Catch up on the day’s news: Trump’s bond, asbestos ban, OTC birth control
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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! We’re trying out an evening version of our popular 5 Things morning newsletter right here on CNN.com. This is the very first edition so let us know what you think and which kinds of content you’d like to see here. Here’s what you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ Trump’s bond: Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his $464 million bond to cover the judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers said. 📹 VIDEO: Trump salutes January 6 prisoners 2️⃣ Asbestos ban: The EPA outlawed chrysotile asbestos, the last form of asbestos in the US. The carcinogen has long been linked to multiple types of cancer. 3️⃣ OTC birth control: The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the US, and online sales began today. 📹 VIDEO: CNN’s Jacqueline Howard has the details 4️⃣ Realtor commissions: The way Americans buy and sell homes is about to get turned on its head. Here’s what you need to know about the big changes coming.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to develop policy recommendations to expand access to and affordability of in vitro fertilization.
The Trump administration ordered legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to stop their work, according to a memo obtained by CNN.
Louis DeJoy, the head of the US Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was forced to close Tuesday due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN.
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in connection with an attempted coup d’état, according to documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday evening.
A federal judge considering whether to indefinitely block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender service members described it on Tuesday as having “unadulterated animus” toward transgender Americans.
Argentine President Javier Milei has defended himself for promoting a cryptocurrency whose value collapsed within hours of its launch, likening those who invested in the token after his endorsement to gamblers at casinos.
A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems at a slew of executive branch agencies.
A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail.
As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home here at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to consider the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the charges.
Brazil’s government on Tuesday approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations, signaling the country’s evolution into a major oil state just nine months ahead of hosting the United Nations’ annual climate summit.
The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to government records related to the security clearances granted to Elon Musk and his associates, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.