Four years after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling ending the bloody legacy of Roe v. Wade, pro-life activists struggle to confront a new challenge that has proved just as difficult: mail-order abortion pills.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe, many activists believed that states would be empowered to end abortion without the interference of the federal government. Now pro-life leaders say federal regulations and state shield laws are allowing leftist activists and organizations to flood states — where medication abortion is technically illegal — with abortion pills. 
&#8220;We find that the abortion drug has usurped the sovereignty of those states, and that people like Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, and Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, are determining policy for pro-life states, to the extent that now 15,000 children a month are dying, in pro-life states that have strong pro life protections,” Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said during a Tuesday call attended by The Daily Wire. 
“That is the definition of failure,” she added. 
While red states responded to Roe with trigger laws prohibiting doctors from administering abortions, blue states enacted so-called “shield laws” designed to protect those who illegally ship abortion pills across the country from prosecution. 
Medication abortions, which are the most common abortion method, are facilitated by a woman taking mifepristone and misoprostol. After a pregnant woman takes mifepristone, the unborn child is cut off from the nutrients it needs to survive and is effectively starved to death. Misoprostol is then taken to induce labor and expel the deceased baby from the mother. 
A previous Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-leftist-networks-flood-red-states-with-risky-abortion-pills-with-no-consequences">investigation</a> found that leftist activist groups send foreign-made abortion pills into states with the only requirements being an address and some form of payment online. One <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ordering-abortion-drugs-is-as-easy-shopping-on-amazon?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Drugs+Now+Arrive+As+Fast+As+An+Amazon+Package">recent study</a> from the Charlotte Lozier Institute identified eight online pill providers that use so-called shield laws to ship pills into states where medication abortion is technically illegal. 
Many pro-life leaders say the problem could be greatly addressed if the FDA rescinded a Biden-era policy that allowed abortion pills to be dispensed through the mail. The FDA is currently conducting a safety study of the abortion pill and said it won’t adjust policy while the study takes place
Dannenfelser has urged the Justice Department to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana against the FDA’s abortion policy. The suit says that the FDA&#8217;s policy prevents Louisiana from enforcing its restrictions on medication abortions. 
“There is a record of this administration certainly challenging injustice, and running straight towards the battle,” she said. “That&#8217;s the kind of courage that we&#8217;ve come to see and desire.”
A spokesman for the Justice Department told The Daily Wire that it asked the judge to give the FDA more time to review its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for the abortion drug. 
“On behalf of the FDA, the Justice Department has requested more time from the court for the FDA to complete its review of mifepristone REMS, ensuring our federal health agencies can change their policies without judicial interference,” the spokesman said. “As the Supreme Court recognized in a unanimous ruling less than two years ago, it is the role of the FDA — not the federal courts — to evaluate drug safety data and impose appropriate precautions.”
Largely fueled by the availability of the abortion pill, some estimates indicate that abortions have actually <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/despite-dobbs-more-babies-are-still-being-aborted-in-the-united-states">increased</a> since Dobbs. 
“No, we&#8217;re killing more babies today,” said Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Iowa-based Family Leader, when asked if the pro-life movement is better off than it was four years ago. “We&#8217;re being more creative in how we kill more babies than they were.”
He said that they used to be worried about people traveling out of state to Illinois for abortion but that now the “abortion destinations [are] in your mailbox.”
Grappling with the problems of the abortion pill, some pro-life leaders say the overturn of Roe also created problems for the Left that should not be ignored. 
Shawn Carney, the CEO of 40 Days for Life, said that pro-abortion activists now have to make the case for abortion as a positive good and cannot hide behind Supreme Court precedent.  
“They just had to say, ‘It&#8217;s the Supreme Court, it&#8217;s the law of the land, and that&#8217;s it,’” he told The Daily Wire. “So when Dobbs got rid of Roe, they had to start talking about abortion, and that hasn&#8217;t gone well because they&#8217;ve never had to do that. They never had to have any kind of basic talking points on why abortion is good, what it is as a surgery, how it operates.”
Recently, Rep. Brandon Gill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rising-gop-star-presses-abortion-advocate-to-name-favorite-method-of-murdering-babies">went viral</a> for exposing the brutal nature of abortion during an exchange with a pro-abortion advocate who repeatedly refused to answer when asked about her preferred method of abortion. 
“The left has never had to articulate why abortion&#8217;s good, and now that they have to, because it&#8217;s state by state, they can&#8217;t,” Carney said.
Carney did say that the mail-order abortion was the largest challenge for the pro-life movement. 
“The mail order abortions, which was started under Biden during COVID, that is the biggest problem right now that we face &#8230; because we don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s getting these pills. We don&#8217;t know how they&#8217;re using them,” he said. 
“We&#8217;re sending these two pills that are designed to kill a baby to just some random apartment. We have no idea who gets it. They don&#8217;t have to sign for it,” he added. 
He also said that the pro-life movement should not underestimate the opportunities to work in deep blue states. While they can’t change laws on the ground, they can change minds and hearts, Carney said. 
Carney also praised President Donald Trump as the most “pro-life president ever” and said he thought criticism of the president’s approach to the issue was “over the top” and “unprofessional.” 
Trump appointed the Supreme Court justices who overturned Dobbs and has taken numerous actions to cut off federal funding for abortions. During his first week back in office, Trump issued pardons to nearly two dozen pro-life activists who were targeted by the Biden administration. 
