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Supreme Court opinion draft leak on Roe v. Wade
President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a “radical” draft Supreme Court opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century and warned that other rights including same-sex marriage and birth control are at risk if the court follows through. Across the nation, Americans grappled with what might come next.
The court confirmed the authenticity of the leaked draft, which was dated to February, and Chief Justice John Roberts said he had ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach of trust.” A court statement emphasized that the draft is not the justices' final word. Get more info here:
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Update: Biden blasts 'radical' draft opinion on abortion; Roberts orders probe into 'egregious' leak
Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and orders a probe into the "egregious" leak.
Met Gala
Kim Kardashian shut down the Met Gala red carpet Monday in one of Marilyn Monroe's most iconic dresses, a gold-beaded body hugger Monroe wore when she sexily sang happy birthday to President John F. Kennedy 60 years ago.
Kardashian had to lose 16 pounds to fit into the dress, designed by Jean Louis and purchased in 2016 by the Ripley's Believe or Not! museum in Orlando, Florida, for a whopping $4.81 million.
Earlier, Blake Lively smiled for the cameras in a grand Atelier Versace gown, with husband Ryan Reynolds in brown velvet, Billie Eilish went with an upcycled green lace-trim dress from Gucci and Cynthia Erivo wore sheer white Louis Vuitton with a matching head piece as the Met Gala returned to its berth on the first Monday in May after years of pandemic upheaval. Read more on the event here:
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ADDS TO CLARIFY THE KIND OF PLANT - A regional train passes fields of rapeseed plants in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Cynthia Erivo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Brooklyn Beckham, left, and Nicola Peltz attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Gigi Hadid attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Jessie Buckley attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Alicia Keys, left, and Swizz Beatz attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Janelle Monae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Kacey Musgraves attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Rosary beads hang by a sign asking people to keep their distance amid the COVID-19 virus outside the sanctuary of the "Virgen del Cerro" formally called La Inmaculada Madre Del Divino Corazón Eucarístico De Jesús, in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Alabama to visit a Lockheed Martin plant, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Aymara Indigenous people attend a ceremony of the "Chakana," or Andean Cross, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Chakana is one of the greatest symbols of Andean culture and coincides with the Catholic celebration of the Lord of the Holy Cross. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An Icelandic horse rests in its paddock at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Leverkusen's Paulinho celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt in Leverkusen, Germany, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A boy watches another as Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Worshipers offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May, 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Dallas Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson, left, drives to the basket against Phoenix Suns forward Cameron Johnson (23) during the first half of Game 1 in the second round of the NBA Western Conference playoff series Monday, May 2, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
People work to lower a heavy, wooden cross from a hilltop to carry it to a church as part of celebrations marking the day of the Holy Cross, in the Santa Cruz Xochitpec neighborhood of Mexico City, late Monday, May 2, 2022. The importance of the fabric-draped cross is reflected in the town's very name, which means "Holy Cross of the Flowered Hill." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A Muslim boy plays next to his father offering an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Anna Shevchenko, 35, waters the few flowers that survived in the garden of her home in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The house, built by Shevchenko's grandparents, was nearly completely destroyed by bombing in late March during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In her beloved flowerbed, some roses, lilies, peonies and daffodils survived. "It is new life. So I tried to save my flowers," she said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
The Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz, center right, hugs with Halyna Yanchenko, a member of the Servant of the People political party, in Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Andy Murray, of Britain, returns the ball against Dominic Thiem of Austria during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Chris Castillo throws a freshly-cut log as he and his cousins clear a wireline along a family member's home in Las Vegas, N.M., Monday, May 2, 2022. Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico's tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of area residents and dozens of patients from the state's psychiatric hospital as firefighters scramble to keep new wildfires from growing. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter. The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which if verified marks a shocking revelation of the high court's secretive deliberation process, particularly before a case is formally decided. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday. Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court's secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses on the court during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix.
Brittney Griner
The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, the State Department said Tuesday.
“The U.S. government will continue to undertake efforts to provide appropriate support to Ms. Griner,” the department said.
Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. Get more information here:
5 things to watch in the Ohio and Indiana primaries. J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks during a campaign rally on April 30 in Newark, Ohio.
US primaries/midterm elections
Voting ends Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, kicking off a busy primary month that will set up some of the key races for this year's midterms.
Ohio's primary on Tuesday will offer an early window into the direction of the Republican Party, and a test of former President Donald Trump's status as its most influential figure, as November's midterm elections approach.
The state's Republican contest for an open Senate seat is the marquee match-up of the day -- and the first in a series of heated GOP clashes that will unfold in May, with races in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia and more set for the following weeks. Read more here:
Voting ends Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, kicking off a busy primary month that will set up some of the key races for this year's midterms.
