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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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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,” …
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 …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
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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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Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
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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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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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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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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns
The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court agrees to hear consequential Second Amendment dispute
Supreme Court agrees to hear consequential Second Amendment dispute
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court to decide whether Second Amendment protects gun owners subject to domestic violence restraining orders
Supreme Court to decide whether Second Amendment protects gun owners subject to domestic violence restraining orders
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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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Marina Dias / Washington Post:
Court votes to bar Bolsonaro from running for office — BRASÍLIA — Brazil's top elections court voted Friday to bar Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years — a period that covers the next presidential election — for making what members of the panel said were claims …
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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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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
RFK Jr.'s Inside Job
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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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.
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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
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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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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Cyberattack knocks out satellite communications for Russian military — Was it pro-Ukrainian hackers or Wagner rebels? — A satellite communications system serving the Russian military was knocked offline by a cyberattack late Wednesday and remained mostly down on Thursday …
Julio Rivera / The Western Journal:
Op-Ed: Biden Just Failed America - It Could Be Years Before We Know the Extent of the Damage — Prior to new developments regarding a possible implosion in Russia amid the war with Ukraine, the news cycle had been dominated by the classified docs indictment of former President Donald Trump …
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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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Jim Crow-era Mississippi voting law — The 1890 state constitutional amendment was intended to disproportionately remove voting rights from Black people convicted of certain crimes. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis scores big legal win upholding $2.5B gambling deal with Florida tribe — The three-judge panel concluded that a lower court judge had wrongly stopped the deal and said that any dispute over the compact between Florida and the tribe should be fought in state court.
The Hill:
Supreme Court lets stand gender dysphoria case in liberal win — The Supreme Court on Friday let a lower court ruling stand that sided with a transgender woman who contested that her rights were violated in jail when she was deprived of her hormone treatment.
Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:
Ukraine's top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience — KYIV, Ukraine — For Ukraine's counteroffensive to progress faster, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the top officer in Ukraine's armed forces, says he needs more — of every weapon. And he is telling anyone who will listen …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Michigan House passes bill making wrong pronouns a felony, fineable up to $10,000 — Under the new bill, ‘intimidating’ an individual with the wrong pronouns can result in prison time or a $10,000 fine — A recently passed bill in Michigan would make it a felony to intimidate someone by using the wrong gender pronouns.
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Lee Harris / American Prospect:
TSMC to Bring 500+ More Migrant Workers to Arizona — The chipmaking giant, which expects to receive up to $15 billion in federal tax credits and grants for its Arizona facility, says U.S. workers are not up to the job. — The world's largest contract chipmaker will import hundreds …