The Israel Prison Services (IPS) does not allow anyone – including family members, the Red Cross, or political figures – to visit Nasser Abu Hamid, despite his critical conditions, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Saturday.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-prevents-family-red-cross-from-visiting-critically-ill-nasser-abu-hamid/

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey sued the Biden administration on Friday over its demand that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don't have mask requirements or that close due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Phoenix comes a week after the U.S. Treasury Department demanded that Ducey either restructure the $163 million program to eliminate restrictions it says undermine public health recommendations or face a repayment demand. The Treasury Department also wants changes to a $10 million program Ducey created that gives private school tuition money to parents if their children's schools have mask mandates.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/arizona-sues-biden-school-anti-mask-rules-82404499

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia sued the Biden administration Friday over its decision to revoke approval of a work requirement in the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income Georgians.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia, says the decision last month by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was an illegal and arbitrary “bait and switch of unprecedented magnitude.” It seeks a court order reinstating the original plan with the work requirement.

“Simply put, the Biden administration is obstructing our ability to implement innovative healthcare solutions for more than 50,000 hardworking Georgia families rather than rely on a one-size-fits-none broken system,” Georgia Gov Brian Kemp, a Republican, said in a news release announcing the lawsuit.

https://apnews.com/article/health-brunswick-georgia-medicaid-medicare-34f7975618988916ea738ce19753f316

A video of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell saying Black voters are "locked down against Republicans" resurfaced online as he faces criticism for remarks this week in which he appeared to distinguish between "African Americans" and "Americans."

In the 2015 video, which shows the Kentucky Republican speaking at the Aspen Institute, McConnell addresses his party's shortfalls with Black voters, who typically back Democratic candidates.

"Even before the president's rise, we were getting blown out by African American voters, and we still are," he said, referring to then President Barack Obama. "I wish it were otherwise, but there are some very impressive African American Republicans."

https://www.newsweek.com/video-mcconnell-saying-black-voters-locked-down-against-gop-resurfaces-after-brouhaha-1671942