“This Department of Justice remains committed to advancing President Trump’s pro-life agenda, including through dismissing criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits against peaceful pro-life advocates targeted by the previous administration, and using the FACE Act to protect pro-life pregnancy centers,” a DOJ spokesman told The Daily Wire. 
Some elected Republicans at the state level are embracing a new approach that involves criminalizing abortion for all involved, including the mother. Laws in states like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-bill-would-classify-abortion-as-murder">Tennessee</a> and South Carolina were proposed this past legislative cycle that would treat abortion as murder.
These kinds of laws, which are opposed by traditional pro-life groups, are supported by groups like the Foundation to Abolish Abortion which says they are the only guaranteed way to end abortion. Foundation to Abolish Abortion President Bradley Pierce told The Daily Wire that laws aimed at going after suppliers were not enough. 
“These abortion regulations cannot be enforced against the established supply chain of abortion pills from overseas, and cannot be reliably enforced domestically unless and until the Supreme Court makes a decision regarding shield laws,” he said. “That is why lawmakers must establish equal protection for preborn babies, applying the laws against homicide within their own jurisdictions against every willful participant in abortion.”
Pierce said that “abolition” bills “deter both the supply and demand of abortions” and are the Christian approach to ending abortion. He says his group will continue to work with state lawmakers on drafting similar legislation. 
“In order to advance abolition bills, we are recruiting and educating state lawmakers, providing them assistance as they draft and introduce equal protection legislation, and making the case for abolition in the public square,” he said. “Other abolitionists across the country are also launching and growing grassroots efforts to elect more Christian lawmakers who champion equal protection.”
While Democrats campaigned heavily on restoring Roe in 2022 and 2024, public opinion is roughly unmoved, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/711401/dobbs-lasting-impact-abortion.aspx">according</a> to Gallup polling. Recent numbers show that roughly 49% of Americans want abortion to be legal in only a few cases (32%) or illegal in all (17%) cases while 48% say abortion should be legal in all (33%) or most (15%) circumstances. 
In 2025, over half of Americans (51%) identified as pro-choice, including 61% of women and 41% of men. In comparison, 43% of Americans said they were pro-life, including 54% of men and 32% of women.

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New York Democrats nominated a leftist activist for a state Senate seat who once said 9/11 was the manifestation of “white supremacy” and Western colonialism. 
Aber Kawas, a democratic socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won the nomination for New York’s 12th Senate District with 60% of the vote on Tuesday. Kawas, who has a degree in &#8220;Islamic Liberation Theology,&#8221; previously <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/">faced criticism</a> for her comments on 9/11 that appeared to downplay the terrorist attack and blame it on the policies of the United States. 
&#8220;Finding that the system of capitalism and racism, and white supremacy, etc, have all, and Islamophobia, have all been used, you know, to colonize lands, right, to take resources from other people, and so this is, like, a long trajectory. And we&#8217;re just seeing the manifestations of that continuation, right, with 9/11,” she <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URdAAEwyI_Q">said</a> in 2017 at an Asian American Writers’ Workshop. 
Kawas is expected to win in November to represent the heavily Democratic district located in Queens.
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She added during the workshop that she did not appreciate people &#8220;asking us to respond about, you know, an attack” because “historically, right, you know, a lot of us come from lands that were colonized, lands where wars are being waged, right, and a lot of times because of U.S. policy or the policies in Europe.”
“The idea that we have to apologize for, like, a terror attack that, like, a couple people did, and then there is no apologies or reparations for genocides and for slavery, etc., is something that I kind of find like reprehensible,” she said. 
Kawas describes herself as the “daughter of Palestinian refugees” and says that her father was deported by ICE. Her <a href="https://aberforsenate.com/platform/">platform</a> includes “free” healthcare for illegal immigrants, funding legal services for illegal immigrants, and ending any cooperation between New York law enforcement and ICE.
It was previously <a href="https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1990759743640777030">reported</a> that she wrote in a now-deleted Tumblr account that a man <a href="https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo042710b.htm">convicted</a> of providing material support to al Qaeda named Fahad Hashmi was one of her “imprisoned heroes.” 
&#8220;Therefore each day they are locked up is a day that our hearts cannot be at ease. We cannot rest until each and everyone is free,&#8221; she wrote, according to posts saved by Drew Pavlou. &#8220;Their lives are a sources of inspiration to us for they are living martyrs, teaching us lessons in patience, sacrifice, and integrity. We must strive to keep them in our remembrance and work for their sake, continuing on with the freedom we have, that has unjustly been taken awat [sic] from them.&#8221;
Mamdani-backed democratic socialists swept their primary elections on Tuesday, defeating candidates backed by the Democrat Party establishment.

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Establishment Democrats fear an “earthquake” after far-Left socialist candidates swept the New York congressional primaries.
A trio of candidates, including two avowed democratic socialists, backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, defeated establishment-backed Democrats on Tuesday, igniting fears that the results could damage the party’s national image. 
