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6:35 PM ET, June 27, 2024

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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies  —  On Thursday, the Court handed down a 6-3 decision, on a party-line vote, that could render a simply astonishing array of federal laws unenforceable.  As Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes in dissent …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is ‘not a victory for pregnant patients’
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New Leaked Abortion Draft Reeks of Cynicism
Politico:
The stakes are sky high  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  ATLANTA — When President JOE BIDEN's team pushed to debate DONALD TRUMP in late June, it was an implicit admission of the anxiety they felt about the state of the race.
Discussion: CBS News, Vanity Fair, Twitchy and WAGA-TV
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Debate day brings bad news for Biden
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Watch? Cringe? Abstain? All about tonight's high-stakes debate
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks EPA's interstate air pollution regulation  —  The Environmental Protection Agency's “good neighbor” rule is aimed at reducing air pollution that crosses state lines and contributes to smog.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Biden administration …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA's ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens … - Michelle Obama also was initially reluctant to campaign for Biden after he became the Democratic nominee in 2020, people familiar with the situation told Axios.  — Biden's team says the relationship between the families is strong …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Right-wing group gets Anne Frank's Diary and other Holocaust books taken from Texas school  —  Pastor Luis Cabrera and his conservative group threatened to shut down school board meetings if a superintendent of a school district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas did not heed their demands …
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma's State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible  —  The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document” that must be taught in certain grades.  —  Oklahoma's state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
SCOTUS pushes Trump immunity decision to after debate … - Trump's two federal cases — one on his alleged efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election and the other on his handling of classified documents after his time in the White House — hinge on the court's decision.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement  —  The justices ruled that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to let members of Sackler family evade facing future lawsuits.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization …
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Jack Smith brings receipts of vile threats against judges and prosecutors in Trump cases, tells Cannon former president fundraised off of lies about FBI  —  In a Wednesday notice filled with examples of vile threats against judges and prosecutors from supporters of Donald Trump …
John Binder / Breitbart:
Prosecutors Accuse Illegal Alien, Freed into U.S. by Biden's DHS, of Murdering Girl on Her 21st Birthday  —  An illegal alien, released into the United States by President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been accused of murdering a young woman on her twenty-first birthday …
Washington Post:
Arizona RNC delegation chair: ‘I would lynch’ county election official  —  Shelby Busch has framed her quest to unearth election fraud in the battleground state in the language of a religious holy war.  —  PHOENIX — Earlier this month Shelby Busch — chair of Arizona's delegation …
Nancy Vu / Washington Examiner:
Trump tips hand on climate talking points ahead of debate  —  Former President Donald Trump posted a preview of proposed talking points on climate change and energy ahead of Thursday's debate, an unusual move before one of the most widely watched events before the November election.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Meadows quietly fights for his White House records  —  Newly disclosed court filings show that Meadows has been pressing the National Archives and special counsel Jack Smith since May to turn over massive troves of records.  —  Donald Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site  —  First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer.  —  ComedyCentral.com had been home to clips from every episode of The Daily Show since 1999, and the entire run of The Colbert Report …
Rolling Stone:
Inside the Right-Wing Campaign to End Protections for Endangered Species  —  Leonard Leo's dark money hubs have funneled over $2 million to climate denial groups working to gut the Endangered Species Act  —  Leonard Leo, best known as the architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority …
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels  —  For part of almost every day this spring, the state produced more electricity than it needed from renewable sources.  —  Something approaching a miracle has been taking place in California this spring.
 
 
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Rashard Rose / CNN:
Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp reveals he didn't vote for Trump in GOP primary
Andy Bounds / Financial Times:
EU to reimpose tariffs on Ukrainian eggs and sugar
Discussion: Semafor and Electrek
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Biden quietly had his biggest online fundraising day after Trump was convicted
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Most Biden rally appearances are shorter than a sitcom, helping fuel stamina concerns
Discussion: RedState
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
What Kind of ‘Psycho’ Calls Dead Americans ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’?
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
What Trump And Biden Really Mean When They Fight About Electric Vehicles
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How right-wing media is legitimizing a nonsensical and nonexistent lawsuit
Discussion: Missouri Independent
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
 

 
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