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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court, in 5-4 ruling, strikes down restrictive Louisiana abortion law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Louisiana's tough restriction on abortion violates the Constitution, a surprising victory for abortion rights advocates from an increasingly conservative court.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to new federal death penalty procedure — The Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to new federal death penalty protocols proposed by the Justice Department, which wants to resume executions as early as July for the first time since 2003.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion clinic law
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion clinic law
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court clears Trump administration plan to resume federal executions
Supreme Court clears Trump administration plan to resume federal executions
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why conservative Chief Justice Roberts just struck down an anti-abortion law
Why conservative Chief Justice Roberts just struck down an anti-abortion law
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit — The influential pro-Trump community broke the rules on harassment and targeting, said Reddit, which also banned other groups. — SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Reddit bans r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse as part of a major expansion of its rules — More than 2,000 communities are being removed on Monday for violating Reddit's new content policies — Reddit will ban r/The_Donald, r/ChapoTrapHouse, and about 2,000 other communities today …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Reddit bans The_Donald forum as part of major hate speech purge — Reddit says it is banning its controversial subreddit channel r/The_Donald, one of the company's largest political communities and a longstanding hub of support for President Trump, along with 2000 other subreddit groups …
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Washington Post:
Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments — Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members …
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Associated Press:
Trump denies briefing about reported bounties on US troops — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has denied he was made aware of U.S. intelligence officials' conclusions Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan.
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
St. Louis couple point guns at peaceful crowd of protesters calling for mayor to resign — The protesters marching through St. Louis on Sunday evening were armed only with posters and chants, all meant to put pressure on Mayor Lyda Krewson to redirect city funds away from law enforcement.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Armed St. Louis couple comes out waving AR-15 at Black Lives Matter protesters — A St. Louis couple came out of their home Sunday, waving their guns and threatening Black Lives Matter protesters. — The protesters were in the Central West End, on Lake Ave. in St. Louis protesting Mayor Lyda Krewson …
Associated Press:
Couple draw guns at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor's home — A white couple pointed guns at protesters in St. Louis, Missouri, as the group marched toward the mayor's home, demanding her resignation after she publicly read the names and addresses of several residents who supported defunding the police department
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Politico:
A Sun Belt time bomb threatens Trump's reelection — The explosion of Covid-19 cases in Sun Belt states is becoming another albatross for President Donald Trump's reelection hopes — and creating a new opening for Joe Biden and Democrats in November. — Republican governors in Florida …
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Fox News:
Rough polling stretch has GOP operatives asking: Could Trump drop out?
Rough polling stretch has GOP operatives asking: Could Trump drop out?
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump's growing re-election threat: Republican skeptics
Trump's growing re-election threat: Republican skeptics
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Associated Press:
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population — The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country's Han majority to have more children.
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Nick R. Martin / The Informant:
Selling the boogaloo — To market their products, ammo makers and gun shops are invoking the memes and rhetoric of the deadly “boogaloo” movement. — 6 hr … Selling the boogaloo — By Ian Karbal — In mid March, Fenix Ammunition, an ammunition manufacturer in Michigan …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Marty Baron Made The Post Great Again. Now, the News Is Changing. — The ultimate old-school editor is grappling with a moment of cultural reckoning. — Almost anyone who works in the Washington Post newsroom can look inside its publishing system, Methode, to see what stories are coming.
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Wall Street Journal:
Eric Trump Steers Family Empire Under Father's Close Watch — The president's third child is eyeing international expansion after Donald Trump leaves office; ‘Eric is the money guy’ — On March 17, Eric Trump received word from the Nevada governor's office that he had 24 hours to shut …
CNN:
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani — (CNN)Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in January, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Investigation Failed — President Trump's obstructions of justice were broader than those of Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton, and the special counsel's investigation proved it. How come the report didn't say so? — Robert Mueller submitted his final report as the special counsel more than a year ago.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Jacksonville to order mask-wearing ahead of GOP convention — Jacksonville, where the Republican National Convention is slated to be held in August, is planning to institute a city-wide mask order to stem the spread of coronavirus, city hall sources tell POLITICO.
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Clyburn says House coronavirus committee won't recognize members who don't wear masks — The House's select committee on the coronavirus crisis will not recognize members who do not wear a mask while in session, Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told his Republican colleagues in a letter sent Monday.
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Won't Let Republicans Speak In Coronavirus Hearings If They Don't Wear Masks
Democrats Won't Let Republicans Speak In Coronavirus Hearings If They Don't Wear Masks
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything — Coping with a pandemic is one of the most complex challenges a society can face. To minimize death and damage, leaders and citizens must orchestrate a huge array of different resources and tools. Scientists must explore the most advanced frontiers …
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Broadway Will Remain Closed Through the Rest of the Year — The industry has not yet set a reopening date, but said it would now refund tickets through Jan. 3. — Broadway will remain closed for at least the rest of this year, and many shows are signaling that they do not expect a return …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
CNN's Van Jones Secretly Helped Craft the Weak Trump Police Reform He Praised on TV — The ex-Obama aide's willingness to help Trump—whom he once dubbed among the “worst people ever born”—has drawn the ire of liberal allies while gaining him fans in Jared and Kimye.
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Bill Scher / Real Clear Politics:
To Win, Trump Needs the Greatest Comeback of All Time — Are the polls real? — Karl Rove thinks they are real. “Let's be honest about it: The president is behind today,” he said Friday on Fox News. — Donald Trump's campaign is behaving like they are real.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Inside the New Push to Expose America's White Supremacist Cops — 14 years ago, the FBI documented racist infiltration of law enforcement in America. Now members of Congress want the full story. — In 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew America's police forces had a white supremacist problem.
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