&#8220;People who do not support the [Democratic Socialists of America] wring their hands at cocktail parties, while the DSA is organizing,&#8221; Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/24/mamdani-lander-valdez-chevalier-espaillat-goldman">told</a> Axios.   <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 9/16; max-width: 220px; display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/T14HN0201QYUYI02CcBBjSmvi01zIj1NOm201?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=ae5c26cb-da6b-4b21-8bd1-2b9ee97dfae0&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-24%20Fetterman%20scorches%20anti-American%20socialists%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2Ff20646d2-0136-4a89-bc8f-ca1de872dc36.png&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
&#8220;Economic insecurity, climate change, and immigrant injustice are all real problems, and alternative solutions must be offered,” he added. “It&#8217;s time for a great deal of hard work to out organize the extremists on the right and the left!&#8221;
Far-Left Democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier both declared victory in their respective primary races. Avila Chevalier is a self-described “prison abolitionist” and opposes deporting any illegal immigrants. The Mamdani-backed Brad Lander also defeated incumbent New York Rep. Dan Goldman. 
Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY) described the outcome as a “tough night.” 
Another unidentified House Democrat told the outlet that the results were a &#8220;huge defeat” and could cause an “earthquake,” adding that “calling it a headache is an understatement.” 
&#8220;Appeasement doesn&#8217;t work. You have to be tough,” the House Democrat added. “Nancy Pelosi brought a machine gun to a knife fight. You can&#8217;t win with these guys by playing patty cake.&#8221;
Senior Democrats told Axios they were worried about the results. 
&#8220;Holy sh*t,&#8221; a senior House Democrat said. &#8220;Buckle up.&#8221;
Jaime Harrison, the former chair of the Democratic Party from 2021 to 2025, posted on X after the results were in that people who “hate” the Democratic Party should not run in its races. 
“I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination,” he <a href="https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996">said</a>. “Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign. Focus on building the party you actually support.” 
Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dirt-bag-left-trump-and-fetterman-respond-to-socialist-election-sweep?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Dirt+Bag+Left%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+And+Fetterman+Respond+To+Socialist+Election+Sweep">decried</a> the results.
“It’s just been the dancing days of the dirtbag Left with some of these candidates [being] outrageous,” Fetterman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399220644112">said</a> in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “You have candidates [who want to] abolish ICE, abolish the police, abolish the border.”

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President Donald Trump and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) blasted &#8220;Dumocrat Communists&#8221; and the “dirt bag Left” after the success of democratic socialist candidates in New York’s U.S. House primaries on Tuesday. 
As all three socialist congressional candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their congressional primaries, Fetterman said war was being declared on “regular Democrats&#8221; and that his party was becoming increasingly out of step with the American people. 
“It&#8217;s just been the dancing days of the dirt bag Left with some of these candidates are outrageous,” Fetterman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399220644112">said</a> in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “You have candidates they [want to] abolish ICE, abolish the police, abolish the border.”
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Far-Left Democrat socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier both declared victory in their respective primary races. Avila Chevalier is a self-described “prison abolitionist” and opposes deporting any illegal immigrants. 
“A lot of these candidates that very likely are going to win tonight, just declaring a war on just regular Democrats,” Fetterman said.
“They&#8217;re all socialists, of course, and now there&#8217;s a communist and now a Marxist,” he said. “We have P-Hustle in Maine. You know, that&#8217;s another one. He&#8217;s a self-avowed communist, too. Well, that&#8217;s not even looked down on, and it&#8217;s a significant part of the Democratic Party right now.”
“P-Hustle” was the username that Maine Democrat nominee Graham Platner used for years to post anti-Christian, vulgar, and sexual comments on social media. 
In addition to the victories of Valdez and Avila Chevalier, former New York comptroller Brad Lander defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman. 
President Donald Trump also reacted to the results from New York, writing on Truth Social early Wednesday morning, &#8220;America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!&#8221;
In another post Wednesday morning, Trump called out &#8220;Dumocrat Communists.&#8221;
&#8220;Even though he tried unsuccessfully to prosecute me, and despite the fact that he is a major Slimeball, I feel sorry for FORMER Congressman Dan Goldman. He is wandering aimlessly, together with the former husband of the great Kellyanne Conway, through a large field of Dumocrat Communists, trying so hard to find his way &#8211; A very sad finish for a man who has no clue, and never did!!!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116804998509920399">wrote</a>.
Fetterman added that his party has been taken over by the “full pro-Hamas wing.” He added that hate for Israel has become “the center of a lot of these primaries across the country, and definitely, definitely, what we&#8217;re witnessing in New York City.”
“Now that&#8217;s going to become the lesson that the Democratic Party is going to continue to be anti-Israel, and I&#8217;ll be the one that&#8217;s going to continue to lean in and be proud to stand with Israel,” Fetterman said. 
The results could prove to be troublesome for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) who endorsed the opponents of both Lander and Avila Chevalier. 
Reacting to the results, GOP spokesman Mike Marinella said that Americans should be “terrified.” 
“Tonight wasn’t just a bad night for so-called ‘Leader’ Hakeem Jeffries,” he said. “It was the night the Democrat establishment officially surrendered to Zohran Mamdani and the socialist wing of their party. Every House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots. And Americans should be terrified by where the Democrat Party is headed.”

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A pro-union bill making its way through Congress with Republican support faces opposition from Christian business leaders who argue it could be used to advance a pro-abortion and transgender agenda without the consent of workers or employers.
