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6:10 PM ET, June 27, 2016

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David French / National Review:
Crazy Right-Wing Supreme Court Rejects Government Regulations  —  On page 27 of one of today's Supreme Court opinions is this ringing rejection of regulatory regimes.  The majority opinion addressed the argument that new regulations would prevent misconduct: … There you have it, ladies and gentlemen.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Texas Abortion Law  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down.  —  The decision was 5-3.
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Here's Why Today's Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Is So Important  —  This morning, the Supreme Court issued a 5-3 ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, widely considered the most important abortion case to come before the high court in several decades.
Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Justice Thomas Passionately Argues That Convicted Domestic Abusers Need Easier Access To Guns  —  Today the Supreme Court handed down two decisions: The first is a monumental, headline-grabbing defeat for anti-abortion groups.  The second is a highly technical case about gun rights that's being mostly overlooked.
Discussion: alan.com, Vox and Hullabaloo
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Is An Unmitigated Disaster For Abortion Opponents  —  Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt is a beat down of Texas' anti-abortion law HB 2.  Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion piles facts upon evidence upon statistics to demolish Texas' supposed justification for the law.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions  —  A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, ruling that federal prosecutors relied on a “boundless” definition of the kinds of acts that could lead politicians to face criminal charges.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The Bob McDonnell Supreme Court ruling makes convicting politicians of corruption almost impossible
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, NPR and Hot Air
Emily Crockett / Vox:
Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Fires Back At Warren: She's A ‘Fraud’ And A ‘Racist’!  —  Donald Trump said Monday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a “fraud” and a “racist,” escalating his attacks on the senator's Native American heritage after she appeared on the campaign trail with Democrat Hillary Clinton for the first time.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump  —  Just 45 percent of Republican voters say they are satisfied with Donald Trump as their party's presumptive presidential nominee, while 52 percent say they would have preferred someone else, according to results from the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The Texas Politics Project:
University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll Shows Trump Leading Clinton Amidst Signs of Disunity in Both Parties  —  Loading chart...  A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by a margin of 41 percent to 33 percent in a head …
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Brown: Warren Should Take DNA Test To Prove Her Native American Roots  —  Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) suggested Monday that his onetime opponent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) get a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage.  —  CNN reported that during a call for the Trump campaign …
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:
The Note: The Warren Factor The Note: The Warren Factor  —  Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail this morning with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for their first public appearance together this election, ABC's JOSH HASKELL and LIZ KREUTZ note.  The two will campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Week
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Scott Brown on Elizabeth Warren's heritage: ‘She can take a DNA test’
Discussion: Jezebel and Political Wire
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Scott Brown: Warren should take DNA test to prove Native American heritage
Discussion: The Week
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she's part Cherokee
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump campaign: Warren is a ‘sellout’
Discussion: ABC News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention  —  A slot at the Republican National Convention used to be a career-maker — a chance to make your name on the big stage and to catch the eye of the Republican donors and activists who make or break campaigns.  —  In the year of Trump: Not so much.
Telegraph:
I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe - and always will be  —  This EU referendum has been the most extraordinary political event of our lifetime.  Never in our history have so many people been asked to decide a big question about the nation's future.
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CNN:
Democrats release Benghazi report  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats on Monday pre-empted the upcoming release of a Republican-led House Select Committee report on Benghazi by issuing their own version of a probe into the 2012 terror attack that killed four Americans on Hillary Clinton's watch as secretary of state.
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
House Democrats Release Their Own Preemptive Benghazi Report
Aris Folley / NBC News:
‘Racist’ Pool Safety Poster Brings Red Cross Apology  —  A Red Cross Hospital signboard that carried a “super racist” message about swim safety guidelines for children prompted an apology from the hospital on Tuesday.  —  The dialogue opened on Twitter after a photo circulated of the poster in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations ‘to be morphed into one’ post-Brexit  —  EUROPEAN political chiefs are to take advantage of Brexit by unveiling their long-held plan to morph the continent's countries into one GIANT SUPERSTATE, it has emerged today.  —  GETTY
Discussion: Infowars
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Russia is harassing U.S. diplomats all over Europe  —  Russian intelligence and security services have been waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against U.S. diplomats, embassy staff and their families in Moscow and several other European capitals that has rattled ambassadors …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP won't ‘tolerate’ another sit-in  —  warned that Republicans “will not tolerate” it if Democrats launch another sit-in on the House floor after the Fourth of July recess to force a vote on gun control.  —  In a television interview in his home state of Wisconsin …
Discussion: WisPolitics.com and Hot Air
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart  —  About four-in-ten blacks are doubtful that the U.S. will ever achieve racial equality  —  Almost eight years after Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president -an event that engendered a sense …
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Experts: Donald Trump Is Lying About His Fundraising Haul  —  After releasing fundraising reports that were anemic at best, Donald Trump's campaign announced in one single email blast he had raised at least $3.3 million.  If that figure seems impossible, that's because it is.
Hortense Goulard / Politico:
English will not be an official EU language after Brexit: Senior MEP  —  No other EU country has English as their official language and so it could lose its status.  —  Danuta Hübner, the head of the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO), warned Monday that English …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's failed Baja condo resort left buyers feeling betrayed and angry
Discussion: Mother Jones
Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Neo-Nazis didn't start the violence at state Capitol, police say
Discussion: Althouse
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
More previously unreleased Clinton emails emerge
Nicholas Hirst / Politico:
Margrethe Vestager eyes new charges against Google
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: George Will, Ben Sasse Aren't Republicans Because They Don't Back Trump
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Tutors See Stereotypes and Gender Bias in SAT. Testers See None of the Above.
Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
City workers being trained on correct transgender pronouns
 Earlier Items: 
KIII-TV:
56 Arrests, More To Come In Biggest Sex Trafficking Bust Ever For McLennan County Sheriff's Office
Discussion: Raw Story and Hit & Run
Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
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Discussion: Mother Jones
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
The Other Story About White America and Immigrants
The Daily Caller:
Dick Morris On His Reputation, Writing For The National Enquirer And What Trump Needs To Do To Win