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Congress asks Rob Manfred for MLB antitrust rationale in letter

The Senate Judiciary Committee got right to the point in a letter to Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday: If America's other major sports have to follow antitrust law, why should baseball remain exempt from that law?

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Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred says MLB antitrust exemption has one 'meaningful' use. Here's what it is.

NEW YORK — To baseball fans across America, the time-honored cry of summer is this: Kill the ump!

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Stratton asks feds for abortion rights support, young Highland Park victim back in critical condition and more in your Chicago news round up

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Forced ‘down a dark, agonizing path,’ Illinois needs federal help as ‘island’ for reproductive rights, Stratton testifies

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s appearance in Washington comes as 10 states have already banned abortions and Illinois remains in the spotlight as a place for women to seek reproductive care.

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Week after Highland Park July 4th parade massacre, activists head to DC to push assault weapons ban

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a July 20 hearing on the Highland Park slaughter; HP Mayor Nancy Rotering to testify.

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Meet Ketanji Brown Jackson, the new Supreme Court Justice: First Black woman on high court

Jackson sworn in on Thursday to replace retiring Justice Breyer.

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GOP senator Thom Tillis is pushing back on Trump on guns. Why the North Carolina Republican think it’s time to act

The Republican senator who helped negotiate the first major piece of gun legislation in 28 years talks with Eric Garcia about bipartisanship, why Trump shouldn’t oppose the gun bill and why he supported a primary challenge against Madison Cawthorn

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Senate Judiciary Committee Questions MLB’s Antitrust Exemption

The letter by the Judiciary Committee marks the first substantial step taken by the federal government to question the legality of MLB’s exemption.

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Union Station: Public-sector labor policy litigation four years post-Janus

Note: The next edition of Union Station will be on July 8. In the meantime, have a happy Fourth of July!

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1/6 panel to hear of Trump's pressure on Justice Dept.

The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the presidential election results

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Union Station: Ninth Circuit panel says California can deduct union dues from state Medicaid payments to home care providers

On June 8, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed two district court decisions dismissing challenges to California’s deduction of union dues from Medicaid payments to home care providers. The panel issued a single opinion after consolidating the two appeals.

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Senate Judiciary Committee ties on Biden pick to lead ATF

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to be the nation’s top gun regulator Thursday amid a nascent effort to pass legislation following a wave of mass shootings across the country.

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Senate Judiciary Committee ties on Biden pick to lead ATF - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to be the nation’s top gun regulator Thursday.

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Illinois judge denies petition to have collective bargaining amendment removed from ballot

On May 26, an Illinois judge denied a petition to have the Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (Amendment 1) removed from the November general election ballot.

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Actor McConaughey Calls for Gun Legislation at White House

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to "reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.…

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Son of Buffalo shooting victim demands Senate address ‘cancer of white supremacy’

‘Imagine the faces of your mothers, as you look at mine and ask yourself, is there nothing that we can do?’

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Exclusive: Local law enforcement officials urge Senate to confirm Biden’s ATF director

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing.

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Senators call decision not to prosecute FBI agents in Larry Nassar case 'infuriating' - Roll Call

Two key senators said the decision not to prosecute FBI agents who did not act on reports of abuse by Larry Nassar was "infuriating."

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Senate Judiciary Committee sends D.C. Circuit nominee to the floor

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington, in a bipartisan 17-5 vote that sets up a later final confirmation vote on the Senate floor.

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Senate Judiciary Committee sends DC Circuit nominee to the floor

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington.

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Texas school shooting precedes Senate hearing on pick to run ATF

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times

More federal funding for law enforcement officers’ mental health is a must

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a majority of police officers face a risk of alcohol abuse, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, and one in four have considered suicide.

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Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call

The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution.

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Fact check: Could sixth-graders get vaccines without parents’ consent under this California plan?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers this year set out to advance bills that would require COVID-19 vaccines for more people and would make them easier to access.

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Now they are blaming KBJ for SCOTUS leak

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong

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