Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first female leader to preside over the country's independence celebrations in 215 years. Her message was that she won't accept foreign intervention, a significant statement as she negotiates pressure from the United States.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday that concerns about “a lot of harms that women and often young girls are experiencing” when they access the abortion pill mifepristone through the mail is among the reasons why the state has asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to restrict availability of that abortion medication.

Florida has $41 million left from a fund to "replace diesel emission sources with cleaner technology" — but doesn't want to spend it on electric vehicles.