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Faster Labor Contracts Act</a>, which passed the House last week with support from 210 Democrats and 20 Republicans, stipulates that either side in a labor dispute may request federal mediation after a 90 day period. If an agreement is not reached within 30 days of federal mediation, the conflict goes to a 3-person arbitration panel that is then empowered to impose labor contracts that can be binding on the parties for up to two years.
The Senate version of the bill is sponsored by outspoken social conservative Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) who says that the bill will help workers assert their rights against woke corporations. But according to the Christian Employers Alliance, the bill could have significant <a href="https://x.com/JoinCEANow/status/2064348783203508259" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ramifications</a> for religious workers and employees.
The organization, which successfully <a href="https://adflegal.org/case/christian-employers-alliance-v-us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-i/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> a Biden-era mandate for employers to pay for transgender procedures, sent a letter to House lawmakers last week urging them to oppose the measure. They say that the bill would allow arbiters to embed woke provisions into binding contracts without final consent from workers or employers.
“Christian employers are increasingly concerned that collective bargaining agreements are being used to advance provisions involving abortion coverage, gender-transition procedures, DEI mandates, pronoun policies, and other ideological requirements that directly implicate matters of conscience and religious belief,” Christian Employers Alliance President Margaret Iuculano told lawmakers in a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
Iuculano told The Daily Wire that her organization is not opposed to the measure because it directly mandates any of the policies in question, but because of the binding arbitration provision that kicks in after 120 days if the two sides can&#8217;t make an agreement.
&#8220;Because the legislation relies on binding arbitration to impose first contracts when negotiations fail, provisions of this nature could become part of an arbitrator-imposed agreement without the consent of either the employer or the employees,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire. &#8220;For Christian employers, that raises serious concerns about religious liberty, conscience protections, healthcare freedom, and the ability of faith-based organizations to govern their workplaces consistent with their sincerely held beliefs.&#8221;
A Hawley spokesman told The Daily Wire that these objections were “absurd” and a way for big business to target the proposal.
“These absurd allegations about a strong bill to protect working people just show that giant corporations are desperate to kill legislation that would help American workers while they invest billions in DEI insanity,” a Hawley spokesman said. “Senator Hawley’s bill aims to put a shot clock on labor negotiations to stop corporations like Amazon from dragging their feet after workers win a vote to unionize fair and square.”
Hawley’s spokesman said that existing federal law protected religious employers.
“Federal law already shields religious employers, and under this bill any third-party arbitrators are mutually chosen by the bargaining parties, not by the government,” the spokesman said.
The terms imposed by the bill would allow the union and the employer to select one representative for arbitration. They would then have an opportunity to select a third arbitrator agreed to by both sides. If they can not agree on a third party within 14 days, the federal government would put in place the third person.
The Senate version is cosponsored by Republican Senators Roger Marshall (KS) and Bernie Moreno (Ohio) alongside 14 Democratic lawmakers.
Opponents of the bill argue that unions have historically promoted left-wing social policies, policies that could be imposed during the arbitration process.
For example, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the unions supporting the legislation, once <a href="https://teamster.org/2019/11/teamsters-lgbtq-caucus-holds-annual-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promoted</a> a “Pride at Work” guidance <a href="https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/caucuslgbtqprideatwork.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> steeped in transgender ideology that features the so-called “gender-bread person.”
The document features a section called “Five Reasons LGBTQ Working People Need a Union,” including that “people in unions help ensure LGBTQ working people have their healthcare needs met,” including “gender confirmation surgery.”
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Some affiliate groups, such as the Teamsters Local 117 in Washington, proudly <a href="https://www.teamsters117.org/abortion_rights_are_worker_rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declare</a> that “abortion rights are worker rights.”
“In America today, I cannot think of a single healthcare procedure that elected officials have used the legislative process to take choice away from men. Abortion rights are worker’s rights. The labor movement must take a critical stand and continue the fight for equal access to healthcare for all its members,” the union said after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Kara Deniz, the assistant director of communications for the Teamsters, argued that complaints about abortion and transgender funding were attempts by companies to &#8220;misdirect&#8221; about the legislation.
&#8220;This is a complete misdirection to basically facilitate their goal to try to stampede and block a bill that is having tremendous bipartisan support. Republicans and Democrats are supporting this bill,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think they even have those concerns. To be quite honest, I think that these &#8216;concerns&#8217; are being brought up on behalf of the corporations.&#8221;
Deniz said the goal of the Teamsters was to cut down on the lengthy negotiating process and would not impact the issues of abortion or transgenderism.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s very unchristian to stand in the way of such legislation when it&#8217;s going to help people afford to live, and afford to be able to have a contract, and to not get hurt and injured on the job and be unsafe for 460 plus days because the employer refuses to give a contract,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s incredibly unchristian.&#8221;
The AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States, has created model collective bargaining language demanding healthcare coverage for abortion and transgender procedures, including from out-of-state providers.
“All health plans offered to bargaining unit members shall cover comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services, including contraceptives, abortion services (procedural and pharmaceutical), and gender-affirming care,” the <a href="https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/Abortion%20Model%20CBA%20Language.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">model language</a> says.
Similarly, the Service Employees International Union has called for local unions to bargain for so-called trans-inclusive healthcare.
