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5:25 PM ET, June 30, 2023

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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth  —  Gorsuch hands a victory to the Christian right by making false claims about an important First Amendment case.  —  On Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch released a 26-page opinion venting outrage about a legal dispute that does not exist, involving websites that do not exist.
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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.
NBC News:
Live updates: Supreme Court rules for web designer in LGBTQ protections case … In the web designer case, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, “At the same time, this Court has also recognized that no public accommodations law is immune from the demands of the Constitution.
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court sides with designer who declines to make same-sex wedding websites
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.
The Hill:
Biden plots new course to get relief for student borrowers
Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Debt Relief
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, The Guardian 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
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 and CBS News
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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 …
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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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: Vox and Politico
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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 …
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
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
White House hopefuls court MAGA moms at Philly bash  —  Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and other GOP White House hopefuls are paying their respects to America's newest culture warriors.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Republicans sharpening a schoolhouse-centered campaign are betting on a fast-growing ally to make a play for the suburbs.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Rails Against ‘Woke’ at Moms for Liberty Summit
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.
Stefan Korshak / Kyiv Post:
Ukraine Slams Russian Helicopter Base in Likely British Storm Shadow Missile Strike  —  Use of the high-tech British Storm Shadow is probable but unconfirmed.  Satellites photographed 29 Russian military helicopters parked at Berdyansk airport two weeks ago.
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.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Supreme Court allows transgender woman's lawsuit against Virginia prison to continue
Bloomberg:
Soros' Foundations to Cut 40% of Staff After Handover to Son  —  Open Society Foundations, the nonprofit founded by billionaire George Soros, plans to cut at least 40% of its staff in the coming months.  —  The charity, which earlier this month confirmed Soros, 92, was handing control to his son Alex …
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
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
The Supreme Court's Conservative Supermajority Continues Its Work Rolling Back The 20th Century  —  The psychodrama over whether John Roberts is in control of the court is irrelevant when the justices just keep enacting the conservative policy agenda.  —  When five conservative justices …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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: Plain Dealer and CNN
 
 
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