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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 …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers
Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth
Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth
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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.
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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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Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan
Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan
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ABC News:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's lawless, completely partisan student loans decision, explained
The Supreme Court's lawless, completely partisan student loans decision, explained
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RedState, HuffPost, Fox News and Los Angeles Times
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Debt Relief
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Debt Relief
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David Lawder / Reuters:
Student-loan ruling may be windfall for US deficit reduction
Student-loan ruling may be windfall for US deficit reduction
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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 …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030
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Breitbart and The Messenger
Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters:
Bolsonaro eyes 2026 candidacy for wife as his political future evaporates
Bolsonaro eyes 2026 candidacy for wife as his political future evaporates
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Financial Times, The National Pulse+, Mediaite, NPR and Semafor
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’
Marina Dias / Washington Post:
Court votes to bar Bolsonaro from running for office
Court votes to bar Bolsonaro from running for office
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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.
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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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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
State Department Releases Report on Chaotic Afghanistan Exit
State Department Releases Report on Chaotic Afghanistan Exit
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Coalition of the Distrustful
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Coalition of the Distrustful
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
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
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to weigh right of accused domestic abusers to own guns
Supreme Court to weigh right of accused domestic abusers to own guns
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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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Linda Chavez / Bulwark+:
Affirmative Action Ruling: Actually a Win for Minority Students
Affirmative Action Ruling: Actually a Win for Minority Students
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Chief William Burns Called to Reassure Kremlin After Wagner Mutiny — Russia's spy boss was told U.S. had no role in uprising — WASHINGTON—CIA Director William Burns quietly reached out to his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of a failed mutiny by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin …