Judge in Abortion Pill Case Bans Phones After Trying to Keep Today's Hearing a Secret

Today, a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, is holding a hearing in a highly consequential case that could take the main abortion pill off the market—and he really doesn’t want people to protest or report on it. Over the weekend, we learned that Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, had asked lawyers in the case not to publicize the fact that there would be a hearing today. He told them he’d publicize the hearing Tuesday night, a move that experts said was not only unusual but “deeply concerning.” It’s especially...