Actor Matthew McConaughey, in an op-ed for the Austin American-Statesman on Sunday, applauded the bipartisan federal gun bill that President Biden signed into law on Saturday as an example of the power of compromise.
The big picture: The law enhanced background checks for people under 21, increased funding for mental health and school safety and provided incentives for states to implement "red flag" laws. It's the most significant federal gun legislation passed in nearly 30 years.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) suggested Sunday he's not comfortable with the lack of exceptions for incest or rape in an abortion ban he signed three years ago.
Driving the news: The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday triggered a 2019 Arkansas law that bans abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother.
When Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) hailed the end of Roe v. Wade, he was also celebrating a victory for his wife, a lawyer who helped shape the arguments in the Mississippi case that became the vehicle for the ruling.
Driving the news: As senior counsel to the appellate team at Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom, Erin Morrow Hawley helped the state of Mississippi draft merits and reply briefs for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. "I'm so pleased it's a 6-3 decision," she told Axios. "The Supreme Court has taken the shackles of Roe off of states."
Far-right candidates are surging in House races across the map: Republican leaders increasingly fear that a red wave will wash in a raft of conspiracy theorists and extremists.
Why it matters: The establishment grows ever weaker. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — on the doorstep of the speaker’s office — can expect to be saddled with new members who have zero loyalty or predictability.
It may be time to reconsider whether anti-abortion rights Democrats should continue serving in elected office, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told followers in a video posted to Instagram on Saturday evening.
Driving the news: In a 55-minute video, Ocasio-Cortez outlined a number of priorities that Democrats should focus on in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Sunday said companies should consider the "danger that [Gov.] Brian Kemp poses to the life and welfare of women" in Georgia when doing business there.
Fifty-nine percent of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and take away the federal protections of abortion rights, according to a new CBS News/YouGov reaction poll. Among women polled, 67% disapprove.
Why it matters: The new polling upholds what surveys before the decision showed us — that the majority of Americans support Roe.
Impeachment should be "very seriously considered" if Supreme Court justices lied in their confirmation hearings about their intentions to overturn Roe v. Wade, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told "Meet the Press" Sunday.
Driving the news: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) have called into question comments made by Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh during their confirmation hearings after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" that he doesn't believe the Supreme Court will revisit rulings on same-sex marriage and contraception.
Driving the news: Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion to the ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, wrote that the Supreme Court should reconsider opinions protecting same-sex relationships, marriage equality and access to contraceptives.
The Supreme Court "set a torch" to its legitimacy with its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, warranting an expansion of the number of supreme court justices, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
Rep. Mary Miller, a Republican congresswoman from Illinois, called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade a "historic victory for white life" at a rally with former President Trump on Saturday night.
Miller said, “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday."
Miller's spokesman later said she had misread her remarks, and intended to call the decision a victory for "a right to life."
Between the lines: The comment was "out of step with the disproportionate impact the repeal of abortion rights will have on women of color," AP's Jill Colvin writes.
President Biden announced Sunday that the U.S. and other members of the G7 will impose a ban on imports of Russian gold as part of an effort to impose costs on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, for the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Driving the news: "The United States has imposed unprecedented costs on Putin to deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war against Ukraine," Biden tweeted Sunday.
