2026Talks

President Biden defends dissent but says "order must prevail" on campus, former President Trump won't commit to accepting the 2024 election results, and Nebraska lawmakers circumvent a ballot measure repealing private school vouchers.

Campus Gaza protests continue, and an Arab-American mayor says voters are watching. The Arizona senate votes to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban. And a Pennsylvania voting rights advocate says dispelling misinformation is a full-time job.

House Democrats say they'll vote to table a motion to remove Speaker Johnson, former President Trump faces financial penalties and the threat of jail time for violating a gag order, and efforts to lower the voting age gain momentum nationwide.

Big Pharma uses red meat rhetoric in a fight over drug costs. A school shooting mother opposes guns for teachers. Campus protests against the Gaza war continue, and activists decry the killing of reporters there.

Ukraine receives much-needed U.S. aid, though it's just getting started. Protesting college students are up in arms about pro-Israel stances. And, end-of-life care advocates stand up for minors' gender-affirming care in Montana.

Speaker Johnson accuses demonstrating students of getting support from Hamas. TikTok says it'll challenge the ban. And the Supreme Court dives into the gray area between abortion and pregnancy healthcare, and into former President Trump's broad immunity claims

"Squad" member Summer Lee wins her primary with a pro-peace platform, Biden signs huge foreign aid bills – including support for Ukraine and Israel, and the Arizona House repeals an abortion ban as California moves to welcome Arizona doctors.

The Senate moves forward with a foreign aid package. A North Carolina judge overturns an aged law penalizing released felons. And child protection groups call a Texas immigration policy traumatic for kids.

The Supreme Court weighs cities' ability to manage a growing homelessness crisis, anti-Israeli protests spread to college campuses nationwide, and more states consider legislation to ban firearms at voting sites and ballot drop boxes.

Ukraine's President Zelensky applauds the House passage of aid. House Speaker Johnson gets bipartisan praise for the foreign aid deal, but still faces a threat to his job over it. And Nebraska moves to restore voting rights for released prisoners.