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State legislator defeats incumbent senator in Virginia race centered on abortion rights

Former state legislator Lashrecse Aird has defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Morrissey in a closely watched primary election nomination contest in Virginia that centered on abortion rights

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'Tiger King' Joe Exotic is not on the Colorado ballot for president, despite what he may say

DENVER — Despite a bold proclamation on his newly launched campaign website that he has secured a spot on Colorado’s 2024 ballot for a White House run, the imprisoned “Tiger King” of Netflix fame — Joseph Maldonado, better known as Joe Exotic — is not ready for presidential prime time…

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Michigan House OKs new hate crime, institutional desecration penalties

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House on Tuesday passed a package of bills to reclassify certain offenses as hate crimes and designate the defacement of synagogues, churches or cemeteries as a crime separate from ordinary destruction of property.

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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail

The bipartisan legislation was long sought by advocates for disabled voters, including some of the governor’s own allies.

The Texas Tribune

Bernie Sanders announces US Senate probe into Amazon safety practices

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues.

France 24

Mothers tell first lady of ‘demeaning’ ordeals with doomed fetuses, state abortion bans

WASHINGTON — Two Texas women whose doctors refused to perform legal and medically urgent abortions met Tuesday with first lady Jill Biden, recounting their ordeals as the White House pressures Congress to codify rights the Supreme Court erased nearly a year ago.

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Trump shouldn’t get to choose judge who presides over Stormy Daniels hush money case, Manhattan DA says

NEW YORK — Donald Trump — with his “prolific history” of “baselessly” questioning the ethics of judges he doesn’t like — shouldn’t get to dictate who presides over the Stormy Daniels hush money case, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Judge orders names of people who posted Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond revealed

NEW YORK — Lying Rep. George Santos has until noon Thursday to decide whether he’ll go to jail to shield the names of the people who helped him post his $500,000 bond.

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Trump says he’ll restore presidential ‘impoundment’ authority

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to roll back the “impoundment” provisions of the landmark 1974 budget law in order to give presidents more power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

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Trial begins for Virginia school administrator charged with perjury in probe of sex assault case

A lawyer for a school system official accused of perjuring himself during a high-profile investigation of two school-based sexual assaults is telling jurors that her client is the fall guy for a series of administrative failings

The Independent UK

"Bombshell" internal docs in SCOTUS case

"Missouri lawsuit is just a partisan hack job aimed at getting the right-wing AG's name in the paper," expert says

Salon

Texas Senate debating rules for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Tuesday is meeting to discuss rules for state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment trial.

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Brandon Johnson not taking Lori Lightfoot’s word on city finances

With his financial team now in place, the new mayor will do his own forecast and hold several community meetings next month. His predecessor’s “midyear” budget forecast in April claimed an $85 million shortfall — among the lowest in recent Chicago history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jill Biden: Consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade 'go far beyond the right to choose'

Jill Biden says the consequences for women of losing the constitutional right to an abortion “go far beyond the right to choose.”

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Tornadoes clobber Mississippi. Hours later, its governor attends Republican fundraiser in Alabama

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event as people in his state were still reeling from death, injury and destruction from back-to-back storms

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Baby bonus a new twist in Democrats’ child tax credit push

WASHINGTON — House Democrats’ latest proposal to expand the child tax credit includes a new feature: a $2,000 payment for newborn babies.

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North Carolina may limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors with new bill

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joining the growing list of legislation related to transgender North Carolinians, access to gender-affirming care for some transgender minors may be on the line this year.

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Trump support softens with Republican voters since indictment in Mar-a-Lago documents case, poll says

Former President Donald Trump’s support among Republicans has surprisingly softened since his indictment in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, a new national poll revealed Tuesday.

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All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

All three candidates running in the June 20 Democratic primary election for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 — Laura Jane Cohen (D), Eric Schmidt (D), and Henri’ Thompson (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

FBI investigation leads to North Carolina politician’s campaign finance sentence in federal court

WASHINGTON — A federal judge sentenced a North Carolina politician Tuesday to a year of probation and a $7,500 fine after prosecutors said in court records last week that she “thwarted the voting public’s ability to make informed decisions at the ballot box.”

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Kansas attorney general agrees his state won’t enforce abortion ‘reversal’ law before judge issues order

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has agreed the state temporarily will not enforce a new law requiring abortion providers to tell patients that the effects of mifepristone, the first of two pills taken in a medication abortion, are reversible.

The Texas Tribune

Half of Texas voters believe the impeachment of Ken Paxton was justified, poll finds

The attorney general’s fellow Republicans were about evenly split in their approval and disapproval, the University of Texas poll determined.

The Independent UK

DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias

Manhattan prosecutors say neither Donald Trump nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in the former president’s hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias

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Judge rules Missouri AG Bailey had no authority to inflate cost of abortion rights ballot measure

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Cole County judge on Tuesday ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had no authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.

The Independent UK

Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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