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Senate passes landmark bill protecting same-sex, interracial marriages
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue…
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Federal judge dismisses effort by 6 states to halt student-debt forgiveness plan
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block…
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Concealed-carry laws boost gun crime by a third, study finds
A new study finds concealed-carry laws lead to a boost in gun crime by between 29% and 32%, mostly by…
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Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to stop Roundup lawsuits
The Supreme Court has rejected Bayer’s appeal to shut down thousands of lawsuits claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.…
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Abortion-rights vote fails in Senate as Democrats try to codify Roe v. Wade
A bill that would preserve access to abortion across the U.S. failed in the Senate on Wednesday, as a lone…
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Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in draft decision, Politico reports
In a massive but not entirely unexpected blow to abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court intends to strike down the…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court pick, once sided with Trump on his border wall
President Joe Biden is officially nominating Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, in an historic move…
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