Jessica Valenti's Abortion, Every Day newsletter reports, citing The New York Times, that Trump's Justice Department is taking over Texas's lawsuit seeking a $1.8 billion Medicaid-fraud judgment against Planned Parenthood — a move she calls a bid to bankrupt the group. She reads the timing, days after the midterms, as a warning shot that the White House will keep attacking abortion rights despite voters, and notes the takeover sidesteps attorney general-elect Nathan Johnson, who says he wants to stop using abortion laws to persecute.