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4:35 PM ET, June 29, 2023

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.  —  In disavowing race as a factor in achieving educational diversity, the court all but ensured that the student population at the campuses of elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court rejects affirmative action at colleges as unconstitutional  — The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which gave weight to a would-be student's race, are unconstitutional.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC  —  The ruling is the culmination of a decades-long effort to end the consideration of race in admissions.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Whoopi Goldberg Shreds Justice Clarence Thomas: 'You're Full of It'
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects race-based affirmative action in college admissions
Usha Lee McFarling / STAT:
Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action, a blow to efforts to diversify medical schools
CNN:
Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions
Aziz Huq / Politico:
Ending Affirmative Action May Be Just the Beginning
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court's Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts affirmative action ruling, clashes with Clarence Thomas
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say  —  Prosecutors could bring between 30 to 45 additional criminal charges against the former president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned  —  Trump calls indictment a ‘beautiful badge of honour and courage’
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Balloon Juice
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Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court  —  Long before the Supreme Court took up one of the last remaining cases it will decide this session—the 303 Creative v. Elenis case, concerning a Colorado web designer named Lorie Smith …
Discussion: Raw Story and FIRST DRAFT
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election  —  Small edge to Democrats but neither side over 270 to start  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Our initial 2024 Electoral College ratings start with just four Toss-up states.  — Democrats start …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
‘Not A Normal Court’: Joe Biden Slams Affirmative Action Ruling
Olivia Land / New York Post:
Mayor Adams goes off on woman complaining about rent, compares her to plantation owner  —  Mayor Eric Adams did not take kindly to one of his constituents wagging her finger at him and criticizing him for the city's new rent increase rules Wednesday, likening her behavior to that of a plantation owner.
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Beth Harpaz / The Forward:
Critics say NYC mayor race-baited 84-year-old Holocaust survivor
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Daily Mail:
Glamorous vice president of Russian bank, 28, ‘plunges to her death from 11th floor apartment window’ in Moscow in latest mysterious fatality involving country's top execs  — Kristina Baikova allegedly fell from her 11th floor apartment on Friday morning  —  The glamorous vice-president …
CNN:
Prosecutors charge three investors with insider trading in Trump SPAC deal  —  New York CNN —  Federal prosecutors arrested three investors on Thursday on insider trading charges related to a deal to take former President Donald Trump's media business public.
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New York Times:
Twitter's New Chief Eases Into the Hot Seat  —  Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter, Tiffany Hsu on advertising and misinformation, and Ben Mullin on media.
NBC News:
Mike Pence meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in surprise trip to Ukraine  —  The former vice president made an unannounced trip to the country, becoming the first GOP presidential candidate to meet with the Ukrainian leader during the campaign.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Reuters:
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO's cancer research agency to say - sources  —  One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process …
New York Times:
Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump  —  Americans for Prosperity Action is wading into a Republican presidential primary for the first time, and waiting to see which candidate it will get behind for 2024.  —  The political network established by the conservative industrialists Charles …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Messenger and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Russia detains ‘General Armageddon’ in crackdown on pro-Wagner elites  —  Sergei Surovikin was known to have had good relations with warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin  —  Top Russian army general Sergei Surovikin has been detained as the Kremlin cracks down on Wagner sympathisers following the militia's failed mutiny last week.
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sentenced to maximum 20 years  —  Once one of the most powerful politicians in Ohio, Householder is now a convicted felon, guilty of racketeering conspiracy and breaking the public's trust.  He was immediately taken into custody.
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action?  Experience Suggests No  —  Nine states that banned race-conscious admissions find alternatives tend to leave Black and Hispanic students underrepresented  —  The Supreme Court says American colleges can no longer consider race in their admissions decisions.
Wall Street Journal:
Women Interviewing for Bill Gates's Private Office Were Asked Sexually Explicit Questions  —  Female job candidates say extreme vetting process by a security firm sometimes included questions about pornography and sexual histories; Gates's office says such questioning would be unacceptable
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules for Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays  —  The case concerns an evangelical Christian who claimed the U.S. Postal Service did not do enough to accommodate his request not to work on Sundays.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Hunter Biden settles Arkansas child support case  —  Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has settled his child support case in Arkansas, reaching an agreement with the mother of one of his children and resolving a dispute that became a legal headache for him in recent months.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Extreme Pride in Being American Remains Near Record Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 39%, the share of U.S. adults who are “extremely proud” to be American is essentially unchanged from last year's 38% record low.  The combined 67% of Americans who are now extremely or “very proud” (28%) …
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Madonna rushed to hospital, intubated in ICU after being found unresponsive  —  Madonna was found unresponsive and rushed to a New York City hospital Saturday, Page Six can exclusively reveal.  —  We hear the “Material Girl” singer, 64, was intubated for at least one night before having the tube removed …
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
Yevgeny Kuklychev / Newsweek:
Is Putin Replacing Under-Fire Defense Minister with Steven Seagal?  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is allegedly considering veteran Hollywood star and aikido expert Steven Seagal as a replacement for beleaguered Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.  —  That is according to a number of Iranian outlets …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel office still investigating Trump's handling of documents, sources say  —  The special counsel's office is continuing to investigate around Donald Trump's handling of documents after his presidency ended, multiple sources tell CNN.  —  That includes continued grand jury activity …
Amy Dickinson / Chicago Tribune:
Ask Amy: We told him not to come to the wedding, but we still wanted his money  —  Dear Amy: Four months before my daughter's wedding, she told me that her uncle (my brother, “Dave") would make her feel unsafe if he was a guest.  She asked me not to invite him.
Discussion: Twitchy and New Jersey Online
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Former Parkland school cop Scot Peterson, who allegedly fled shooting, found not guilty on all counts  —  Scot Peterson faced up to 95 years in a prison if convicted on all charges.  —  The former Parkland, Florida, resource officer accused of failing to confront the Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
 
 
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CBS News:
Hunter Biden's former business partner was willing to go before a grand jury. He never got the chance.
Discussion: New York Post
Dominic Pino / National Review:
Gorsuch Highlights the Absurdities of Racial Classification
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi Prosecutor Who Excluded Black Jurors Resigns After 3 Decades
Jared Gans / The Hill:
All clear given after suspicious package found on steps of Supreme Court
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Sotomayor's Fake America
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions to Promote Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Colleges and Universities
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Investigators Look Into Texas Attorney General's Real-Estate Spree
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.
Discussion: HotAir and NBC News
Ginny Hogan / The Nation:
Is Josh Hawley All Right? Is Josh Hawley All Right?
P Gosselin / NoTricksZone:
Huge Nebraska Solar Park Completely Smashed To Pieces By One Single Hail Storm!
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
FiveThirtyEight:
Nonreligious Americans Are The New Abortion Voters
Discussion: The Survey Center …
ABC News:
Chinese spy balloon used American-made parts, did not transmit data: Officials
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules coming into effect in October 2025

 
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