The Supreme Court will hear its first abortion case since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed.

• The Mississippi law under question would only grant exceptions to its 15-week ban in cases of severe fetal abnormality or medical emergency, per AP.

Why it matters: This presents the first real test of whether former President Trump's nominees, who created a 6-3 conservative majority on the Court, will change the post-Roe consensus.

• The court struck down a Louisiana abortion law by a 5-4 vote last year, before Barrett was confirmed.
• Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the other three liberal justices, said the restrictions were virtually identical to a Texas law the court struck down in 2016, AP reports.

What they're saying:

• Nancy Northup, president of the pro-abortion rights Center for Reproductive Rights: “The Supreme Court just agreed to review an abortion ban that unquestionably violates nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent and is a test case to overturn Roe v. Wade."
• Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion rights group Susan B. Anthony List: "[A] landmark opportunity to recognize the right of states to protect unborn children."

The bottom line: "Lower courts said the [Mississippi] law was plainly unconstitutional under Roe, which forbids states from banning abortions before fetal viability — the point at which fetuses can sustain life outside the womb, or around 23 or 24 weeks," the N.Y. Times reports.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

• The U.S. earlier today blocked what would have been a unanimous statement by the UN Security Council expressing “grave concern” over the intensifying Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the loss of civilian lives, AP reports.

Above: Palestinian children sit in the back of a van loaded with salvaged belongings from their home at the Al Jawhara Tower in Gaza City.

• The tower was heavily damaged by Israeli airstrikes.

Below: A rescue team soldier checks the site of a rocket strike from the Gaza Strip in Ashdod, Israel, May 17. Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images

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Ford's unveiling of the electrified F-150 on Wednesday night is a BFD, to borrow words from a former vice president.

• President Biden will visit Dearborn, Michigan, tomorrow to get a preview of what Ford is calling the F-150 Lightning, reports Axios Generate author Ben Geman.

Why it matters: The U.S. trend is toward SUVs and trucks, and Ford's F-series is the most popular truck in America.