The Supreme Court is still the John Roberts court, a fact underscored by the chief justice's influence on the biggest cases of the most recent term. Roberts at times allowed the court's 6-3 conservative majority to flex its muscle in gutting affirmative action, blocking student debt relief and allowing a website designer to refuse to make same-sex wedding websites. |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies are trying to change the narrative about a campaign that is widely seen as having underperformed so far. DeSantis has faced criticism for early missteps — notably a glitch-ridden Twitter Spaces launch event and comments downplaying the war in Ukraine. His numbers have drifted down from just months ago. |
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Two civil rights organizations are launching a campaign to pressure state governments to disqualify former President Trump from appearing on ballots in 2024. The groups say secretaries of state are empowered by the 14th Amendment to bar Trump from running for office because of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection |
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The Biden administration approved the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine on Friday, sparking concern from human rights groups and some congressional lawmakers over the weapon's ability to harm civilians and children long after the bombs have fallen. Cluster munitions are dropped by aircraft or fired by a ground-based weapons system over a target area, spreading out a few dozen to hundreds of submunitions. The weapons are valued militarily because they can strike multiple targets. |
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President Biden on Friday defended the decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, saying the Ukrainians needed them. "It was a very difficult decision on my part. And by the way, I discussed this with our allies, I discussed this with our friends up on the Hill," Biden told CNN in an interview that is set to air Sunday. |
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of the most vocal progressives on Capitol Hill, has backed President Biden's reelection bid. Ocasio-Cortez told the "Pod Save America" podcast Thursday she would support Biden, who faces two long-shot challengers in the 2024 Democratic primary. "I believe, given that field, yes," she said when asked whether she would support the incumbent president in the next election. |
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Former President Trump argued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis initially lagged in the 2018 Florida GOP gubernatorial primary because he was a "lousy candidate" during an Iowa event on Friday. "He was so far behind, 'cause, you know why? 'Cause he was a lousy candidate, and I endorsed him and he became like a rocket ship, and he ended up getting the nomination," Trump said while speaking at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa. |
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) announced Friday that he would not run for outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin's (D-Md.) open seat in 2024, instead opting to run for reelection. "At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland's extraordinary 8th District," he said in a statement. |
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BY ARIS FOLLEY, TOBIAS BURNS AND RILEY GUTIÉRREZ MCDERMID |
Talks between the United Parcel Service and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters may have the added complication of union leaders taking a harder line in an effort to attract workers at retail giant Amazon, sources said this week. The Teamsters and UPS are in heated negotiations over a new contract, with a Teamster strike authorized by union membership if UPS fails to deliver a new pact before their current deal expires July 31. |
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OPINION | Vladimir Putin is likely on his way out as Russia's president. He will be followed by autocrats governing countries such as Hungary, Turkey and Israel — to name a few. Though this process will take some time, it is a clear triumph of the innovative democratic principles upon which the United States was founded in 1776. When Putin entered the national political stage in 1999, he was hand-picked Russian President Boris Yeltsin and elected by the Duma.I was doing work in Russia then and witnessed how proud Russians were of their new president. Like them, he was ordinary, critical of how most state enterprises were privatized by a small number of men — the oligarchs or robber barons — and embarrassed by the declining reputation of his country. |
OPINION | For years, social media companies assured users, advertisers and the public that they were doing everything possible to provide a safer and friendlier experience. Even as hatred and disinformation surged on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and others, the CEOs insisted they were taking proactive steps to rid their platforms of the antisemitism, racism and hate that had given rise to events like Charlottesville and the Jan. 6 insurrection. |
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court completed its annual term last week with resounding conservative victories, ending a half-century of affirmative action in college admissions, curbing gay rights when they clashed with religious objectors and canceling President Biden's plan to forgive student debt owed by 40 million Americans. |
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate who made a fortune in the biotech industry, has caught the interest of primary voters with fiery critiques of the socially conscious practices of U.S. corporations, which he laid out in a book, "Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam." |
RIGA, Latvia — The Kremlin does not speak his name. Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, whose popularity rating soared before his short-lived rebellion, is threatened with political erasure, the modern-day equivalent of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's purging of enemies from official photographs. |
In less than 48 hours, Meta's Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta. |
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