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(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…

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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

Video Trump points finger at Iran for oil tanker attack, Iran hits back The president says the Iranian regime has attacked oil tankers because they are in ‘deep, deep trouble’ from sanctions; Kevin Corke reports from the White House. Rep. Adam Schiff. D-Calif., often a harsh critic of President Trump, agrees with him on one thing: Iran was behind the bombing of two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz…

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Video Hong Kong suspends meetings over extradition law that sparked violent protests Leaders in Hong Kong are considering their next move after thousands of protesters filled the streets over a controversial extradition bill; Benjamin Hall has the latest. Hong Kong police and protesters faced off early Monday as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who remained near the city government headquarters after massive demonstrations that stretched…

“A president can run the country,” President Donald Trump said. “And that’s what happened, George. I run the country.” | Evan Vucci/AP Photo White House By MATTHEW CHOI 06/16/2019 10:05 AM EDT Updated 06/16/2019 03:19 PM EDT 2019-06-16T03:19-0400 President Donald Trump stood firm in his belief that former special counsel Robert Mueller absolved him of any crimes, adding that he had every right to fire Mueller if he wanted to….

President Trump used Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s own comments against her on Sunday night after she made remarks about the “growing” calls to impeach him. The congresswoman was speaking on ABC’s “This Week” when she claimed that Democrats faced a “real risk of losing the presidency to Donald Trump.” Quoting her on Twitter, the president said: “I agree, and that is the only reason they play the impeach card, which cannot…