Janine Herbst

Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks has resigned, telling Fox News it's effective immediately.

That agency secures the U.S.

border.

Banks has served as chief since President Trump returned to office, and there's no word on who will replace him.

Controversy over actions by the agency led to that partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security in April that's still going on.

This is after Democratic lawmakers refused to approve funds for DHS until certain policies are changed.

The World Cup is taking a page from the Super Bowl.

For the first time, this year's final match will include a special halftime performance with major star power.

NPR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento has more.

Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Dow up 370 points, the Nasdaq up 232.

I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

The Supreme Court today has preserved access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, allowing it to be available by mail without an in-person appointment.

The case stems from a suit Louisiana filed to roll back the FDA's rules on how the drug can be prescribed.

A ruling by a three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals on May 1st threatened access to the pill through telemedicine visits and mail delivery.

But tonight, the high court granted emergency requests by two drug makers of the pill to block the lower court ruling for now while a lawsuit plays out.

Medication abortions account for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S.

as of 2023, the last year for which statistics are available.

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Beijing today discussing the war in Iran, global trade and energy security.