Insulin prices cut - Expanded food stamps expire - West Bank settlement tensions

Source: Associated Press

1. Summary
   On Wednesday Attorney General Merrick Garland was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing. Garland assured the panel that an investigation into President Biden's son, currently led by a Trump appointee, is operating independently. He also touched on issues of bipartisan interest, like the department's work addressing fentanyl deaths.
   
   GOP senators asked Garland why there are more federal prosecutions of attacks on abortion clinics than of attacks on pregnancy centers. Garland acknowledged a disparity, but said it is not intentional. He said anti-abortion threats happen "during the daylight" and in view of cameras, but threats to pregnancy centers, while "horrid," happen in the dark.
   
   GOP Senators also pressed Garland on why the department has not prosecuted those who protested outside Supreme Court justices' homes and argued the Justice Department failed to provide enough security to Justices. Garland argued he took the unusual step of deploying 70 members of the Marshals Service to protect the justices.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee amid special counsel probes.
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1. Different political viewpoint
   Garland says those attacking pro-life centers too "clever" for FBI: "They work at night."
   Washington Times (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 63% • 4 min read

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   Reproductive rights activists charged under law intended to protect abortion clinics.
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