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SCOTUS Just Killed Off Virginia’s Racial Gerrymander. Its Decision Will Affect Elections for Years to Come. – Slate
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The Iran Crisis, Explained – The New York Times
A core objective of the 2015 nuclear deal — struck between Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — was to keep Iran at least one year from being able to construct a nuclear bomb. (Iran insists that its nuclear program it has developed over several decades is for peaceful purposes.) But that timeline could shorten if Iran follows through on its most recent threats, which it…
US sending 1,000 additional troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions – CNN
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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Is Freed, Says He Will Join Mass Protests – NPR
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong addresses the crowd outside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Monday, during a demonstration demanding that Hong Kong’s leaders step down and permanently withdraw an extradition bill. Jorge Silva/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Jorge Silva/Reuters Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong addresses the crowd outside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Monday, during a demonstration demanding that Hong Kong’s leaders step down and permanently withdraw an extradition bill. Jorge Silva/Reuters…
Supreme Court rules in case watched for impact on Trump pardons – POLITICO
Those bracing for potential pardons by President Donald Trump of individuals convicted in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation were tracking the Terance Gamble v. U.S. case. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Legal By JOSH GERSTEIN and NATASHA BERTRAND 06/17/2019 12:08 PM EDT The Supreme Court ruled Monday in a closely watched “double jeopardy” case, issuing a decision that preserves states’ power to limit the impact of future pardons by President…
Justice Thomas urges U.S. Supreme Court to feel free to reverse precedents – Reuters
(Reuters) – Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to feel less bound to upholding precedent, advancing a view that if adopted by enough of his fellow justices could result in more past decisions being overruled, perhaps including the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Writing in a gun possession case over whether the federal government and states can prosecute someone separately for…
Mohamed Morsy, ousted Egyptian president, dies in court – CNN
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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to findings of racial gerrymandering in Virginia districts – The Washington Post
Robert Barnes June 17 at 12:02 PM The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge to a lower court’s findings that some of Virginia’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered, saying Monday that House Republicans did not have legal standing to challenge the decision. The decision could give an advantage to the state’s Democrats. All 140 seats in the legislature are on the ballot this fall, and the GOP holds two-seat majorities in…
Supreme Court ruling deals potential blow to Paul Manafort as he battles state charges – Fox News
Video Paul Manafort to be transferred to Rikers Island Manafort is serving four years for tax and bank fraud and will remain in solitary confinement for his own protection. A Supreme Court ruling in the case of an Alabama man who pleaded guilty to a gun charge could have major implications for the unrelated white-collar case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in New York — by keeping him exposed to…
Iran Says It Will Exceed Nuclear Deal’s Limit On Uranium ‘In 10 Days’ – NPR
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently.” Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even…
Supreme Court tosses ruling against bakers who refused cake for gay couple – Fox News
Video Oregon bakers take religious liberty case to high court Christian bakers Melissa and Aaron Klein were hit with a massive fine and were forced to close Sweet Cakes By Melissa after refusing to bake a custom wedding cake for a lesbian couple. The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a ruling against two Oregon bakers who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. The couple, Melissa and Aaron Klein,…
Iran Says It Will Exceed Nuclear Deal’s Limit On Uranium ‘In 10 Days’ – NPR
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently.” Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even…
What Chinese Learned About Hong Kong’s Protests Behind Firewall – Bloomberg
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Trump campaign fires pollsters after leaked numbers show him trailing Biden – CBS News
The Trump campaign fired several pollsters after internal polling numbers from his own campaign that show he’s trailing potential Democratic challenger Joe Biden were leaked, CBS News has learned. President Trump called those polls “fake.” The president is set to officially announce his re-election campaign on Tuesday at a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, a state that helped propel him to victory in 2016, reports CBS News’ Weijia Jiang. A…
Chinese raids hit North Korean defectors’ ‘Underground Railroad’ – Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) – A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first time in May after he too escaped into China. While speaking to him again on the phone days later, however, she listened in horror as the safe house where her son and four other North Korean escapees…
Trump national security team expected to discuss sending more US military force to Middle East in wake of tanker attacks – CNN
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Joshua Wong released from prison day after hundreds of thousands march in Hong Kong – CNN
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Trump Campaign to Purge Pollsters After Leak of Dismal Results – The New York Times
In addition to Ms. Conway’s former firm, the Trump adviser said the campaign would cut ties with Adam Geller, a pollster for former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, and Michael Baselice, a pollster for former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, both late additions to Mr. Trump’s campaign in 2016. [Want to know what it’s like to cover the White House? Ask our White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, here.] NBC…
Donald Trump talks health care, Abe Lincoln and Richard Nixon in television interview – USA TODAY
CLOSE Whipsawing US trade tactics under President Donald Trump are running the risk of upending ratification of the new North American trade agreement. (June 14) AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says health care will be a focus of his re-election campaign and that his administration will release its plan to replace Obamacare in a couple of months “We already have the concept of the plan, but it’ll be less expensive…
In Paris, Boeing CEO Concedes Mistake In Communicating Safety Feature Failure – NPR
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a press conference after the annual shareholders meeting in Chicago on April 29. Jim Young-Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Young-Pool/Getty Images Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a press conference after the annual shareholders meeting in Chicago on April 29. Jim Young-Pool/Getty Images Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg says the company should have been more transparent with regulators and…