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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard — A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni.
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Bloomberg, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Insider, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God., Mother Jones, The Messenger, Just The News and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Harvard's Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni — After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white. — It's been called affirmative action for the rich …
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New York Post
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Harvard ‘legacy’ policy challenged on heels of affirmative action ruling
Harvard ‘legacy’ policy challenged on heels of affirmative action ruling
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Financial Times, Lawyers for Civil Rights, Reason, UPI, Rolling Stone and Liberty Unyielding
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Showed Docs to People at Mar-a-Lago's Dining Room Patio Claims Former White House Press Secretary — Stephanie Grisham revealed that she witnessed her former boss, former President Donald Trump, show classified documents to people at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago.
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Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, Insider, The Messenger, MSNBC, Washington Post, Joe.My.God., New York Post, UPROXX, IJR and Crooks and Liars
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time — The social network has never seen chaos quite like this. — Twitter may have just had its worst weekend ever, technically speaking. In response to a series of server emergencies, Elon Musk, the Twitter owner and self-professed free-speech …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
‘We are way behind’: Top DeSantis PAC official sounds alarm — Steve Cortes got pretty blunt during a Twitter spaces session on Sunday night. — A top spokesperson for Ron DeSantis' super PAC is sounding a decidedly dour note on the Florida governor's presidential prospects …
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger, The Hill, New York Post, Raw Story, Just The News, Joe.My.God., Florida Politics, UPROXX and The National Pulse+
Jack Khoury / Haaretz:
Israeli Army Strikes Jenin in Large-scale ‘Anti-terror’ Op; Eight Palestinians Killed — After drone strike on militant HQ, Jenin op continues with ground incursion, weapons seizure ■ At least eight killed, 50 wounded ■ Security sources say op may ‘accomplish goals within 48 hours’ ■ …
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Washington Examiner, The Times of Israel, BBC, The Hill, The Forward, FDD, TASS, Fox News, Breitbart, National Review, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Reuters, The New Arab, Just The News and Channel 4 News
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Launches Intense Airstrikes on Jenin in West Bank, Killing at Least 8
Israel Launches Intense Airstrikes on Jenin in West Bank, Killing at Least 8
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Al Jazeera, The Stranger, CBS News, NewsNation, Reuters, The Messenger and The Times of Israel
CNN:
Trump once said a president under felony indictment would grind the government to a halt and create a constitutional crisis — Former President Donald Trump said in 2016 that a president under indictment would “cripple the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis” …
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The Guardian, Hackwhackers, Raw Story, The Hill, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, HuffPost and Political Wire
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Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Is This the Weirdest Ad in American Political History? — Over the weekend, Ron DeSantis's rapid response team shared a video railing against twice-impeached and twice-indicted former President Donald Trump for previous expressions of support for the LGBTQ community, proudly contrasting …
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Florida Politics, NBC News and The Daily Beast
Tony Leys / USA Today:
‘Public health has lost the war’: States legalize raw milk, despite public health warnings — LORIMOR, Iowa — Babe the goat is trendier than she looks. — Babe lives a quiet life on a hillside farm in southern Iowa, where she grazes on grass with a small herd of fellow goats.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
When it comes to the economy, how does Tim Scott define ‘worse’? — “Three years ago, our economy was thriving,” GOP Sen. Tim Scott argued. “Today, we're all worse off.” Is this true? Let's do a little fact-checking. — In early 2012, as Barack Obama's re-election campaign took shape …
Jeff Shesol / New York Times:
John Roberts Is Harming the Institution He Wants to Protect — Mr. Shesol, a historian, has written several books about American politics, including “Supreme Power,” the story of Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court. — In June 2012, at the end of a contentious Supreme Court term …
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Insider and Mock Paper Scissors
Associated Press:
US recommends Americans reconsider traveling to China due to arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans — The U.S. recommended Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited …
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One America News Network, Joe.My.God., The Hill, CNN, Fox News, The Messenger and Political Wire
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
At UChicago, a Debate Over Free Speech and Cyber Bullying — A student objected to a class, “The Problem of Whiteness,” and tweeted the lecturer's photo and email address. Hate mail poured in. What should the school do? — Rebecca Journey, a lecturer at the University of Chicago …
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Why Evolution Is True
Tami Luhby / CNN:
States have been on a tax-cutting spree, but revenues are now weakening — Fueled by surging revenues, states have been slashing taxes for individuals and businesses for the past three years. — But the party is expected to come to an end in the coming fiscal year, which started on Saturday in 46 states.