Thomas Beck, a labor lawyer who previously served on the Federal Labor Relations Authority, said that the worries of organizations like the Christian Employers Alliance are legitimate.
“I think it&#8217;s absolutely a concern,” he told The Daily Wire, noting the track record of unions pushing for abortion and transgender coverage. “They&#8217;re all proudly staking out these very progressive positions on some of the highest profile social issues of our time. And essentially they&#8217;re making it clear that they want to argue for these protections in collective bargaining agreements.”
Beck believes that arbitrators would see abortion coverage or transgender procedure coverage as an easy win to hand unions and that the end result of the legislation would lead to a binding government regulation imposed via arbitration.
Vinnie Vernuccio, the president of the Institute for the American Worker, said one problem with the legislation is that union members did not get a final vote on the labor contract with it went to arbitration.
“It&#8217;s going a bridge way too far to say the remedy for contract negotiations taking too long is to invite government bureaucrats and take away the ability of workers to vote on a contract,” he told The Daily Wire.
Hawley’s spokesman said the broader objections to the bill were a cloak for woke corporations to oppose worker-friendly legislation. The spokesman noted that employers get to be part of the process in selecting the representatives to oversee arbitration.
“It’s ironic that some of the biggest opponents of this legislation also promote the trans flag on their websites. Senator Hawley is fighting for the American worker, rather than the same Big Business who stands with the radical left to push woke, transgender ideology,” the spokesman said.
When asked about concerns with the bill, Reagan McCarthy, a spokeswoman for Moreno, told The Daily Wire that the senator was “proud to be a part of the legislative effort to protect working families. Working class Americans helped elect President Trump, and Republicans must be the party of workers, not Wall Street.”
Some corporations have moved to push for abortion coverage without union pressure. Corporate giants like Amazon, Apple, and JPMorgan all came forward after the Roe decision and announced that they would pay for women to travel to end the life of their unborn child.
Before passing, the proposal likely would have to go before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, which could be an uphill battle with Republican control of the committee. It would also need to pick up around ten more Republican supporters to get past the filibuster and would need President Donald Trump&#8217;s signature.

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Parents should think twice about sending their kids to a YMCA summer camp this summer if they don’t want their daughters to be forced to share a cabin with a gender-confused boy, a watchdog group warned Tuesday.
YMCA summer camps across the country have implemented policies that make cabin assignments contingent on gender identity and offer so-called “all gender cabins” in the name of inclusivity. In an alert first shared with The Daily Wire, the American Parents Coalition <a href="https://americanparentscoalition.org/the-lookout-the-ymca-is-still-compromising-on-child-safety-and-privacy/">called</a> for parents to be vigilant about the policies in place at their local YMCA camp. 
&#8220;As we enter into another summer camp season, YMCA camps across the country are still allowing males into girls&#8217; cabins, showers, and private spaces,” Alleigh Marré, the group’s executive director, told The Daily Wire. “The dedication to embracing and promoting transgender ideology continues to be a priority.”
The “lookout” issued by the American Parents Coalition on Tuesday urged parents to review their local YMCA’s policies and advocate for changes to gender-identity-based access policies. The YMCA’s official website features a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement that <a href="https://ds.ymca.org/aboutus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identifies</a> “gender identity” as one of its priorities for inclusion. 
Last summer, the YMCA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ymca-scrubs-transgender-guidance-after-parent-group-raises-alarm?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=YMCA+Scrubs+Transgender+Guidance+After+Parent+Group+Raises+Alarm">scrubbed</a> guidance from its website saying that its campers should have access to bathrooms and cabins based on their gender identities after the American Parents Coalition launched a similar campaign. 
Even after that move, many local YMCA camps still have policies in place giving preference to gender identity. 
For example, at the Sherman Lake YMCA in Michigan, <a href="https://www.shermanlakeymca.org/safety-equity-at-sherman-lake-ymca">policies</a> dictate that “campers are assigned to cabins based on their identified gender” and note that an “all-gender cabin is available during select sessions.” 
“We do not ask any camper to ‘prove’ their gender. Doing so would be discriminatory and is not consistent with our policies or values,” the camp says on its webpage. 
Sherman Lake YMCA also appears to say it would keep parents out of the loop if a child starts identifying as a different gender while at camp. 
“If a camper shares information about their identity while at camp, we respect their privacy and autonomy,” its policies say. “We will only share this information with caregivers if the camper gives express consent, unless there is a concern related to the health or safety of the camper or others.”
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Other camps have similar policies, including Camp Hazen in Connecticut, which <a href="https://www.camphazenymca.org/first-time-overnight-campers">boasts</a> of “Gender Inclusive” cabin policies that include “girls+” and “boys+” options. 
“The ‘+’ reflects our commitment to inclusion — these spaces welcome cisgender, trans*, and non-binary youth who feel most comfortable in that environment,” the camp says. 
Similarly in New York, Camp Gorham <a href="https://rochesterymca.org/ymca-camp-gorham-overnight-summer-camp">offers</a> “girl+” cabins as a “space for girls, trans and non-binary campers who feel most comfortable living with girls” and “Boy+ Cabins” for “boys, trans and non-binary campers who feel most comfortable living with boys.”
At Camp Shady Brook in Colorado, the YMCA suggests that it must allow males into female spaces because of state law. It says on its website that it is <a href="https://campshadybrook.ppymca.org/about/">required</a> “to allow members to use the facilities they identify with, as gender identity is a protected class.” 
