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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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The Hill:
Biden offers new routes to tackle student debt after Supreme Court decision  —  President Biden on Friday announced new actions to offer student loan borrowers some forgiveness, reintroducing his forgiveness plan grounded in the Higher Education Act (HEA).  —  Using the HEA to provide student …
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
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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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.
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
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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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 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 …
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
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:   RFK Jr.'s Inside Job
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:   Nikki Haley says Republicans ‘absolutely should’ impeach Biden over Hunter Biden probe allegations
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, Politico and Roll Call
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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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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 and IJR
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
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis scores big legal win upholding $2.5B gambling deal with Florida tribe
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Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, but leaves door open for other legal challenges
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Bradford Wilcox / Washington Examiner:
House Republican plan penalizes marriage
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