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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak — (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has canceled an appearance at a judicial conference set to begin on Thursday after a draft decision he wrote indicating the high court would overturn …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn Warns Dems Could Try To Pack Court With Ketanji Brown Jackson Before Breyer Retires To Try To Save Roe v. Wade — Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn warned Wednesday that Democrats could try to pack the Supreme Court by adding Ketanji Brown Jackson …
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David French / The Atlantic:
What Alito Got Right — Sign up for David's newsletter, The Third Rail, here. — We do not know if Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health represents the current consensus of a majority of the Supreme Court. We certainly don't know yet if it's a preview of the Court's actual ruling.
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Slate:
Why the Supreme Court's Leak Investigation Is a Sham — The unprecedented leak of Justice Samuel Alito's initial draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade has prompted a widespread outcry among Republicans and their media allies. Many appear desperate to focus on the fact of leak …
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Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Why There Are No Women in the Constitution — There is little mention of abortion in a four-thousand-word document crafted by fifty-five men in 1787. This seems to be a surprise to Samuel Alito. — Within a matter of months, women in about half of the United States may be breaking the law if they decide to end a pregnancy.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Weighs Future Role and Final Word on Abortion
Live Updates: Supreme Court Weighs Future Role and Final Word on Abortion
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
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New York Times:
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The Fight Over Abortion History
The Fight Over Abortion History
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These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016
These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House says Biden has been ‘struck’ by Trump's ‘hold’ on GOP
White House says Biden has been ‘struck’ by Trump's ‘hold’ on GOP
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again
Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Militia group leader tried to ask Trump to authorize them to stop the transfer of power — The justice department has alleged that Oath Keepers leadership called the president's confidant to allow them to use force — Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers militia group leader charged …
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ABC News:
DOJ, Jan. 6 committee staff clash in interview with former U.S. attorney: Sources — The DOJ feared investigators' questions could impact their ongoing prosecutions. — Attorneys with the Department of Justice recently clashed behind closed doors with staff members for the House select …
Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel — Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president, interviewed with the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter. — He's the latest member of the Trump family to provide testimony …
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Oath Keeper details pre-Jan. 6 planning, pleads to seditious conspiracy — William Todd Wilson of North Carolina is the third member of far-right group to cooperate with prosecutors in Capitol riot cases — For two months after the 2020 presidential election, William Todd Wilson …
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Donald Trump Jr. met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday
Donald Trump Jr. met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Third Oath Keepers defendant pleads guilty to sedition in Capitol riot case
Third Oath Keepers defendant pleads guilty to sedition in Capitol riot case
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes asked to speak with Donald Trump on January 6: court filing
Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes asked to speak with Donald Trump on January 6: court filing
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New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say — Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Farewell to the dumbest Senate primary ever — Nearly every politician commits an occasional gaffe, and nearly every election features at least one news cycle about something stupid that a candidate did or said. — Even so, the recently concluded Ohio Republican Senate primary was uniquely stupid, by almost any standard.
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CNN:
New audio: McCarthy said 25th Amendment ‘takes too long’ and wanted to reach out to Biden after January 6 attack — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process …
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Associated Press:
AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike — LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion. Her husband tugged at her to leave and begged her to cover her eyes.
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New York Times:
J.R. Majewski, a G.O.P. House nominee, has expressed fringe views on QAnon and Jan. 6. — Mr. Majewski, a surprise victor this week in Ohio, has voiced sympathy for QAnon believers and suggested that the F.B.I. drove much of the violence at the Capitol riot.
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer — Former Education Department general counsel warned it is ‘doubtful’ courts would accept Biden canceling debt for all student borrowers — President Biden would be on shaky legal ground if he were to pursue …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumes — “Hate Won't Win.” — That hashtag went viral last month after Mallory McMorrow, an obscure Democratic state senator from Michigan, delivered a blistering takedown of a GOP colleague who'd falsely labeled her a “groomer.”
Washington Post:
Don't be 'Putin's altar boy,' Pope warns Russian Orthodox leader — Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church not to be “Putin's altar boy” and justify the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine. — In a Tuesday interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera …
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Dave Elias / WBBH-TV:
Cape Coral art teacher fired for discussing LGBTQ topics — CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A Cape Coral Middle School teacher claims she was fired because she spoke with her students about sexuality. — Video — She says her art students then drew flag pictures expressing their own sexuality.
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Associated Press:
Sinn Fein eyes historic win in Northern Ireland election — BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Ever since Northern Ireland was founded as a Protestant-majority state a century ago, its governments have been led by unionist politicians who defined themselves as British.
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Right to Move Is Under Attack — For much of American history, freedom from an oppressive legal system could be found by picking up and leaving. During the Great Migration, millions of Black Americans abandoned the Jim Crow South for the North, Midwest, and West; at a smaller scale …
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