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The parties included this image, of Coach Kennedy praying with a crowd after the homecoming game, in their joint appendix submitted to the Supreme Court

Supreme Court backs a high school coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line

7:22pm June 27, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.

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A woman reacts as rescuers evacuate the body of her husband, who was killed in a rocket attack on a residential area in Kharkiv on Monday. The head of Kharkiv's regional administration said a Russian strike on Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 27)

4:59pm June 27, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Former Justice Department official Richard Donoghue on Jan. 6 probe

4:09pm June 27, 2022

Richard Donoghue, who served as acting deputy attorney general in the Trump administration, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about former President Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

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Many abortion rights supporters are frustrated with Democrats

4:09pm June 27, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Many who support abortion rights say they have already been voting and that Democrats haven't prioritized protecting abortion rights.

The future of the anti-abortion-rights movement

4:09pm June 27, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life America, about the anti-abortion rights movement's goals now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is up for reelection this fall, speaks to abortion-rights protesters at a rally following the U.S Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., Friday, June 24, 2022.

In Michigan, abortion could come down to voters in November

9:47am June 27, 2022

by Zoe Clark

Abortion is still legal in Michigan but it's the subject of litigation, is moving toward the ballot as a state constitutional amendment and will be a big issue in the competitive race for governor.

Abortion rights activists clad in green and carrying green signs protest outside the Supreme Court on Saturday.

How green became the color of the abortion rights movement

9:24am June 27, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The shade associated with the reproductive rights movement can be traced to Argentina, where a growing number of activists were pushing for the government to legalize abortion.

A screenshot from a television ad promoting Chris Mathys, who ran for the GOP nomination in California's 22d Congressional district, was paid for by a Democratic political action committee.

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Democrats are bankrolling ads promoting fringe Republican candidates. Here's why

8:27am June 27, 2022

As the midterm primary season rolls along, voters may have noticed a strange phenomenon of political advertising: Democrats paying for ads supporting Republican candidates.

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Abortion rights activists rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court after the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday. A poll taken after the decision showed 56% disapprove of it.

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Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court's abortion ruling and worry about other rights

7:28am June 27, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

56% of Americans disapproved of the decision in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted after it was announced. A similar number say it was motivated by politics — not law.

Darren Bailey, Illinois state Senator and Republican candidate for governor, speaks alongside former President Donald Trump on Saturday, June 25, 2022, during a rally at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Mendon, Ill. Trump has endorsed Bailey in the race.

Some of the country's richest people try to influence the Illinois race for governor

5:07am June 27, 2022

by Dave McKinney

Democrat and billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker is not only funding his own campaign but also running ads for GOP frontrunner Darren Bailey. Billionaire Ken Griffin is funding Republican Richard Irvin.