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Washington Post:
Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ rights case says he was never involved — The man says he has been married to a woman for 15 years and never asked for services from a Christian website designer — Stewart was working on his couch in his Portland, Ore., home last week when he received …
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CNN, Associated Press, Colorado Attorney General, Vox and New Jersey Monitor
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Amanda Katz / Washington Post:
I'm not a lawyer. But I see what the same-sex wedding website case will mean. — In 2014, a year before the Supreme Court established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, two friends of mine held a wedding celebration near their home in Laramie, Wyo. Their planning involved …
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The Hill, Longmont Times-Call and Florida Phoenix
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Hunter Biden's Daughter and a Tale of Two Families — The story surrounding the president's grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright. — Katie Rogers reported from Batesville, Ark.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Washington.
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The Daily Caller, RedState and Twitchy
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump takes over small city in South Carolina show of force — His appearance was a shot across the bow in a critical primary state with two home-grown contenders. — PICKENS, S.C. — Donald Trump built his 2016 campaign on the ability to pack supporters into arenas and fields.
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NewsNation, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and The Post Millennial
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Trump supporters boo, call Lindsey Graham a ‘traitor’ at South Carolina rally — Supporters of former President Trump booed and called South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) a “traitor” at a rally in the senator's home state on Saturday. — “Thank y'all for coming.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Chris Christie Takes On Donald Trump — I offered to help prep Chris Christie for the debate with Donald Trump. — Christie helped prep Trump in 2016, saying he played Hillary Clinton very aggressively so that Trump would think the real thing was “a cakewalk.”
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Raw Story, New York Post, The Hill, HuffPost, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, The Messenger and Vanity Fair
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's Remarkable Dissent — You have probably already heard about the Supreme Court's decision in Biden v. Nebraska, where a 6-to-3 majority of the court — split along partisan lines — struck down President Biden's student debt relief plan.
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The Post Millennial, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Shapiro's Gavel, Washington Examiner and SCOTUSblog
Alaa Elassar / CNN:
Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada. Here's why they aren't being put out — Another wave of wildfire smoke has drifted into the US, dimming blue summer skies and igniting troubling concerns regarding the increasing frequency of fires, and what they have to do with climate change.
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ABC News and The Atlantic
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Robinson Meyer / Heatmap News:
The East Coast's Smoke Could Last Until October
The East Coast's Smoke Could Last Until October
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Associated Press and RTÉ
Sara Murray / CNN:
US attorney investigating Hunter Biden defends probe in letter to House Judiciary panel — David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware overseeing the criminal probe into Hunter Biden, has pushed back on claims that he had been unable to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son in certain areas …
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New York Times:
DeSantis, Seeking Attention, Uses L.G.B.T.Q Issues to Attack Trump — The Florida governor sought to contrast his record opposing gay and transgender rights in a video highlighting comments made by the former president during the 2016 campaign — but has gotten some pushback.
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The Daily Beast, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, CNN, Raw Story, New York Post, Fox News, The Messenger, Mediaite, Daily Kos, HuffPost and The Hill
New York Times:
A ‘Cage Match’ Between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg May Be No Joke — Talks over a matchup between the two tech billionaires have progressed and the parameters of an event are taking shape. — Ryan Mac reports on Twitter and Mike Isaac covers Meta. They have both vowed to work out more frequently in 2023.
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Breitbart, Eschaton, CBS News, TMZ.com, New York Post and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Adler / Yahoo News:
The New York City pizza stove controversy, explained — The New York Post ignited a controversy Sunday when it published a story titled “NYC rules crack down on coal-, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%.” The article accused climate change activists of threatening a beloved culinary staple.
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Talking Points Memo
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny — The next big fight over college admissions already has taken hold, and it centers on a different kind of minority group that gets a boost: children of alumni. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision …
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Washington Post, Marketplace and Vox
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Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind
Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind
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Daily Kos, The American Conservative, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and The Hill
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Feds Say They Have 80,000 Pages of Evidence Against George Santos — LONG ARM OF THE LAW — The feds have amassed more than 80,000 pages of evidence in their fraud and money laundering case against truth-averse freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY), prosecutors said in court on Friday.
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NBC News, Mediaite, Raw Story and New York Post
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Washington Post:
Trump pressured Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to overturn 2020 election — In a phone call in late 2020, President Donald Trump tried to pressure Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to overturn the state's presidential election results, saying that if enough fraudulent votes could be found …