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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment — WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm. — The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.
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Washington Post:
‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump's plan for a new Supreme Court justice — President Trump is driving to execute the same playbook in selecting a new Supreme Court nominee that last year delivered swift confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, following a methodical course in hopes …
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Breitbart
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Kennedy's Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
Rage at the End of Justice Kennedy's Camelot
Rage at the End of Justice Kennedy's Camelot
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New York Times and National Review
David Greenberg / Politico:
How Supreme Court Nominations Lost Their Apolitical Pretense
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the immigration debate, diverting attention away from his administration's treatment …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Millennial Socialists Are Coming — In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.
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Clare Foran / CNN:
Ex-ICE spokesman defends agents: ‘They have a rough time with this too’
Ex-ICE spokesman defends agents: ‘They have a rough time with this too’
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Raw Story, Mother Jones, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Warren: It's time to replace ICE
Warren: It's time to replace ICE
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open — In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession. The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.
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Chris Riotta / The Independent:
Russian TV boasts about electing Trump ahead of summit with Putin — 'What trouble did we cause? We just elected Trump, that's all,' a Russian news presenter said — The Independent US — POPULAR VIDEOS — Russia's state-owned television shows have mocked the outcry …
Washington Post:
North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say — U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
‘Nobody in the bullpen’: White House approaches North Korea talks without envoy
‘Nobody in the bullpen’: White House approaches North Korea talks without envoy
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter — Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat
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Washington Post:
With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil — Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Alex Stokes / WHNT-TV:
Former teacher in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park. — Lt. Michael Johnson of the Huntsville Police …
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Cindi Leive / New York Times:
Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours) — Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood. Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts. But when I checked Twitter later …
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New York Times:
Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations — WASHINGTON — Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring …
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NBC News:
Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation — “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
‘We care’: Family separation protests flood US cities — WASHINGTON (AP) — They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What's next? Concentration Camps?” — In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat — MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Conservative Hugh Hewitt makes surprise announcement MSNBC has pulled plug on his show — MSNBC has cancelled that weekly television show hosted by right-wing pundit Hugh Hewitt, the conservative explained at the end of his final show on Saturday. — “This has been the last Hugh Hewitt Show on Saturday mornings,” Hewitt explained.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump falsely claims he never told House Republicans to vote for immigration bill — President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never encouraged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill, despite tweeting such an encouragement three days earlier.
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election — Michael Cloud avoids runoff by comfortably clearing 50 percent of the vote — Special Election to Replace Farenthold Could Head to a Runoff At the Races: Checkmate for the King of Queens Crowley's Defeat Spotlights Rising Anti-Corporate Money Message