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6:50 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.
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.
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, Hullabaloo and Vox
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.
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.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Abortion Law As ‘Undue Burden’
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Gun Curbs in Domestic-Violence Case
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and NPR
Alicia Parlapiano / New York Times:   When the Eight-Member Supreme Court Avoids Deadlocks, It Leans Left
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: SCOTUSblog and Hot Air
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor's Graft Conviction
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 …
ABC News:
The Note: The Warren Factor The Note: The Warren Factor
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Week
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Brown: Warren Should Take DNA Test To Prove Her Native American Roots
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump campaign: Warren is a ‘sellout’
Discussion: Slate and ABC News
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
Discussion: Little Green Footballs, CNN and Jezebel
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
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, Daily Kos and Hot Air
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.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
More previously unreleased Clinton emails emerge  —  Nearly three dozen new email messages to or from Hillary Clinton  —  were released to the public on Monday, raising additional questions about the scope of the messages she had preserved for safekeeping.
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 …
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 …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: George Will, Ben Sasse Aren't Republicans Because They Don't Back Trump  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a surrogate for Donald Trump, says prominent conservatives who don't back Trump are not Republicans and should leave the party.  —  Appearing on the radio show Kilmeade …
 
 
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Fox News:
Al Qaeda urges lone wolves to target whites, to avoid ‘hate crime’ label
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Milo / Breitbart:
No, JC Penney, Fat People Should Absolutely Hate Themselves
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
Nicholas Hirst / Politico:
Margrethe Vestager eyes new charges against Google
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
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:
Is it Better to Teach Pure Math Instead of Applied Math?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
The Other Story About White America and Immigrants
Hortense Goulard / Politico:
English will not be an official EU language after Brexit: Senior MEP
Discussion: Mediaite
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Experts: Donald Trump Is Lying About His Fundraising Haul
The Daily Caller:
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

 
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