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The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 10, 2023.

Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work

8:08pm June 30, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

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Supreme Court to consider whether domestic abusers can own guns

5:59pm June 30, 2023

by Meghanlata Gupta

At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.

A judge's ruling allows nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law to take effect

5:31pm June 30, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.

House Republicans seek testimony on Hunter Biden probe

5:08pm June 30, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Three House chairmen are demanding that more than a dozen officials from the Justice Department, IRS and secret service recount details of their investigation of President Biden's son, Hunter.

House Democrats want Biden to change his approach to Venezuela

4:57pm June 30, 2023

Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas talks about the letter he and other House Democrats sent to the Biden administration urging an easing of sanctions on Venezuela.

Democrats are targeting rural voters ahead of the crucial 2024 election

4:57pm June 30, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

After Democrats performed better than expected in the 2022 midterms, both political parties are looking to rural areas to recruit or retain voters ahead of a crucial presidential election.

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, seen here in an interview on MSNBC, alleged there was a hostile environment riven by sexism and antisemitism when she worked on Tucker Carlson's show.

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Fox pays $12 million to resolve suit alleging bias at Tucker Carlson's show

4:57pm June 30, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Ex-producer Abby Grossberg alleged Tucker Carlson created a workplace defined by bigotry and sexism. Her case factored into Carlson's ouster from Fox News and the settlement of another major lawsuit.

State health secretary talks health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community as Pride month closes

2:35pm June 30, 2023

by April Laissle

North Carolina public health leaders met this week to discuss health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a plan to use phosphogypsum, a radioactive waste material, in "demonstration projects." Here, signs block a roadway in Boca Raton during a construction project in 2021.

Florida moves forward on radioactive road paving plan as Gov. DeSantis signs new law

1:23pm June 30, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Conservation groups had urged the governor to veto the bill, saying phosphogypsum would hurt water quality and put road construction crews at a higher risk of cancer.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court on Oct. 7, 2022.

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Read Justice Sotomayor's dissent in same-sex wedding website case

12:36pm June 30, 2023

by Washington Desk

Justice Sonia Sotomayor read an impassioned dissent from the bench in a case where a majority of justices sided with a Colorado web designer who refused to create websites for same-sex weddings.

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