Planned Parenthood won a temporary injunction Monday that allows its clinics to continue to receive Medicaid funding for services that are unrelated to abortion.

The organization sued the Trump administration earlier Monday over a new law that essentially bars Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid payments, claiming that the legislation is an unconstitutional attack on Planned Parenthood’s national organization and its locally run health care clinics.

The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, challenges part of the new domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump signed Friday. Judge Indira Talwani issued the temporary injunction, which expires in 14 days.

Under the new law, some nonprofit health centers that provide abortions cannot be reimbursed by Medicaid for providing any other medical services, including birth control, annual checkups and tests for sexually transmitted infections. (The use of federal Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions has long been illegal.)

The new law applies only to nonprofit organizations that generated $800,000 or more in revenue from Medicaid payments in the 2023 fiscal year.

Because few abortion providers are large enough to meet that threshold, the lawsuit argues that the law is intended to target Planned Parenthood for its advocacy of abortion rights, violating the group’s freedom of speech.

“The Defund Provision is a naked attempt to leverage the government’s spending power to attack and penalize Planned Parenthood and impermissibly single it out for unfavorable treatment,” Planned Parenthood said in its lawsuit.

Border Patrol attacker killed in Texas

A man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents and a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Texas on Monday, injuring a police officer, before authorities shot and killed him.

Authorities identified the shooter as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, believed to be 27, who they said shot at agents exiting the building, which is near the U.S.-Mexico border. McAllen, Texas, Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Mosqueda had a “utility vest” in addition to the rifle when federal agents returned fire.

Hours before the attack in McAllen, Mosqueda’s father was stopped by Weslaco police around 2:30 a.m. for a traffic violation, according to police spokesperson Heriberto Caraveo. The father told police that he was looking for his son, who he said had psychological issues and was carrying weapons in his car, Caraveo told The Associated Press.

Police say the white two-door sedan that Mosqueda drove to the facility had letters painted — possibly in Latin — on the driver’s side door.

After Mosqueda was killed, law enforcement found other weaponry, ammunition and backpacks inside the vehicle.

1 dead, dozens rescued in N.C. flooding

Officials in central North Carolina rescued dozens of stranded people Sunday night and early Monday after Tropical Depression Chantal dumped up to 10 inches of rain in parts of the state, bringing significant flooding that inundated homes, closed highways, trapped drivers and pushed rivers up to near historic levels.

The storm, which made landfall as a tropical storm early Sunday in South Carolina and then moved inland, had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by Monday afternoon and was moving northeast over Chesapeake Bay toward eastern Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, where there were flood watches posted.

The worst effects of the storm have so far been felt in central North Carolina, where tens of thousands of people lost electric power and at least two tornadoes were confirmed, authorities said. The storm downed trees and power lines and swamped hundreds of roads.

As of Monday afternoon, authorities had reported one death caused by the storm. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said that Sandra Portnoy Hirschman, 83, of Pittsboro, died after she drove her vehicle into floodwater Sunday night in Chatham County.

Tanker under fire off Yemen coast

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship came under fire on Monday in the Red Sea, with two security guards on board reportedly hurt and two others missing in an assault that came after Yemen’s Houthi rebels purportedly sunk another vessel in a similar attack.

Earlier, the Houthis said they attacked Greek-owned bulk carrier Magic Seas, also Liberian-flagged, with drones, missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on Sunday, forcing its crew of 22 to abandon the vessel.

11 killed in Kenya protest clashes

At least 11 people were killed in violent clashes between Kenyan police and protesters demanding the removal of President William Ruto.

In addition to the fatalities, 63 people were injured and 567 arrested, the police said on X Monday.

The protests held to commemorate the July 7 marches that marked the beginning of multi-party democracy in the East African nation 35 years ago, took place in nearly half of Kenya’s 47 counties, with looting reported in at least six, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said.

Monday’s protests come almost two weeks after others in which 19 people were killed, businesses looted and buildings torched.

Iran expels thousands of Afghan refugees

Hundreds of thousands of hungry, exhausted and often battered Afghans have been expelled from Iran in recent weeks, under a harsh deportation drive that accelerated sharply last month, international aid workers say.

Since March, when Iranian authorities ordered residents without legal status to leave the country, about 800,000 Afghans have poured across the border, Babar Baloch, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ refugee agency, said Monday. Almost 600,000 of them have been forced out since June 1.

Top EU official targeted for ouster

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, is expected to face a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament. While the measure is likely to fail, it will be a symbolic challenge to the European Union’s top official.

Von der Leyen appeared before Parliament on Monday for a debate to address the complaints against her before the vote, which is scheduled for Thursday.

The challenge originated from Europe’s far right: Gheorghe Piperea, a parliamentary newcomer from Romania who belongs to a political group that is often critical of the European Union, accused von der Leyen’s commission, the EU’s executive arm, of “failures to ensure transparency.”

The complaint referred to a lawsuit filed by The New York Times over the denial of a request for records of text messages between von der Leyen and Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s CEO, when she was trying to procure coronavirus vaccines.

The General Court in Luxembourg sided with the Times, ruling in May that von der Leyen’s commission did not provide enough of an explanation in refusing the request for her text messages.

Barnard College settles antisemitism lawsuit

Barnard College has settled a lawsuit brought by Jewish and Israeli students who said they had faced severe and pervasive antisemitism on campus, with administrators pledging that they will maintain a “zero tolerance” policy regarding discrimination and harassment, the college and lawyers representing the students announced Monday.

Barnard, a women’s college affiliated with Columbia University in New York, has been the site of several pro-Palestinian demonstrations during the past 21 months, including a sit-in at the student center in March that ended with arrests.

“Today’s settlement reflects our ongoing commitment to maintaining a campus that is safe, welcoming and inclusive for all members of our community,” Laura Ann Rosenbury, the president of Barnard, said in announcing the agreement. “Antisemitism, discrimination and harassment in any form are antithetical to the values Barnard College champions.”

— From news services