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Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a former high school football coach whose prayers at the 50-yard line drew crowds and controversy, declaring his public prayers were protected as free speech.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court says public school officials can pray openly

In a 6-3 ruling the court said that a Washington state public high school football coach had a right to pray with students on the field.

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Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game

The Supreme Court is siding with a football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games

The Independent UK

Famine threatens wide swaths of world, now worsened by Ukraine war

WASHINGTON — The scenes witnessed by journalists and humanitarian workers in recent months have been striking: In Sudan, swollen-bellied babies are looking for anything to eat. In Yemen, where warring parties have blocked humanitarian aid, hollow-eyed children and their mothers languish on the brink of death from starvation. In Ukraine,…

Los Angeles Times

Crunch time for multiple incumbents as seven states hold elections

WASHINGTON — There’s a pair of member versus member primaries in Illinois, incumbents facing elimination in Mississippi runoffs and an empty seat being filled in Nebraska on Tuesday as seven states hold elections.

Tribune News Service

Iran launches rocket into space ahead of nuclear talks

Second test launch of Zuljanah seen as Tehran’s effort to irk Washington

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Protesters dwindle at Supreme Court as abortion ruling sinks in

WASHINGTON — Only a fraction of the demonstrators who poured out after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision on Friday returned for a third day of protests outside the court in Washington.

Tribune News Service

Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of Supreme Court’s Roe decision

WASHINGTON — A CBS News poll found that a majority of Americans disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, which is inflaming a partisan divide on display in comments by senior lawmakers.

Tribune News Service

Iran Launches Rocket into Space as Nuclear Talks to Resume

Iranian state television said Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. It's unclear when or where the rocket was launched, but the announcement came after satellite…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump's lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House

The Independent UK

Iran launches rocket into space as nuclear talks to resume

Iranian state television says says that Tehran has launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers

The Independent UK

Nuclear talks between US and Iran to resume 'in coming days', Tehran and EU say

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the United States will hold four-way talks Tuesday on Iran's nuclear programme, the French presidency said, with Tehran's oil exports as one of the issues to be raised. It comes as Iran's foreign ministry and the EU's chief diplomat flagged the resumption of…

France 24

Analysis: Supreme Court is bold, confident, conservative and ready to move further right

WASHINGTON — This is not the Supreme Court most Americans have known.

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Gov. Inslee says Washington State Patrol won’t cooperate with other states’ abortion investigations

OLYMPIA, Wash. – In fiery remarks by the state Capitol steps, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Saturday blasted the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade as “radical” and “un-American,” and called for a state constitutional amendment to protect the right to an abortion.

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LPGA players react to Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — all while competing near Washington D.C.

Like the rest of the country, reactions from LPGA players competing at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship were mixed.

Tribune News Service

Democratic strongholds plot strategy to ensure abortion access

California, Washington and Oregon formed an alliance to ensure abortion access on the West Coast. Michigan’s leader asked the state’s highest court to rule quickly on her suit seeking to codify rights to the procedure. And in Illinois, the governor demanded a special legislative session.

The Guardian - UK

Abortion banned in multiple US states just hours after Roe v. Wade overturned

Utah among first states to outlaw almost all abortions, while mayor of Washington DC declares it ‘pro-choice city’

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North Korea denounces U.S. 'aggression' as it marks war anniversary

North Korea on Saturday condemned "aggression moves" by Washington and Seoul, vowing to take revenge as it marked the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at a time of rising tension on the Korean Peninsula.

Los Angeles Times

Will Biden, Harris or Obama endorse Karen Bass for mayor? Time will tell as November looms

WASHINGTON — Just five days before the mayoral primary this month, the nation’s top housing official made an unusual appearance with Rep. Karen Bass in Los Angeles, helping the mayoral candidate make a show that she would tackle the city’s homeless crisis by summoning friends in the federal government.

Reuters

EU's Borrell in Tehran for talks on reviving Iran's 2015 nuclear pact

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met Iran's top diplomat on Saturday, Iranian state TV reported, as the bloc seeks to break an impasse between Tehran and Washington over reinstating a nuclear pact.

The Guardian - US

‘We will fight like hell’: US western states band together to protect abortion rights

California, Oregon and Washington pledged to defend access and protect those seeking care as the US came to grips with losing Roe v Wade

Tribune News Service

Major WA employers commit to maintaining abortion access for employees

Many major Washington employers responded to Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision throwing out constitutional protections for abortion with renewed pledges to pay the way for employees who must travel to access reproductive health care.

Tribune News Service

pg working Biden, Democrats lack options to do much on abortion access

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are under pressure to enact new policies to ensure U.S. women retain access to abortions, but their options are sorely limited and risk generating new court challenges.

Roll Call

Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington’s football team - Roll Call

Brandon Wetherbee, managing editor of District Fray, joins the podcast to discuss the long history of controversy surrounding Washington’s NFL team.

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