This policy <a href="https://campshadybrook.ppymca.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/2025-CSB-Family-Handbook.pdf">translates</a> over to the camp where cabins and bathrooms are allowed on the basis of “preference” and “gender identity.” 
“Access to gendered spaces (e.g. restrooms, overnight accommodations) will be on the basis of gender identity and preference,” the Camp Shady Brook website says. “Gender assigned at birth, physical characteristics, or presentation will not dictate use of gendered space.”
Camp Olson in Minnesota <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260519221735/https://campolson.org/gender-expansive-faq/">boasts</a> about a similar policy, saying that it has an “all gender” cabin option, but also offers male and female cabins based on “gender preference.&#8221; 
“Cabin assignments will be made based on cabin gender preference (male-identifying, female-identifying, gender expansive, or no preference), as identified on their camper application,” the camp’s website says. “If parents/guardians do not select a cabin gender preference, cabin assignments will be made based on gender identity.”
That page appears to have been <a href="https://campolson.org/gender-expansive-faq/">deleted</a> after The Daily Wire reached out for comment.
At the same time, it allows transgender-identifying individuals to use either male or female restrooms, <a href="https://campolson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LGBTQ-Inclusion-Policy.pdf">according</a> to its posted policies. 
Other camps, like Camp Conrad Weiser in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://www.smymca.org/summer-camps/camp-conrad-weiser-overnight-camp/pride-camp/">offer</a> specific “Pride” camps as a “a safe-space, non-gendered village where they can form lasting bonds through their shared stories,” and where “social justice” conversations can take place. 
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Marré said her organization would continue to pressure the YMCA until they ensured girls did not have to share spaces with boys. 
“When we exposed their dangerous gender policies last year, the YMCA&#8217;s response wasn&#8217;t to protect children, but instead to quietly scrub the evidence from their websites,” Marré told The Daily Wire. “American Parents Coalition will not stop demanding accountability until the YMCA policies protect safety and privacy in girls’ spaces and respect familial decisions and values.”

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The Daily Wire obtained police audio of a phone call a concerned mother made to law enforcement that led to the discovery of a plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House. 
In the phone call with law enforcement, the mother of 19-year-old Tycen Proper is heard voicing concerns about her son’s stockpile of ammunition and his plan to “fight the corrupt government.” Proper was arrested last week and charged in connection with an alleged plot to unleash sniper fire on attendees of the White House UFC event. 
“I don&#8217;t, we don&#8217;t even know what he&#8217;s wanting to do. He’s wanting to leave this weekend and go with a group of people to help fight the corrupt government,” Proper’s mother said in a phone call released by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department.   <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/sc01Lup8SLBT8MTNvsMHz1016R3JA1r6gS?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=b0a565d4-ec24-46dc-a78c-1685b8fc4f55&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-06-23%20UFC%20Terror%20Plot%20911%20Call&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2Fd6bc7707-0749-4f99-bd8a-4e6c7c182353.png&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
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“I wanted to file a report just to have it on record,” Proper’s mother said. “And I&#8217;m in Danville, so I wasn&#8217;t sure if there was somebody in Danville that was on duty that I could just talk to. I could even go down to the police station and meet them.”
“I believe that we already have people en route to you,” the police dispatcher replied. 
“We took all the guns and ammo out of his room … and got it off our property,” Proper’s mother said. “He just came inside, and he&#8217;s probably going to discover it&#8217;s not in his room.”
An earlier call from a family member gave the Knox County Sheriff’s Department a heads-up about the situation. 
“They are having some issues with their son, and I think, I don&#8217;t think anybody&#8217;s in immediate danger as in this second, but I know that she has some concerns with weapons and ammo and a particular mindset that her oldest boy is in right now,” a caller said in a police call obtained by The Daily Wire. 
The incident report from the police revealed that they showed up at Proper’s home on June 10 because the mother was concerned about him “purchasing firearms and meeting random people online.” After officers arrived, Proper was admitted to a hospital and they began coordinating with federal officials on an investigation. 
Proper was eventually charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, attempted murder against any officer or employee of the United States, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and receipt or transfer of a firearm used to commit a felony, according to the complaint.
When authorities searched Proper’s phone, they found Signal groups “that laid out detailed plans” to carry out an attack in Washington, D.C., with intricate maps highlighting sniper locations and potential drone launch locations.

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President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Rep. John James in his run for Michigan governor on Monday, shaking up a crowded GOP primary field. 
Michigan Republicans are looking to flip control of the governor’s mansion for the first time since Rick Snyder left office in 2019. The race is projected to be close with a slight lean to Democrats. Republicans have not won a governor&#8217;s race in the state since the 2014 election.
“It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Congressman, John James, who is running to become the next Governor of the Beautiful State of Michigan!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116795357855328809">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “A West Point Graduate, Combat Pilot, Brave Iraq War Veteran, Successful Businessman and Job Creator, and now, as a Highly Respected U.S. Congressman, John has proven he has the Courage and Wisdom to deliver strong results for the incredible people of his wonderful State, and our Nation.”
James <a href="https://x.com/JohnJamesMI/status/2069145001242538129">thanked</a> Trump for his endorsement, calling him the “greatest” president of his lifetime. 
