CHRIS MCDANIEL

An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v.

Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states are looking to copy a Texas law that represents the most far-reaching curb on abortions in 50 years.

The Supreme Court allowing a new Texas law that bans most abortions has Republicans eager to pass identical measures across the country.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in the wake of a political scandal that defined Mississippi’s bitter 2014 U.S. Senate race.

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 30, 2020 file photo, Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration employees Willie Townsend, left, and Joe Brown, attach a Mississippi state flag to the harness before raising it over the Capitol grounds in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t named in any of the 120 statewide ballot measures up for a vote on Nov. 3. But this year's nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice are major factors in the campaigns in several states for measures with distinctive racial themes. In Mississippi and Rhode Island, Black supporters of the ballot measures hope this year’s nationwide spotlight on racial injustice will bring a different outcome than when similar proposals were on the ballot previously. In Utah, the slavery measure’s lead sponsor was Rep. Sandra Hollins, the only Black person now serving in the Legislature.

In this April 25, 2020 photograph, a small Mississippi state flag is held by a participant during a drive-by "re-open Mississippi" protest past the Governor's Mansion, in the background, in Jackson, Miss. This current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. Mississippi has the only state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. In my mind, our flag should bear the Seal of the Great State of Mississippi and state In God We Trust, Hosemann said. Walmart announced Tuesday that it would stop displaying the Mississippi flag because of the Confederate emblem.

Democrats help put GOP Sen. Cochran back in office Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeated Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel in a hotly contested primary battle Tuesday. McDaniel, who beat the six-term senator in the primary three weeks ago, triggering a runoff, plans to challenge the decision in court. Nancy Cordes reports.

Tea party leader: Thad Cochran “stole” Senate election “fair and square” Adam Brandon, the executive vice president of FreedomWorks, explains to CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes why Mississippi Senate candidate Chris McDaniel, who just lost a runoff election to Sen. Thad Cochran in the Republican primary, is not yet giving up his hopes of becoming the Republican Senate nominee.

Defeated challenger Chris McDaniel still defiant He lost the Mississippi Republican primary runoff to Sen. Thad Cochran, but tea party favorite Chris McDaniel declared, "I'm still standing."

Thad Cochran thanks supporters after hard-fought primary win The veteran senator from Mississippi was forced into a primary runoff against state Sen. Chris McDaniel, but the six-term Republican narrowly defeated his tea party challenger.

Mississippi GOP primary too close to call Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran's reelection race is too close to call, but Tea Party-backed Chris McDaniel holds a narrow lead. Norah O'Donnell reports.