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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.
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.
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.
CNN:
Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions
Washington Post:
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
Sherrilyn Ifill / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Whoopi Goldberg Shreds Justice Clarence Thomas: 'You're Full of It'
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 Raw Story
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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 …
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
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and PoliticusUSA
ABC News:
Man with Jan. 6 warrant arrested near Obama DC home
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
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: 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  —  Christian website designer says she received email request from same-sex couple but ‘author’ says he did not send it - and is not gay  —  The veracity of a key document in a major LGBTQ+ rights case before the US supreme court …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel office still investigating Trump's handling of documents, sources say
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Top Trump campaign aide Susie Wiles met numerous times with special counsel investigators in documents probe
Discussion: Washington Times
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
Discussion: The Sun and The Messenger
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.
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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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Fauci adviser hid emails from FOIA requests: ‘Always communicate on Gmail’  —  A senior scientific adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said he used a personal email account to dodge Freedom of Information Act requests and even deleted some emails during …
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Philipp Hubert / The Intercept:   Top NIH Official Advised Covid Scientists That He Uses Personal Email to Evade FOIA
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 …
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.
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 …
Axios:
America's fastest-growing demographic groups  —  The country's Pacific Islander, Asian and Hispanic populations saw the biggest percentage increases between 2000 and 2022, per a new Axios analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. … - The Asian population grew about 105%, to 21 million.
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.
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 …
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 …
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
Kent Walker / Google:
An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products  —  President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 (the Online News Act), requiring two companies to pay for simply showing links to news, something that everyone else does for free.
Donna Bryson / Reuters:
“All We Are is Memory”  —  On a journey to the town where her ancestors lived and died, a Reuters journalist considers how today's America can learn from, rather than avoid, its racist past.  —  COMMERCE, Georgia  —  I grew up hearing my father's reminders to be aware of my surroundings.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Sotomayor's Fake America
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules for Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
The Spectator appoints ex-UK cabinet minister Michael Gove as editor, starting on October 8, after its takeover by GB News co-owner Sir Paul Marshall

Financial Times:
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