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1. Confused about the abortion pill news? Here's where things stand

   The courts are considering ending telemedicine access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in a medication abortion. Here's what's happened this week and what's to come.

2. A Trump council recommends overhauling FEMA. Here are 3 key changes

   A group of emergency experts wants the Trump administration to raise the bar for federal help after disasters, and also make it easier for survivors to get money quickly.

3. DHS blames funding lapse for shutdown of internal detention oversight

   The office investigates detainee deaths and access to medical care, among other issues. It's being wound down, even as the number of detention deaths and length of detention stays has grown.

4. A judge unsealed Epstein's purported 2019 suicide note. More documents could follow

   At the request of the New York Times, a judge unsealed a goodbye note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate says he found after the convicted sex offender's first suicide attempt in July 2019.

5. Tennessee Republicans pass a map to break up the state's lone Democratic House seat

   Tennessee Republicans' map would crack Shelby County — home to majority-Black Memphis — into three different districts, in an effort to eliminate the state's lone remaining Democratic-held seat.

6. Rubio visits Vatican amid escalating tensions between Trump and Pope Leo

   Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Rome in an effort to preserve a crucial relationship between Washington and the Holy See.

7. China gives suspended death sentences to 2 ex-defense ministers

   Both were the latest to be sentenced in President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign, which started more than a decade ago.

8. Studying these young Alzheimer's patients led to breakthroughs. Trump cut the funding

   Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, and a quick way to test potential treatments.

9. Iran reviews U.S. proposal. And, Rubio to meet Pope Leo after Trump's criticism

   Iran is reviewing the Trump administration's latest proposal to end the war. And, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Pope Leo XIV amid President Trump's harsh criticism of him.

10. Psychiatrists say RFK Jr.'s take on SSRIs is an 'oversimplification' of the problem

    The American Psychiatric Association says too few patients can access comprehensive mental health care in the United States. It welcomes new investments in improving access to evidence-based care.