“Your endorsement is igniting a movement across Michigan, and we are ready to win!” James said. “Michigan families deserve better than what Jocelyn Benson and Gretchen Whitmer have delivered.”
“Their radical agenda has driven up costs, put violent criminals back on our streets, allowed non-citizens to vote, forced our daughters to compete against biological males, and left our children ranked 44th in the nation in reading while pushing gender ideology instead of math, science, and literacy,” he added. “That ends now.”
Trump has long supported James’ political campaigns, including his unsuccessful Senate bids in 2018 and 2020. 
After Trump announced his endorsement, state Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt said he was ending his campaign for the nomination and backing James. 
“This campaign has always been about the people of Michigan and standing with President Trump to defeat the Democrats in November,” he said. “Today, I am suspending my campaign and proudly joining President Trump in endorsing John James as Michigan’s next Governor.”
Other candidates still in the race for the GOP nomination include businessman Perry Johnson and former Michigan attorney general Mike Cox. 
“President Trump received bad advice yet again. John James is a two-time statewide loser, and Michigan has already seen this movie before,” Johnson said, who ran for president in 2024 as a Republican. “If we want a Republican governor in Michigan, defeating John James in this primary is critical. I’ll be working twice as hard to make sure that happens.”
Democrat candidates for governor include Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Genesee County, Michigan, Sheriff Chris Swanson. 
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The FBI arrested two more men accused of plotting to conduct a terror plot at the UFC Freedom 250 event, including one suspect investigators said had experience piloting drones. 
The Justice Department announced Monday that William Lee Spartacus Falkner and Jordan Rincker had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. The alleged plot was supposed to involve setting off explosive-carrying drones to cause panic before snipers would open fire and target certain political figures. 
Falkner was arrested Friday in Washington and made his first court appearance in Tacoma on Monday while Rincker was arrested on Sunday and made his first court appearance on Monday in Kansas City. 
“Law enforcement continues to do what it does — move to disrupt and hold accountable those allegedly plotting to do harm on the White House Grounds on June 14,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Each and every day, the FBI and their federal, state and local law enforcement partners, along with U.S. Attorneys offices across the country, safeguard American communities and our nation’s security.”  
The plot, which the FBI says was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-masterminded-ufc-white-house-drone-attack-plot-dhs-says">masterminded</a> by an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was uncovered after one of the suspects&#8217; moms called local law enforcement about concerns she had about plans her 19-year-old son was making. Eventually, investigators gained access to multiple group chats where the attack was discussed and planned. 
Communications reviewed by investigators revealed that Falkner had experience in making and piloting drones and that he discussed loading them with explosives, according to the Justice Department. After the arrest of several over the plot last week, investigators said Falkner and others canceled a “work trip” they had been discussing. 
Rincker, 28, is accused of accepting $1,200 in cash from Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, the alleged illegal immigrant ringleader, to make payments to others involved in the plot. Some of the money was supposed to go toward paying for gas for another suspect to go pick up the drone operator before traveling to Washington, D.C., for the attack. 
Investigators said that Rincker met with Alvarez in Omaha, Nebraska, and gave him a 12-gauge shotgun in exchange for a ballistic plate, face shield, 3D printer, 3D printing filament, night vision goggles, binoculars, and a minicomputer.
“These arrests are the latest result of the FBI, teaming up with our great partners, to identify and apprehend those who allegedly wanted to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event — a threat this FBI and our partners prevented,” said FBI Director Kash Patel.

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Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico recently suggested that the November election will not be “free and fair.” But when in a position to improve election integrity in his state, Talarico said he hated the effort with “every fiber of my being.&#8221;
As a state lawmaker, Talarico was one of the Democrats who fled the state after a Republican-backed effort in 2021 to require proof of identity when voting by mail and increasing the oversight of poll watchers. After Democrats failed to block passage of the bill, Talarico called the election safeguards “voter suppression” and said he hated the proposal.
Five years later, Talarico says he is worried that he will have to overperform to beat Republican Ken Paxton in a critical Senate race because he does not think the election will be held under &#8220;free and fair&#8221; conditions. But he has historically fought measures that would ensure secure elections.
Talarico described the 2021 Texas election integrity bill that tightened up mail-in voting as “an immoral, anti-American, anti-Democratic bill,” adding that it was “one that I hate with every fiber of my being.&#8221; He also critiqued the bills provisions on poll watchers and added that he didn’t think that poll watchers “should be in the polling place at all.”
Those comments were made in 2023 during an appearance on the &#8220;Lone Star Left&#8221; show unearthed by The Daily Wire. 
“We flew to D.C. to really beg national Democrats, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the leaders in the House and the Senate, to pass federal voting rights legislation, because that&#8217;s the only way that we were going to stop the voter suppression bill here in Texas,” Talarico said. 
After he and fellow state Democrats realized that the Senate would not void the filibuster to ram through a bill targeting state election integrity laws, they returned to Texas to weaken the proposal from Republicans. 
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The <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=871&amp;Bill=SB1">law</a> opposed by Talarico created uniform statewide voting hours, added a requirement for people to provide an ID number when voting by mail, ended drive-through voting, and enhanced the jurisdiction of poll watchers. 
Now running against Paxton, Talarico said he will have to overperform to get past “voter suppression” and other “shenanigans” during the November election. 
