An MS-13 gang member known as “Anticristo” has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for orchestrating and participating in the 2017 slayings of four young men in a New York park. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Wednesday that Omar Antonio Villalta pleaded guilty to his role in the premeditated killings carried out by more than a dozen MS-13 members and associates.

Key moderate Republicans are quietly pushing back against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood through the upcoming reconciliation package, according to sources cited by NOTUS. During a closed-door meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), lawmakers including Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) reportedly voiced concern about using the budget process to cut Medicaid funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Republican lawmakers have asked the Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage.

Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) is reintroducing a bill to create an official website to provide pregnancy resources to expectant mothers.

The European Commission proposed countermeasures on up to $107.2 billion of U.S. imports if negotiations with the White House fail.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced indictments and arrests for several public officials for matters related to election crimes and a vote-harvesting scheme.

The FBI has opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud following a letter from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte urging a probe into the matter.

Several Democratic senators have called for Paramount, the parent of CBS News, to refuse to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump.