The once-powerful John Birch Society is basically forgotten at present, relegated to a pair of squat buildings along a busy industrial avenue in small-town Wisconsin. The Biden campaign is betting huge on abortion rights as a serious driver in this year’s presidential election. The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams reveals virtually no progress on chopping the nitrogen air pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff. A juror’s illness has compelled a postponement of the defamation trial for former President Donald Trump for a minimum of a day, delaying the question …