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Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

The Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children.
by The Associated Press

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Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.
by Miles Parks, Allison Mollenkamp and Nick McMillan

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Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from North Carolina Republicans that could drastically limit state court authority over congressional redistricting, as well as elections for Congress and the presidency.
by The Associated Press

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Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. 
by The Associated Press

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Biden: Court ruling on Roe 'destabilizing,' U.S. still leading

Biden: Court ruling on Roe 'destabilizing,' U.S. still leading

President Joe Biden says the Supreme Court’s decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is “destabilizing” and he supports changing Senate rules to codify nationwide abortion protections. Biden spoke Thursday at the end of a NATO summit. 
by The Associated Press

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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's first Supreme Court pick, will be sworn in as the 116th justice Thursday at 11 a.m. CDT. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.
by Ximena Bustillo

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