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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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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.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects race-based affirmative action in college admissions  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday held that admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that relied in part on racial considerations violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
‘A tragedy for us all’: Supreme Court Justice Jackson blasts majority's affirmative action ruling
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: FIRST DRAFT and Raw Story
ABC News:
Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources  —  Susie Wiles, a trusted adviser, is helping lead Trump's reelection effort.  —  One of the top advisers on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named …
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New York Times:
Investigation of Trump Documents Case Continues After Former President's Indictment
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Levine / ABC News:
As Trump faces criminal charges, here are 27 people he's previously said should be indicted or jailed
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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NBC News:
For some Republicans who endorsed Biden in 2020, the next election looks bleak
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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Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Two Charged With Illegally Trading Ahead of Trump Media Merger
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and CNBC
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
ABC News:
Chinese spy balloon used American-made parts, did not transmit data: Officials  —  Determining if the parts came from illegal trade is a very serious concern.  —  The Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean in early February was built — at least partly …
Discussion: RedState
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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Balloon Used American Tech to Spy on Americans
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Survey Center …
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: The Messenger and Raw Story
Ginny Hogan / The Nation:
Is Josh Hawley All Right?  Is Josh Hawley All Right?  —  His new book Manhood advocates for a return to ancient values of family and masculinity.  In reality, it reveals the Missouri senator's weird fixations.  —  Josh Hawley, best known for fleeing a mob he helped incite, has written a book on manhood.
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 …
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
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%) …
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.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Wave of gun arrests on Capitol Hill, including for a gun in baby stroller, as tourists return  —  Nearly two dozen people have been charged with illegally carrying guns on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., so far this year, including four in the past month, according to a CBS News review of court records and U.S. Capitol Police reports.
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions to Promote Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Colleges and Universities  —  Today, the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent that enabled America's colleges and universities to build vibrant diverse environments where students are prepared to lead and learn from one another.
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Roberts' Majority Opinion Preserving the Status Quo in Alabama Voting Rights Act Case Must Be Seen in Light of His Killing of Affirmative Action in Education in Today's Students for Fair Admissions Case  —  A few weeks ago, after the Supreme Court preserved the (weak) status quo for Section 2 …
Discussion: Yellowhammer News
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.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action.  Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.  —  The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn't seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.  —  It has been a long goodbye.
P Gosselin / NoTricksZone:
Huge Nebraska Solar Park Completely Smashed To Pieces By One Single Hail Storm!  —  Multimillion dollar solar project gets reduced to a heap of toxic rubble by one single hail storm.  —  The Scottsbluff, Nebraska 5.2 MW Community Solar project was part of the NPPD's Sunwise program …
Discussion: RedState
Miles Taylor / Vanity Fair:
“It Will Be a Revenge Machine”: Why a Second Trump Administration Would Be Much Worse  —  Expect career officials purged and MAGA loyalists in charge if Trump returns to the White House, warns Miles Taylor.  The ex-DHS chief of staff spoke out as “Anonymous” during the first term and …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Overseas payments to Biden family could exceed $40M, Comer says: ‘This was organized crime’  —  Members of President Biden's family may have accepted in excess of $40 million from foreign nationals in exchange for favorable policy decisions, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer suggested Wednesday.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Close to Approving Long-Range ATACMS Missiles to Bolster Ukraine's Fight  —  Biden has long declined to provide long-range missiles, fearing escalating fight with Russia  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is close to approving a long-range missile system for Ukraine, American and European officials said …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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