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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Texas Abortion Law — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down. — The decision was 5-3.
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David French / National Review:
Crazy Right-Wing Supreme Court Rejects Government Regulations — On page 27 of one of today's Supreme Court opinions is this ringing rejection of regulatory regimes. The majority opinion addressed the argument that new regulations would prevent misconduct: … There you have it, ladies and gentlemen.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Justice Thomas Passionately Argues That Convicted Domestic Abusers Need Easier Access To Guns — Today the Supreme Court handed down two decisions: The first is a monumental, headline-grabbing defeat for anti-abortion groups. The second is a highly technical case about gun rights that's being mostly overlooked.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Is An Unmitigated Disaster For Abortion Opponents — Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt is a beat down of Texas' anti-abortion law HB 2. Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion piles facts upon evidence upon statistics to demolish Texas' supposed justification for the law.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions — A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, ruling that federal prosecutors relied on a “boundless” definition of the kinds of acts that could lead politicians to face criminal charges.
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Abortion Law As ‘Undue Burden’
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Abortion Law As ‘Undue Burden’
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Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Here's Why Today's Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Is So Important
Here's Why Today's Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Is So Important
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Bloomberg, Slate, SCOTUSblog, Washington Post and Washington Monthly
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor's Graft Conviction
Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor's Graft Conviction
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Alicia Parlapiano / New York Times:
When the Eight-Member Supreme Court Avoids Deadlocks, It Leans Left
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The Bob McDonnell Supreme Court ruling makes convicting politicians of corruption almost impossible
The Bob McDonnell Supreme Court ruling makes convicting politicians of corruption almost impossible
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SCOTUSblog and Hot Air
Emily Crockett / Vox:
Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades
Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades
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Hit & Run, The Federalist and Washington Post
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Fires Back At Warren: She's A ‘Fraud’ And A ‘Racist’! — Donald Trump said Monday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a “fraud” and a “racist,” escalating his attacks on the senator's Native American heritage after she appeared on the campaign trail with Democrat Hillary Clinton for the first time.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump — Just 45 percent of Republican voters say they are satisfied with Donald Trump as their party's presumptive presidential nominee, while 52 percent say they would have preferred someone else, according to results from the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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The Texas Politics Project:
University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll Shows Trump Leading Clinton Amidst Signs of Disunity in Both Parties — Loading chart... A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by a margin of 41 percent to 33 percent in a head …
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Brown: Warren Should Take DNA Test To Prove Her Native American Roots — Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) suggested Monday that his onetime opponent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) get a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage. — CNN reported that during a call for the Trump campaign …
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ABC News:
The Note: The Warren Factor The Note: The Warren Factor — Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail this morning with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for their first public appearance together this election, ABC's JOSH HASKELL and LIZ KREUTZ note. The two will campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Scott Brown on Elizabeth Warren's heritage: ‘She can take a DNA test’
Scott Brown on Elizabeth Warren's heritage: ‘She can take a DNA test’
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Jezebel and Political Wire
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Scott Brown: Warren should take DNA test to prove Native American heritage
Scott Brown: Warren should take DNA test to prove Native American heritage
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she's part Cherokee
Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she's part Cherokee
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Little Green Footballs
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention — A slot at the Republican National Convention used to be a career-maker — a chance to make your name on the big stage and to catch the eye of the Republican donors and activists who make or break campaigns. — In the year of Trump: Not so much.
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Telegraph:
I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe - and always will be — This EU referendum has been the most extraordinary political event of our lifetime. Never in our history have so many people been asked to decide a big question about the nation's future.
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New York Times:
Economic Fears Rising, Britain Hopes to Stay in E.U. Market
Economic Fears Rising, Britain Hopes to Stay in E.U. Market
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Civil Uprising Escalates As 8th EU Nation Threatens Referendum
Civil Uprising Escalates As 8th EU Nation Threatens Referendum
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CNN:
Democrats release Benghazi report — Washington (CNN)Democrats on Monday pre-empted the upcoming release of a Republican-led House Select Committee report on Benghazi by issuing their own version of a probe into the 2012 terror attack that killed four Americans on Hillary Clinton's watch as secretary of state.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
House Democrats Release Their Own Preemptive Benghazi Report
House Democrats Release Their Own Preemptive Benghazi Report
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Associated Press, Media Matters for America and Politico
Aris Folley / NBC News:
‘Racist’ Pool Safety Poster Brings Red Cross Apology — A Red Cross Hospital signboard that carried a “super racist” message about swim safety guidelines for children prompted an apology from the hospital on Tuesday. — The dialogue opened on Twitter after a photo circulated of the poster in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
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Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations ‘to be morphed into one’ post-Brexit — EUROPEAN political chiefs are to take advantage of Brexit by unveiling their long-held plan to morph the continent's countries into one GIANT SUPERSTATE, it has emerged today. — GETTY
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Russia is harassing U.S. diplomats all over Europe — Russian intelligence and security services have been waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against U.S. diplomats, embassy staff and their families in Moscow and several other European capitals that has rattled ambassadors …
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Slate, Weasel Zippers and Washington Free Beacon
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP won't ‘tolerate’ another sit-in — warned that Republicans “will not tolerate” it if Democrats launch another sit-in on the House floor after the Fourth of July recess to force a vote on gun control. — In a television interview in his home state of Wisconsin …
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WisPolitics.com and Hot Air
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: George Will, Ben Sasse Aren't Republicans Because They Don't Back Trump — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a surrogate for Donald Trump, says prominent conservatives who don't back Trump are not Republicans and should leave the party. — Appearing on the radio show Kilmeade …
Hortense Goulard / Politico:
English will not be an official EU language after Brexit: Senior MEP — No other EU country has English as their official language and so it could lose its status. — Danuta Hübner, the head of the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO), warned Monday that English …
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