Decreased fertility associated with poor neighborhood socioeconomic status
Story at a glance Higher levels of stress have been linked to lower fertility rates and poor pregnancy outcomes. Factors such as unemployment or poor housing quality can exacerbate stress levels, potentially affecting infertility rates. To better understand this link, researchers assessed the association between area deprivation indic
Read MoreCheney: Hutchinson’s testimony showed young women ‘what it really means to be a patriot’
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday said the testimony from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 select committee showed young women “what it really means to be a patriot.” The comment came during Cheney’s speech at the Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, one day after the Jan. 6 panel held a surprise hearing with Hutchinson, a former special assistant to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Among the most s
Read MoreSupreme Court agrees to hear high-stakes election law clash
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review an effort by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina to advance a sweeping legal theory that, if successful, could hand state legislatures broad new powers over how voting maps are drawn and federal elections conducted. Viewed narrowly, the case is an appeal from a state court’s ruling that a new Republican-drawn North Carolina voting map amounted to an illegal partisan gerrymander. But the breadth of the legal argument put forth by the Republican challengers raises the stakes of the case considerably, legal experts say.
Read MoreSen. Leahy, third in line to presidency, falls and breaks hip
Senate President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), the most senior member of the Senate Democratic caucus who stands third in the line of presidential succession, fell and broke his hip and will undergo surgery Thursday. Leahy, who is 82 years old, fell Wednesday evening at his home in McLean, Va., his office announced. Leahy’s emergency surgery means he may have to miss time in the Senate, which would limit what Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) could schedule in the 50-50 Senate. Any nominee who doesn’t have Republican support will have
Read MoreSupreme Court curbs EPA’s climate powers
The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ability to regulate climate change, setting limits on how the agency can deal with power plants. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices determined that the EPA cannot induce a shift toward cleaner energy sources using the approach that an Obama-era regulation sought to. "Congress did not grant EPA...the authority to devise emissions caps based on the generation shifting approach the Agency took in the Clean Power Plan," the majority wrote. The ruling was spurred by an ap
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