump's hush money trial starts.

President Biden's name could be left off the ballot in Alabama and Ohio, the Justice Department mandates background checks for gun show purchases and Iowa Governor Reynolds moves to allow state police to arrest undocumented migrants.

Hamas says it doesn't have 40 Israeli hostages needed for a possible ceasefire. Arizona Republicans squash Democrats' attempt to repeal the near-total  abortion ban and House GOP tensions intensify over a surveillance law.