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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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Tyler Austin Harper / New York Times:
I Teach at an Elite College. Here's a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions. — Dr. Harper is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College. — When I was in graduate school several years ago, I spent my summers getting paid to help Asian American kids seem less Asian.
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Mother Jones, New Republic, The Times of Israel, NPR, Insider, New York Daily News and ABC News
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.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
19 thoughts on affirmative action — The Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action, which was widely expected by people who pay attention to such things. But Supreme Court decisions are in general hard to predict so often even the “expected” is a bit unexpected.
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CNN:
Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions
Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions
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Sherrilyn Ifill / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
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Vanity Fair and Law Dork with Chris Geidner
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent
Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent
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Washington Post, Mother Jones, Slate, Insider, The Federalist, Los Angeles Times, The Messenger and Washington Examiner
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Thomas in rare occurrence reads affirmative action opinion from bench
Thomas in rare occurrence reads affirmative action opinion from bench
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Washington Post, CNN, Washington Examiner, WATE-TV, Sacramento Bee, Rolling Stone, Power Line, Insider and The Daily Caller
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Whoopi Goldberg Shreds Justice Clarence Thomas: 'You're Full of It'
Whoopi Goldberg Shreds Justice Clarence Thomas: 'You're Full of It'
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Supreme Court allows military academies to continue race-based admissions, citing ‘potentially distinct interests’
Supreme Court allows military academies to continue race-based admissions, citing ‘potentially distinct interests’
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Ruling on college admissions could fuel attacks on corporations' diversity efforts
Ruling on college admissions could fuel attacks on corporations' diversity efforts
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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’
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New York Times:
Investigation of Trump Documents Case Continues After Former President's Indictment — A grand jury has issued more subpoenas to people involved in the case after the unveiling of a 38-count indictment this month against Mr. Trump and an aide. — Three weeks after former President Donald J. Trump …
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Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Times and Mock Paper Scissors
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 …
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Daily Kos, Raw Story and FIRST DRAFT
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US supreme court
Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US supreme court
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Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
Biden's Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say — Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier …
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Reuters, Politico, Iran International and Political Wire
Andres Triay / CBS News:
Man with Jan. 6 warrant and weapons arrested after running toward Obamas' D.C. home — A man with weapons and an active Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested by law enforcement in former President Barack Obama's Washington, D.C., neighborhood, two sources briefed on the matter tell CBS News.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 participant, identified nearly two years ago, is arrested near Obama home — Taylor Taranto was identified by “Sedition Hunters” in August 2021 and has been living in a van near the D.C. jail. He was arrested Thursday, more than two years after the Capitol attack.
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Daily Mail:
Glamorous vice president of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 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
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The Messenger and The Sun
Beth Harpaz / The Forward:
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner — A heated exchange between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Jeanie Dubnau, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor and tenant activist, ended with the mayor accusing Dubnau of racism. — “Don't stand in front …
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, PIX11 and Raw Story
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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 …
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Reuters, The Messenger, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election
Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Daily Caller and New Republic
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.
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CNN, The Hill, Ohio Capital Journal, Wall Street Journal and Associated Press
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Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Trump ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Not Found by DOJ, Intelligence Agency — A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence.
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PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
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.
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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 …
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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 …
Harvard Admissions Lawsuit:
Supreme Court Decision — Today, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Court held that Harvard College's admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Investigators Look Into Texas Attorney General's Real-Estate Spree — Ken Paxton and his wife spent $3.5 million on properties in Hawaii, Florida, Utah and Oklahoma, records show — AUSTIN, Texas—Investigators helping prosecute impeachment charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton …
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Washington Examiner, The Texas Tribune and The Daily Caller
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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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Ranking Member Raskin Shares Key Evidence Directly Contradicting Bribery Allegations Touted by Rudy Giuliani and Oversight Chairman Comer — Committee Republicans Use FBI Tipsheet to Revive Conspiracy Theories Rejected by Trump's Justice Department Years Ago
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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. — A former business partner of Hunter and James Biden, who worked directly with them on a 2017 China energy deal, was never asked to testify to a Delaware grand jury investigating Hunter Biden …
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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
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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 …
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 …
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FiveThirtyEight:
Nonreligious Americans Are The New Abortion Voters — When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, many white evangelical Protestants didn't just see the Supreme Court's ruling as a political win — it was a spiritual victory. For decades, religious conservatives have been singularly focused …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm — A top Trump campaign adviser — who apparently was shown classified documents by the former president — has a top post at a lobbying firm serving Chinese entities that potentially pose a national security threat …
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CNN and New York Daily News
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 …
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CNN and New York Post