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Since Idaho’s abortion bans took effect almost four years ago, an Idaho doctor says he’s had to send patients out of state for medically necessary abortions for a range of pregnancy complications under which he used to be able to provide abortions.Dr. Stacy Seyb, who treats high-risk pregnancies as a maternal fetal medicine specialist, answered questions under oath on the first trial day of his federal lawsuit seeking medical exceptions to Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The lawsuit is one of several that have challenged Idaho’s abortion ban.Idaho has several abortion ban laws that, if violated, could allow doctors to be prosecuted and lose their medical licenses, as well as allow them to be sued for at least $20,000 by family members of a person who obtained an abortion. Idaho’s law allows abortions that are needed to prevent the death of the mother, but not to protect her health. Seyb’s lawsuit seeks medical exemptions that would allow abortion to prevent permanent health declines, death by suicide and fatal fetal conditions.Despite calls for change, including by the state’s top medical association, Idaho lawmakers have largely refused to modify Idaho’s strict abortion laws. After the state’s abortion bans took effect, Idaho lost more than a third of its obstetrician doctors, a study found last year. A group behind a proposed ballot initiative to end Idaho’s ban is awaiting confirmation from election officials on whether it will qualify for the November ballot.Under questioning from his attorney, Seyb said he and other doctors are unsure about when abortions are allowed under Idaho’s laws — and that he refers patients out of state for conditions under which he used to provide abortions.“It’s been very, very difficult trying to figure out what types of procedures … would not put you in harm’s way,” Seyb said at the trial in federal court.Labrador says U.S. Supreme Court made clear ‘that there is no right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution’Seyb’s lawsuit is against Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts and the Idaho Board of Medicine, which licenses doctors. Neither side presented opening arguments at the first day of the trial, instead diving directly into questioning doctors who served as witnesses.Last week, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador told the Idaho Capital Sun that the U.S. Supreme Court, in overturning Roe v. Wade, made clear “that there is no right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution, and that states have the right to decide abortion policy.”“This applies to all manner of abortions, including abortions that are done for a claimed medical reason,” he said in a written statement. “In short, abortion, regardless of the reason for the abortion, is not deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition and is therefore not implicit in the concept of ordered liberty. Since there is no fundamental right to abortion, Dr. Seyb is unable to show that Idaho’s laws protecting the lives of unborn children are unconstitutional.”There is no jury in the trial, which is led by federal judge B. Lynn Winmill. It is set to continue until Monday, June 15.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBEDoctor lists medical conditions that he has to refer for out of state abortions Labrador, the attorney for state officials and agencies, watched as one of his attorneys questioned Seyb and other doctors about their testimony. At several points, Labrador’s attorney, Jim Craig, sought to undermine Seyb’s case.Through Craig’s series of questions, Seyb acknowledged that he has not been criminally charged for providing an unlawful abortion, or been told he’s being investigated by the Idaho Board of Medicine.Craig repeatedly tried to get Seyb to admit he didn’t take time to understand how an Idaho court interpreted Idaho’s abortion ban as not requiring women face an “imminent” death risk to be allowed to lawfully receive abortions in Idaho.But Seyb seemed skeptical of that assurance.“I think there’s still a lot of controversy around those things,” he replied.Under questioning from his attorney, Seyb said he hasn’t seen guidance from Labrador, the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office and the Board of Medicine on how the state’s abortion bans work.Labrador’s office attempted to get the lawsuit dismissed before trial, claiming that Seyb didn’t understand how Idaho’s abortion law works. But in a ruling rejecting that request, Winmill wrote that “the contours of the life-of-the mother exception remain ambiguous” even to him.Seyb’s attorney questioned him on a list of medical problems — like preeclampsia, kidney disease and placental abnormalities — that in the past had prompted Seyb to perform medically indicated abortions in Idaho, that he now refers or feels he would need to refer patients to doctors in neighboring states for. Oftentimes, he said he’d send patients to Utah.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan went on Fox News to warn that a key national security law is heading toward expiration Friday — and acknowledged that his own side may not be able to stop it.FISA Section 702, which Jordan described as responsible for more than 50 percent of the nation's most sensitive intelligence, is set to expire this week. Democrats are blocking reauthorization unless President Trump removes Bill Pulte from his role as Acting Director of National Intelligence. Jordan admitted to host Maria Bartiromo the two sides are at an impasse."It's a standoff," Jordan said.Pulte, who simultaneously serves as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was installed as Acting DNI by Trump over Democratic objections that he lacks an intelligence background. Democrats have made his removal a condition for their votes on reauthorization.Jordan framed the Democratic position as political obstruction. "They're using this as leverage," he said. "This is typical Washington games. They want to play politics with national security."He defended Pulte as someone Trump trusts "to get the intelligence community back on track and focused on real threats, not going after conservatives or political opponents."But with the deadline days away and no deal in sight, Jordan's own description of the situation — a standoff — raises the possibility that a surveillance program Republicans have repeatedly called indispensable to national security could lapse because of a personnel dispute of the administration's own making.pic.twitter.com/q2QFsy4Z1Q— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) June 9, 2026
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Bari Weiss could be taking over the editorial leadership of another news network.Paramount has begun preliminary conversations with several top media executives about a business-side counterpart to Weiss, the CBS News editor-in-chief, as the company awaits regulatory approval of its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, two sources familiar with the matter told Axios."The search implies that if Paramount Skydance's deal with Warner Bros. Discovery goes through, Weiss would oversee all news editorial across both CBS News and CNN," Axios reported. "Her potential counterpart would manage business operations across both companies."Among the candidates under consideration are NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson and former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim. Paramount had also weighed Ben Sherwood, CEO of the Daily Beast and former ABC News president, and David Rhodes, former CBS News president and current Sky News executive chairman, according to a source familiar with the search.One candidate faces a procedural hurdle. Because Paramount is still awaiting regulatory clearance to acquire WBD, company executives are barred from holding conversations with any WBD personnel — which would include Thompson.Currently, CBS News president Tom Cibrowski serves alongside Weiss, reporting to George Cheeks, chair of TV media at Paramount. Weiss reports directly to Paramount chairman and CEO David Ellison.The role being sought would fill a void left by former CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon, who oversaw all business operations before resigning last year ahead of Skydance's merger with Paramount. No direct replacement was ever named.The search comes amid turbulence surrounding CBS News' flagship program "60 Minutes," though a source close to the process disputed recent reports suggesting Weiss' authority could be curtailed."The Paramount brass loves Bari Weiss," the source said. "She has the full confidence of David Ellison, who believes Bari has done a fantastic job as editor-in-chief."The search has not yet concluded. Federal regulators are expected to approve the merger, though attorneys general from California and New York are among a group preparing a lawsuit to block the deal.
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