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4:35 PM ET, June 30, 2023

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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples  —  In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court sides with designer who declines to make same-sex wedding websites  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a Colorado graphic artist who does not want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, finding the First Amendment prohibits the state …
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers … - Colorado's civil rights law prohibited her, or any business that serves the general public, from turning away customers because of their sexual orientation. … - “The artwork that I create is speech,” …
NBC News:
Live updates: Supreme Court rules for web designer in LGBTQ protections case
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs  —  The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.  —  People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court, June 30, 2023, in Washington.  —  Approximately 43 million Americans were made between $10,000 …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects Biden student loan forgiveness plan  —  The Supreme Court on Friday said President Biden does not have the authority for his nearly half-trillion dollar plan to forgive student loan debt, the latest blow from a Supreme Court that has been dismissive of this administration's bold claims of power.
Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan
ABC News:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
David Lawder / Reuters:
Student-loan ruling may be windfall for US deficit reduction
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Fox News Agrees to Pay $12 Million to Settle Hostile Workplace Suit  —  The settlement with a former producer, Abby Grossberg, is the latest development in a series of legal battles involving Fox.  —  Fox News has agreed to pay $12 million to Abby Grossberg, a former Fox News producer …
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Brazil Set to Bar Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims  —  Brazil's electoral court had enough votes to block former President Jair Bolsonaro from office until 2030 for spreading false claims about voting.  —  Jack Nicas, The Times's correspondent in Brazil …
Discussion: CNN and UPI
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Associated Press:
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030
Discussion: Breitbart and The Messenger
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:   Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’
Variety:
Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ Dies at 89  —  Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed.  He was 89.
Washington Post:
Biden administration failed to foresee Afghanistan mayhem, review finds  —  A State Department report released Friday finds fault with the Biden administration's crisis management and awareness before and during the fall of Afghanistan, an affirmation of critics who have said that bureaucratic lethargy …
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama's home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van  —  WASHINGTON — A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol wearing a “Make Space Great Again” hat had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested Thursday near former President …
Discussion: The Messenger
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Jan. 6 Mob Member Arrested Near Obama Home With Weapons — Bomb Materials  —  Taylor Taranto — a Trump supporter with a Jan. 6 warrant — was arrested near former President Barack Obama's home with guns and bomb materials.  —  Taranto was arrested Thursday on charges related …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence  —  The court, which has decided very few Second Amendment cases, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse.  —  Reporting from Washington
Discussion: Roll Call
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and Amy Howe
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Eliot Spitzer: RFK Jr. asked about giving paid speeches in office  —  The News  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn't run for office before in part because he couldn't afford it.  —  That's what Kennedy told then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, when Kennedy was considering running …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Coalition of the Distrustful
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
NBC News:
Hunter Biden attorney says WhatsApp message cited by Republicans is fake  —  In a purported 2017 message to a Chinese businessman, Hunter Biden allegedly threatened retaliation from his father, who was then a former vice president.  —  An attorney for Hunter Biden says purported screenshots …
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:   Nikki Haley says Republicans ‘absolutely should’ impeach Biden over Hunter Biden probe allegations
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective  —  Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Republican candidate Chris Christie: ‘Trump wants to be Putin in America’  —  The former New Jersey governor on his mission to stop the ex-president returning to power  —  I arrive a quarter of an hour early at the Tick Tock Diner to discover that Chris Christie is already there.
Devan Cole / CNN:
Supreme Court allows transgender woman's lawsuit against Virginia prison to continue  —  The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for an individual who suffers from gender dysphoria to sue a Virginia men's prison for violating a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Supreme Court sends back Ohio redistricting case  —  The Supreme Court on Friday sent an Ohio redistricting case back to the state's top court, in light of a decision it delivered earlier this week on a similar case in North Carolina.  —  Ohio Republicans had appealed to the nation's highest court …
Discussion: CNN
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Former GOP intel chair considers Michigan Senate run after presidential flirtations  —  The move by ex-Rep. Mike Rogers, who has been critical of Donald Trump in the past, would potentially shake up a largely lethargic Senate race.  —  Former House Intelligence Chair Mike Rogers …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Stunning Place Where Trump Is Beating DeSantis the Worst  —  There was supposed to be a deluge of support for the Florida governor in Congress.  It hasn't worked out that way. … Not Quite Ron Demand  —  Before Ron DeSantis officially announced his 2024 run, one of the first members …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
USCCB:
U.S. Bishops' President and Chairmen Rebuke Distortion of Church Teaching in Abortion Statement by Members of Congress  —  On June 24, the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court,...  WASHINGTON - On June 24 …
Discussion: National Review and IJR
 
 
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Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Chief William Burns Called to Reassure Kremlin After Wagner Mutiny
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don't Want Their Families to Join
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis scores big legal win upholding $2.5B gambling deal with Florida tribe
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Lee Harris / American Prospect:
TSMC to Bring 500+ More Migrant Workers to Arizona
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Casey Smith / Indiana Capital Chronicle:
Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, but leaves door open for other legal challenges
Julio Rivera / The Western Journal:
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Neal Lawson / The Guardian:
After 44 years, Labour is expelling me. And my MP and activist friends are asking: who will be next?
Bradford Wilcox / Washington Examiner:
House Republican plan penalizes marriage
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
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