Two Massachusetts members of Congress who are among the most left-leaning on Capitol Hill have joined several conservative Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Assange, 52, a native of Australia, has been in prison in England since 2019 while fighting extradition to the United States on espionage charges for publishing classified military and diplomatic information that embarrassed the administration of then-president George W. Bush during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is recommending public colleges and universities join a national trade association for abortion providers.
It's one of the suggestions the state agency made in a 47-page blueprint made public Wednesday that is designed to help public schools of higher learning "to take steps toward maximizing access to abortion services for their students" by providing pregnant female students abortion pills or referrals for them.