“We already have a lot of voter suppression in Texas. It&#8217;s baked into our laws. I fought fiercely against many of those laws when they were coming through the legislature,” Talarico <a href="https://x.com/BreitbartNews/status/2058891809917468884">said</a> recently. “We&#8217;re probably gonna have to win by a little more than we would normally have to in a completely free and fair election.”
Paxton has made a key plank of his campaign support for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) Act, which would require photo identification to vote in federal elections. He promised to drop out of the Texas GOP primary if the Senate passed the SAVE Act which did not happen before he defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn.
Talarico, for his part, has said he opposes requiring ID to vote. 
“I oppose having to have a driver’s license to vote,” he <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1939441220021051">said</a>. “I oppose voter ID. Currently it&#8217;s the law in Texas, but I opposed that law… there are a lot of Texans, currently hundreds of thousands who don’t have a driver’s license.” 
To get a driver’s license in Texas, a person must provide documentation to complete an application form, provide proof of citizenship or legal residency, proof of Texas residency, and pass a written and driving exam.
“James Talafreako is openly admitting his only path to victory in ruby red Texas is eliminating voter ID and allowing illegal aliens to vote,” GOP spokesman Zach Kraft told The Daily Wire. “MAGA Warrior Ken Paxton will slam the door on Democrats&#8217; election fraud nonsense by getting the SAVE America Act signed into law to ensure only Americans vote in our elections.”

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A Trump-backed candidate appears set to take the reins in Colombia after the country was governed for four years by a far-Left president. 
Right-wing lawyer Abelardo De la Espriella defeated leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, according to initial results. The Trump administration congratulated De la Espriella Sunday night after he took 49.7% of the vote to his opponent’s 48.7%. 
“National dignity has triumphed, hope has triumphed. Today is a wonderful night in which democracy shone and Colombia demonstrated its greatness. This is the night in which we mark a new order: the Homeland Miracle,” De la Espriella said on X. 
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Ha triunfado la dignidad nacional, ha triunfado la esperanza.
Hoy es una noche maravillosa en que brilló la democracia y Colombia demostró su grandeza.
Esta es la noche en la que marcamos un nuevo orden: la Patria Milagro.
Firme por la Patria. 🫡 
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While De la Espriella declared victory, leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro <a href="https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2068831260982571151">claimed</a> no one could yet be declared victor until the election was certified by judges. He alleged that voting machines had been compromised by Israel. 
Petro said that “software was compromised and others wrote data for polling stations and voting posts” and that the “only entity in the world capable of doing that is the state of Israel.”
President Donald Trump, who endorsed De la Espriella earlier this month, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116791057884875243">said</a> in a Truth Social post that “he won, BIG.” 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2068851809440116849">said</a> that he looked forward to working with De la Espriella. 
“The Trump Administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen our economic ties,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a social media post. “Colombia&#8217;s best days are ahead.”
Commenting on Rubio’s post, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said that the Trump administration’s anti-drug trafficking efforts in partnership with Latin American leaders <a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/2068872925118169460">would</a> “change the entire future of the Western Hemisphere.”
In his endorsement, Trump said that De la Espriella would crack down on crime, illegal immigration, and drug trafficking. De la Espriella ran on a law-and-order platform involving taking a firm approach to rebel groups that have plagued the country for years. 
“The results of this election are very important to the future of Colombia and its relationship with the United States,” Trump said in his endorsement. “Because of his tremendous accomplishments in life, and his political support for me personally, it is my honor to give Abelardo my complete and total endorsement.”
A wave of Right-wing leaders has been elected in Latin America in recent months including in Honduras, Costa Rica, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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Former President Barack Obama said Thursday that America’s Founding Fathers “fell terribly short” when they adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 because they did not immediately abolish slavery. 
Obama made the remarks ahead of the official opening of his sprawling presidential library in Chicago, flanked by other former presidents, including Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Joe Biden. The library, which kicked off its opening day with a land acknowledgment, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-museum-sets-records-including-how-much-itll-cost-you-to-get-in">cost</a> $850 million to construct and opened 3,437 days after Obama left office. 
&#8220;In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration&#8217;s promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property,” Obama said of the document&#8217;s proclamation that &#8220;all men are created equal&#8221; and are &#8220;endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.&#8221;
“But in drafting a Constitution and a Bill of rights, they did have the foresight, the genius, to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect,” Obama added. 
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“Over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests, marches and strikes, moral appeals from the pulpit and conversations at the family dinner table, men and women from all walks of life, of every color, every faith, every region took up the cause of democracy and made it their own. Until we the People came to include not just some of us, but all of us,” Obama added later.
The Obama family has been infamously critical of America’s past, with former first lady Michelle Obama once claiming that the first time she was ever proud of the United States as an adult was during her husband’s first presidential campaign. 
&#8220;For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback,” she said on the campaign trail in 2008. 
Obama’s comments come as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration.
In recognition of that milestone, President Donald Trump has promised to have the “largest fireworks show in history” to celebrate Independence Day. 
Trump said that the festivities will kick off on June 24 with music performed by the Army and Marine Corps military bands and Lee Greenwood. He said that Air Force fighter jets and stealth bombers would fly over for the ceremony taking place on the National Mall.

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