By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed women to continue to access the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth visits, maintaining the status quo while officials in Louisiana continue to push for limiting availability of the drug in lower courts.

The conservative Supreme Court imposed a pause on a May 1 decision from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals that abruptly required women to obtain the drug through in-person visits. The focus will now return to the New Orleans-based appeals court, which will decide the merits of Louisiana’s challenge.

The court did not explain its reasoning, nor did it disclose the vote count. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision.

The order landed nearly half an hour after an earlier “administrative” stay extending widespread access to the drug expired at 5 p.m. ET.

“The court’s unreasoned order granting stays in this case is remarkable,” Alito wrote in his dissent.

“What is at stake,” he added, “is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision” overturning Roe v. Wade four years ago.

Thomas wrote in a brief solo dissent that he thought a long-dormant 19th Century law that bans the mailing of drugs used for abortions, as well as the state’s strict abortion ban, barred the manufacturers from getting courts to intervene on their behalf.

The companies, he wrote, “are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise. They cannot, in any legally relevant sense, be irreparably harmed by a court order that makes it more difficult for them to commit crimes.”

Also notable was that the court did not agree to hear arguments in the case, as both sides had asked it to do. Instead, the decision means the merits of the case will now be hashed out in a federal appeals court and the issue will likely reach the Supreme Court again in the future.

The case is the most significant involving abortion to reach the high court since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that established a constitutional right to abortion. And both the case and mifepristone are heavily wrapped up in that decision. After the fall of Roe in 2022, many conservative states banned in-clinic abortions, which increased demand for mifepristone.

Women have been able to obtain mifepristone – one of the two drugs in the medication abortion regimen – through telehealth appointments since the pandemic. President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration finalized that situation in 2023, ending the requirement that the medication be obtained through an in-person doctor’s visit.

As conservative states responded to the Supreme Court’s decision by banning or severely limiting access to clinic abortions, demand for use of telehealth to access mifepristone increased. Medication abortions were already the most common option — they account for more than 60% of abortions in the US, according to Guttmacher Institute research. And the Society of Family Planning, a research group that has opposed mifepristone restrictions, estimates that roughly 1 in 4 abortions nationwide were provided through telehealth in 2025, up from up from fewer than 1 in 10 in 2022.

Data analyzed by CNN show that mifepristone is safer than other common, low-risk prescription drugs, including penicillin and Viagra. There were five deaths associated with mifepristone use for every 1

By Dana O’Neil, CNN

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (CNN) — After signing his scorecard to make official a round of golf he’d largely like to forget, Bryson DeChambeau cut through the player’s parking lot and kept going, directly to the driving range.

He plopped two buckets next to him and started swinging, stopping only to either review video of his stroke recorded on an iPhone or to have his people shoo away two cameramen who set up behind him.

When he emptied those buckets, DeChambeau cued up a few more, as if somewhere in the bottom he might find his game. It has clearly abandoned him.

DeChambeau shot a brutal 6-over 76 in the first round of the PGA Championship, putting him at a robust plus-17 over his last three major opening rounds.

So sideways did things for DeChambeau that one of his errant shots wound up on a staircase, parking itself directly beneath a tent that read, “Level Blue On the Fairway.” The ball clearly did not appreciate the irony. In a true twist, that horrible lie ended up being one of DeChambeau’s best moments; he wound up saving par.

DeChambeau splayed drives right, and putts short, long, wide and all about the tricky Aronimink greens. On the lengthy par-3 eighth, he blooped his second shot high enough to draw rain, flying it clear over the green, needing only a loop-di-loop to complete the cartoonish effect. He wound up with a double bogey.

As the round progressed, DeChambeau’s body language went from purposeful to puzzled to downright peeved, which is something of a typical descent for DeChambeau. He jammed his club into the green at one point, and on more than one occasion, he returned to the scene of whatever crime last committed – bad drive or bad putt – and took a ghost swing, as if he was both pondering what the hell just happened and dreaming of a mulligan.

On the seventh, near the end of his round, having teed off to begin the day on 10, he spent what felt like an eternity waiting for the green to clear. While Rickie Fowler and Ludvig Åberg chatted with their caddies, DeChambeau took a bunch of practice swings and chomped on a piece of beef jerky with more aggression than even chewy meat merits.

DeChambeau’s struggles come at an especially critical juncture for the two-time US Open winner and the rest of his LIV Golf exiles. Their side hustle is sputtering toward some sort of finish line, the Saudi’s Public Investment Fund having pulled the cashflow that made LIV so appealing in the first place.

DeChambeau’s contract is up at the end of this year, but that doesn’t mean he gets to head back to the PGA Tour. He was not only one of the rebels to break away; he also joined in a lawsuit alleging the PGA used a monopoly to unfairly penalize players who joined LIV.

A return will require meetings, penalties and probably a lot of kumbaya sessions. The Tour recently announced it will loosen its otherwise Draconian social media policies. DeChambeau is a proud YouTuber and has even threatened to take his ball and go play all by himself on the platform if a stalemate persists.