David Siders / Politico:
The ‘Shrinking Baptist Convention’ Is Doubling Down on the Culture Wars — The challenges facing the nation's largest Protestant denomination mirror those facing the GOP — and both would rather stick to their guns than shift course. — Thousands of Southern Baptists traveled to New Orleans …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Victoria Bouloubasis / The Guardian:
The housing community that will require ‘patriots’ to fly the US flag — Developer of North Carolina neighborhood for homeowners 55 and older says his brand ‘only the beginning’ of a ‘movement’ — he 17 June groundbreaking of a future suburban neighborhood in Gastonia, North Carolina, had all the trappings of a campaign rally.
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Raw Story and The Messenger
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This calls into question the integrity of their investigation.’ Sen. Ron Johnson slams Hunter Biden probe as it's revealed prosecutor who signed off on ‘sweetheart’ tax deal previously worked for First Son's business partner — Assistant US Attorney Derek Hines …
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Washington Examiner and RedState
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies' Surveillance Tool — With hard-right Republicans attacking federal law enforcement agencies and unwilling to extend their broad powers, a major warrantless surveillance program targeting foreigners overseas may face new limits from Congress. — Reporting from Washington
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Raw Story
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
A Blood Test Predicts Pre-eclampsia in Pregnant Women — The assessment is the first advance in diagnosing the deadly condition since it was discovered more than a century ago, experts said. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test that can identify pregnant women …
Alison F. Takemura / Canary Media:
Your next BBQ could feature an electric grill — Electric grills exist and are rising in popularity — and according to some advocates, they're just as good at producing delicious food as fossil-fueled alternatives. — Mark Begansky loves his electric grill.
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Sun-Sentinel, Popular Science and New York Post
Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect — Farm owners and construction companies say the law, which started July 1, has already diminished their workforce — Florida's agricultural and construction industries say they are experiencing a labor shortage …
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Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Steve Vladeck / MSNBC:
Don't believe the data: This is the most conservative Supreme Court we've known — Hot takes summarizing the justices' work can try to spin to the data, but the reality is simple. — The effective end of the Supreme Court's term on Friday touched off what has become an annual tradition …
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Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money and TheBlaze
RTÉ:
Climate change spells ‘terrifying’ future: UN rights chief — Climate change threatens to deliver a “truly terrifying” dystopian future of hunger and suffering, the United Nations' human rights chief has warned. — Volker Turk slammed world leaders for only thinking of the short term while dealing with the climate crisis.
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Breitbart
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The illogical but popular affirmative action attack on Clarence Thomas — In college, I made a lot of money working side jobs, especially in the spring and summer. From April through September, I would mow tiny lawns in Annapolis and get $20 (more than $37 in today's dollars) …
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National Review
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Actor Hill Harper poised to challenge Slotkin in Michigan Senate primary — The Democrat has shot his announcement video and ordered campaign T-shirts. — Democratic leaders hoped Elissa Slotkin would clear the field in the Senate primary in Michigan, giving the battle-tested candidate extra …
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The Messenger
Wall Street Journal:
No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work — The Supreme Court's decision to eliminate affirmative action hits workplaces as diversity initiatives face pressure from supporters and skeptics; ‘Stop being so woke’ — At Clayton, a Tennessee-based home builder, some of its 26,000 employees …
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The Daily Caller and The Guardian
Allison Fisher / Media Matters for America:
Only 5% of national TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave that scorched Texas mentioned climate change … The heat dome that parked over Texas and neighboring states, including Louisiana, kept temperatures in the triple digits for days on end and pushed heat indexes past 120 degrees.
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Forbes