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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’ — One prominent operative texted, “Time for an open convention.” — President Joe Biden opened the debate with a raspy voice and disjointed, rambling answers, reigniting Democratic concerns about his age and ability to take on former President Donald Trump.
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NBC News:
Biden-Trump 2024 debate live updates: Candidates slug it out over economy and immigration — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are facing off in the first debate of the 2024 election cycle. It's the first time they've met since the 2020 campaign. … FACT CHECK
Gallup:
Age, Issues Working to Trump's Advantage Pre-Debate — Republicans are more enthusiastic about their candidate than Democrats are — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Heading into the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign some four months before Election Day, Donald Trump is viewed more positively …
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The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Mumbles and Stumbles the Democrats Into Crisis — PLEASE JOE, NO — Two old men, the incumbent and the former president, faced off in Atlanta. Amid fierce but farcical exchanges, Biden came off worse. — With the future of American democracy at stake, the first presidential debate …
Politico:
The stakes are sky high
The stakes are sky high
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
SCOTUS pushes Trump immunity decision to after debate
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Debate day brings bad news for Biden
Debate day brings bad news for Biden
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Politico:
Here's what could actually move the 2024 needle during tonight's debate
Here's what could actually move the 2024 needle during tonight's debate
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Watch? Cringe? Abstain? All about tonight's high-stakes debate
Watch? Cringe? Abstain? All about tonight's high-stakes debate
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Nancy Mace Fears Biden May Load Up on ‘Vitamins’ for Debate
Nancy Mace Fears Biden May Load Up on ‘Vitamins’ for Debate
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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 …
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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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
SCOTUS is going into July, destroying executive agency powers along the way — In SEC and EPA decisions, the conservatives are on a “power grab,” as Justice Sotomayor told us in dissent. Also: We got the EMTALA disposition. — “You had one job.” — By 10:30 a.m. Thursday …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court's Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court's Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
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Jordan Boyd / The Federalist:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Still Won't Say The Word ‘Woman’ — The justice who was nominated to the Supreme Court based on her race and sex refused for the second time in her short high court career to acknowledge women. The stiff to the females she claims to represent came …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is ‘not a victory for pregnant patients’
In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is ‘not a victory for pregnant patients’
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CNN:
Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case — Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump's attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president's lawyers …
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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 …
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New York Times, Politico, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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 …
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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
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA's ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
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Joe Biden for President:
Trump allies' 920 page plan to give Trump more power over your daily life, gut democratic checks and balances, and consolidate power in the Oval office. — Project 2025 is the plan by Donald Trump's MAGA Republican allies to give Trump more power over your daily life, gut democratic checks and balances …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Biden seizes debate limelight for “Project 2025” push
Scoop: Biden seizes debate limelight for “Project 2025” push
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Associated Press:
Man on trial for threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man on trial for threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings.
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …