Bulletin Brief

Supreme Court abortion battle continues, now over Idaho abortion ban (CNN, AP) 

New round of Ukraine/Israel funding passed, along with TikTok ban (NBC, Reuters)

Israeli-American citizen seen alive on video (Time, Reuters)

Arizona jury indicts 16 individuals for using fake-electors in 2020 election (AP)

Biden extends overtime pay to assist millions of workers (CBS)

ALA reports that 40% of Americans live with unhealthy air (NBC)

Missing Klimt painting breaks records at Austrian auction (CBS)

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In Must Know News

• The Supreme Court will reconsider the total abortion bans currently in place in 14 states in light of a Reagan-era emergency healthcare law. Federal law requires hospital emergency rooms to stabilize the health of patients, which could sometimes lead to an abortion in cases such as partial miscarriages and hemorrhaging. This is the first case of its kind to be brought to the Supreme Court, though judges expect many more.
• President Biden signed a 95 billion dollar Ukraine and Israel aid package and a nationwide TikTok ban into law yesterday. The ban will take effect in 9 months if ByteDance refuses to sell the app. The US has been secretly sending long-range missiles to Ukraine for the past several weeks as part of a 300 million dollar aid package passed in March.
• An Israeli-American citizen was seen for the first time in 201 days after a video of him was posted by Hamas on Wednesday. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped during the October 7th attack. In the video, Hersh can be seen missing his lower arm. In response, Hersh’s parents Rachel and Jon created a response video saying “we love you, stay strong, survive.” Hersh is one of 133 hostages that still remain in captivity in Gaza.

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In Other Notable News 

• An Arizona grand jury indicted Mark Meadows, Rudy Guliani, and 16 others for using fake electors to overturn the 2020 election. Trump, described as a co-conspirator, faces scrutiny as he bids to avoid federal prosecution.
• A new Biden administration rule will expand overtime pay to cover 4.3 million more workers earning under $1,128 weekly, potentially resulting in an extra $1.5 billion in pay to address disparities in overtime for salaried employees. 
• The American Lung Association released a report that nearly 40% of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air, worsening by wildfires and climate change, posing a threat to public health and undoing Clean Air Act progress. 
• After being lost for nearly 100 years, Gustav Klimt’s "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser" fetched $32 million at auction in Vienna, making it a record sale for Austria.