The News Roundup – Domestic

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Published May 12, 2022 at 2:56 PM EDT

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) rides an elevator to a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

Senate Democrats put forward a bill to codify Roe v. Wade after a leaked draft of a majority opinion suggested the Supreme Court was poised to overturn the landmark abortion access case. The effort failed. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin broke party lines, saying he wanted to codify abortion rights but not expand them.

Elon Musk said that he would reverse President Donald Trump’s ban from Twitter. Musk added he thought the ban was morally wrong.

Inflation in the U.S. is beginning to come down, although it’s still at a 40-year high.

We cover the most important stories from around the nation on the domestic portion of the News Roundup.

A grassroots effort in Michigan is raising reparations — while the government lags

Sophia Saliby

When state and federal legislation is slow, if at all, a Michigan church in East Lansing is gathering money and making plans to distribute funds.
Schools try to balance freedom of speech and security during student protests

Sequoia Carrillo

Schools weigh freedom of speech and safety risks as nationwide protests pop up on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system

Nell Greenfieldboyce

In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it's messages stopped making sense. But the NASA probe is once again sending messages to Earth that make sense.