There remains a chasm to cross and largely what sits in the middle, between a reconciliation and a permanent divorce, is what always gets in the middle of any messy relationship: Ego. Not only does either side not want to accept blame, but also neither wants to admit they need the other.

To be fair, the PGA has hardly crumbled amid the breakaway to LIV. The 2025 season was the most-watched on CBS since 2018. Sunday viewership for top Tour events hovered around

Por Patrick Oppmann, CNN

El director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, encabezó este jueves una delegación de Estados Unidos a La Habana para reunirse con funcionarios del Gobierno de Cuba, mientras la isla enfrenta el colapso de su sector energético en medio de crecientes tensiones con Estados Unidos, según informó el Gobierno de Cuba.

“Tras la solicitud presentada por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos para que una delegación presidida por el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, fuera recibida en La Habana, la Dirección Revolucionaria aprobó la realización de esta visita y la reunión con su contraparte del Ministerio del Interior”, indicó el comunicado.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo y será actualizada.

The-CNN-Wire
™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

The post Cuba dice que el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, se reunió con el ministro del Interior en La Habana appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

By Toni Odejimi, CNN

Welcome to 5 Things PM! I love strolling to my local art museum to take in masterpieces — both old and new. Now, there’s even more reason to go: research suggests it could help you live longer.

Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

5 things

1⃣ It’s getting hot in here

Think El Niño — but stronger. A potential “super” event could make heat, drought and flooding extremes more likely through winter. Sign up for the CNN Weather newsletter.

2⃣ Cracking down

Fighting fraud is a top priority for the Trump administration, but it’s more complicated than it sounds. Take a closer look.

3⃣ ‘You took away my dad’

Some kids cling to their parents. But for the sons of Kouri Richins — the Utah woman sentenced to life without parole for fatally poisoning her husband — that bond has been shattered. They’re still living with the pain and fallout.

4⃣ Recession indicator?

TV’s buzziest characters are all on OnlyFans, and it’s not just for shock value. From “Euphoria” to “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” storylines are reflecting a real-world shift as more people turn to the platform in a tough, uncertain economy.

5⃣ Blowing up

Ever dream of living in a bounce house? After 30 years, IKEA says it’s finally figured out the inflatable chair.

Watch this

‘Drunk’ deer warning: Drivers in eastern France are being urged to stay vigilant as wild animals are behaving strangely — and no, they didn’t hit the liquor store.

Top headlines

• Border Patrol chief Michael Banks resigns his position
• Senators vote to block their pay during future government shutdowns
• FBI offers $200,000 for information on former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran

Check this out

Swimming with the fishes: What if you could step inside your screensaver? CNN’s Lilit Marcus turned that idea into reality, diving into the jellyfish lake she’d been staring at for years. See what she found.

For CNN subscribers

CNN

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN

(CNN) — Cuba’s dire energy woes are about to become even more critical, the nation’s energy minister warned Wednesday.

A Russian donation of oil in late March has been exhausted, Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy said in a special televised appearance Wednesday night.

“The situation is very tense, it’s becoming hotter,” de la O Levy said on Cuban state-run TV, referring to the scorching summer months on the Caribbean island that drive up demand for energy.

In recent days, small groups of Cubans have taken to the streets, often at night, banging pots and pans to protest longer energy cuts.

The grim-faced official repeated several times that oil reserves to run the island’s beleaguered electrical grid were all but spent.

“We have absolutely no diesel,” he said.

Following the US attack on Cuba’s oil-rich ally Venezuela in January and the Trump administration’s declaration that the Cuban government presents a threat to US national security, the communist-run island has faced an oil blockade.

Other than the one shipload of donated Russian oil, Cuban officials say they have been cut off from any oil shipments by the US for more than four months.

That oil donation was used up in early May and Cubans are regularly suffering blackouts that last most of the day if not the entire day.

Some Cubans now complain they don’t receive enough power to charge items like electric mopeds or even phones. Many people wake in the middle of the night – during the brief moments there is electricity – to do basic tasks like laundry and cooking.

While de la O Levy said the island was increasingly using solar power thanks to panels donated by China, he said cloud cover and weather conditions often means that the power generated fluctuates greatly.

Without costly batteries to store the electricity generated by the panels, they do not provide any respite in the night-time hours during peak demand.

“In Havana, the blackouts now exceed 20-22 hours (per day),” de la O Levy said.

The Trump administration is attempting to force the Cuban government to open the island politically and economically, and oust top leadership in order for economic sanctions to be lifted.

President Donald Trump has said the Cuban government is on the verge of collapse and that he is considering using military force to take the island.

Cuban officials have angrily refuted the pressure campaign and promised to resist any military intervention with force.

On Wednesday, a State Department news release said the US was offering the island $100 million in aid, to carry out “meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system.”

“The decision rests with the Cuban regime to accept our offer of assistance or deny critical living-saving aid and ultimately be accountable to the Cuban people for standing in the way of critical assistance,” the release said.

The Cuban government said Thursday it is “ready to listen” to aid offer, although it stressed that it does not have specific details about the State Department’s proposal.

“It is still not clear whether this wo