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Kavanaugh declines to lift block on new Missouri congressional map in time for November elections
The ruling comes after the state used the new map, which favors Republicans 7-1, in their primaries last month but must now use the old map that favored Republicans in a 6-2 split in the general election.
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Misty Roberts released from jail after serving 90-day sentence for sex crimes against teenage boy
She faced up to 17 years in prison for her crimes, but was sentenced in June to a mandatory 90 days in the parish jail, a five-year suspended sentence, and five years of probation.
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Trump signs executive order on VA benefits
The order aims to streamline veteran access to benefits, in part by improving data sharing from personnel files and service records between the branches.
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GOP Rep Hunt spends six figures on CNN debate ad highlighting Biden's 'real record' on black people
The new 60-second ad was paid for by Hunt's Hellfire PAC, and will air on CNN and Fox News in major cities of certain swing states like North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
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NATO officially selects the Netherlands' Mark Rutte as next secretary general
“It is a tremendous honour to be appointed Secretary-General of NATO. The Alliance is and will remain the cornerstone of our collective security,” Rutte posted to X.
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Supreme Court stretches opinion calendar into July: Report
The high court normally tries to drop all of its rulings by the end of June, ahead of its summer recess. But the court still has approximately six cases on its docket, including two critical cases pertaining to the January 6 riot, and former President Donald Trump's immunity claims.
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Department of Veterans Affairs advertises poll worker jobs to veterans amid shortage
"Veterans can receive around $200 per day serving as a county poll worker," the newsletter advertised.
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Texas Rep. Nehls urges Trump reelection to restore safety in U.S.
Rep. Troy Nehls said that the Democrats continue to bring illegal immigrants into the U.S. at the expense of the American people.
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Pentagon inspector general, USAID to review Gaza pier operation
The operation was part of the Biden administration's efforts to provide relief to the civilian population of the strip amid the ongoing Israeli invasion, which came in the wake of an Oct. 7 Hamas raid.
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Interior Department tells employees to stop using gendered terms such as 'husband' and 'son'
The 24-page guide said bureaucrats should also replace terms like "husband" and "wife" and replace them with "spouse," and to use "they/them" pronouns when referring to someone, instead of assuming a specific gender.
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Supreme Court reins in federal administrative state in major EPA, SEC cases
States that challenged the EPA plan said agency had taken a “dictatorial approach.”
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Supreme Court rules Trump has absolute immunity for some official acts, but not unofficial ones
This ruling may undermine Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against Trump in Washington, D.C.
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Supreme Court rules emergency abortions in Idaho can continue
The court reinstated a lower court's ruling in its 6-3 opinion