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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mississippi Abortion Law Arguments Conclude at Supreme Court — The arguments are over. Here's what happens next. — The justices will cast tentative votes at a private conference in the coming days. The senior justice in the majority will then assign the majority opinion to a colleague or, just as likely, keep it.
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Forced Pregnancy Is Fine Because of Adoption — YIKES — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday indicated she might not be inclined to protect a woman's right to an abortion, suggesting it wasn't necessary thanks to the option to give a child up for adoption.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court conservatives look ready to gut Roe v. Wade during arguments in Mississippi abortion case — The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday appeared poised to side with Mississippi in its bid to uphold a 15-week abortion ban. — If so, that ruling …
Washington Post:
Fate of Roe v. Wade in the hands of the Supreme Court after spirited arguments
Fate of Roe v. Wade in the hands of the Supreme Court after spirited arguments
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National Review, TheBlaze, Power Line and Digby's Hullabaloo
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on abortion
4 takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on abortion
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Roberts wonders: Is it a good thing that our abortion laws are closest to ... North Korea and China?
Roberts wonders: Is it a good thing that our abortion laws are closest to ... North Korea and China?
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New York Times and National Review
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Supreme Court oral arguments in Dobbs prompt strong reactions from both sides of abortion debate
Supreme Court oral arguments in Dobbs prompt strong reactions from both sides of abortion debate
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The Federalist, LifeNews.com and Washington Examiner
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Mississippi Asks: If Women Can Have It All, Is Roe Necessary?
Mississippi Asks: If Women Can Have It All, Is Roe Necessary?
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
This Is How Roe Ends — This is how Roe v. Wade ends — without pretense or pretext …
This Is How Roe Ends — This is how Roe v. Wade ends — without pretense or pretext …
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Jezebel and Off the Kuff
Washington Examiner:
Dobbs abortion case threatens Democrats' house of cards
Dobbs abortion case threatens Democrats' house of cards
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Washington Free Beacon, Fox News and The Federalist
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Roe v. Wade's future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
Roe v. Wade's future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book — Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative — Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Tested Positive for Virus Days Before Debate, 2 Ex-Officials Say — The former president first received a positive coronavirus test days ahead of his first debate with Joseph R. Biden Jr., and then received a negative result, two former officials say.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The reckless timeline of Trump's positive coronavirus test — Donald Trump claimed more than a dozen times that he was the most transparent president in history. But according to a top aide and ally, when he tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time in the fall of 2020 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022 — Stacey Abrams launched a campaign for Georgia governor on Wednesday with a pledge to fight for economic equality and expand healthcare access, setting up a potential rematch against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in one of the nation's …
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CNN:
First confirmed US case of Omicron coronavirus variant detected in California — Tonight, CNN's Anderson Cooper and Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta host a global town hall on the Omicron coronavirus variant and Dr. Anthony Fauci will answer viewer questions. Watch live at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.
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CNBC:
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Sex crimes accuser testifies Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Trump when she was 14 — A woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell testified that Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump at his Florida club when she was 14 years old.
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Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
QAnon Followers Rush to Defend Donald Trump After Pilot Testifies He Was on Jeffrey Epstein's Jet
QAnon Followers Rush to Defend Donald Trump After Pilot Testifies He Was on Jeffrey Epstein's Jet
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Emma Platoff / The Boston Globe:
Governor Charlie Baker telling allies he isn't running for reelection — Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, the Republican who maintained the enduring support of his blue state constituents through boom times, the Trump presidency, and in the face of mass death during the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Conservatives plot government shutdown over vaccine mandate — DRIVING THE DAY — FRIDAY'S SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN GETS REAL — Conservatives on both sides of the Capitol are privately plotting to force a government shutdown Friday in an effort to defund …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
House Freedom Caucus asks McConnell to force government shutdown over Biden's vaccine mandate
House Freedom Caucus asks McConnell to force government shutdown over Biden's vaccine mandate
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Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Oregon firebrand who leads the House's transportation committee, will step down after 36 years in Congress, spelling more bad news for Democrats in 2022 and taking with him an encyclopedic amount …
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Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
Women's Tennis Suspends Events in China Following Allegation Against Government Official — The organization's chief executive expressed ‘serious doubts’ about the safety of Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player at the center of global concern over her well-being.
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
IOC member says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is ‘fine’ after video call — A long-standing member of the International Olympic Committee said people who spoke to missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai have reached the “unanimous conclusion” that she is “fine.”
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb, head of Daystar, a large Christian network that discouraged vaccines, dies after getting covid-19 — Marcus Lamb, founder of the large Christian network Daystar, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus. Lamb's network during the pandemic has made the virus a huge focus …
Washington Post:
The best response to Russia's threats is a closer relationship with Ukraine — Michael McFaul is the director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist for The Post. Oleksiy Honcharuk …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why the CIA is so worried about Russia and Ukraine
Why the CIA is so worried about Russia and Ukraine
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the Russia Investigation — Donald J. Trump and his backers say revelations about the Steele dossier show the Russia investigation was a “hoax.” That is not what the facts indicate. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …
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Just Security
Harvard University:
1. A majority (52%) of young Americans believe that our democracy is either “in trouble,” or “failing” — Only 7% of young Americans view the United States as a “healthy democracy”; 27% described the nation as a “somewhat functioning democracy,” 39% a “democracy in trouble,” …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. voters angry, frustrated over homeless crisis, demand faster action, poll finds — Amid deep frustration over widespread, visible homelessness, Los Angeles voters want the government to act faster and focus on shelter for people living in the streets, even if those efforts are short-term …
CNBC:
Trump SPAC social media company appears to miss its first product deadline — Former President Donald Trump's new social media company appears to have missed its own November deadline to launch an invitation-only beta version of “Truth Social,” its purported alternative to Twitter.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge: Trump and allies ‘stoked the flames of fear’ that led to Jan. 6 violence — A federal judge said Wednesday that those who organized a pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol “stoked the flames of fear” and deserve to be held accountable for what they unleashed.
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