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Supreme Court rules against the Navajo Nation in water dispute

7:55pm June 22, 2023

by Luke Runyon

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation in a long-running dispute over what obligations the federal government has to supply water to Native Americans.

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Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald (left) poses with singer Kesha after receiving his award at the 28th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 27, 2011.

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Kesha and Dr. Luke reach a settlement over rape and defamation claims

6:01pm June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke said they settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over her accusation that he drugged and raped her and his claim that she made it up and defamed him.

How the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision is shaping the 2024 election

4:18pm June 22, 2023

by Tamara Keith

The Dobbs decision that removed constitutional rights to abortion shook the political landscape, shaping not only the midterm election that followed but also the field ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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How one H-1B visa recipient navigated layoffs in big tech

4:18pm June 22, 2023

by Amanda Aronczyk

When Nilanjan was laid off from his job in tech, his H-1B visa meant he had to find new work in 60 days, or risk having to leave the United States.

Morning news brief

6:24am June 22, 2023

President Biden is rolling out the red carpet for India's prime minister. The search continues for missing submersible in the North Atlantic. The NTSB is holding hearings on the Ohio train derailment.

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Samuel Alito is the latest Supreme Court Justice to face ethics questions

5:08am June 22, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.

In this artist depiction, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, seated second from right, appears in U.S. District Court, in Boston, April 19, 2023. Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is due back in court on June 21, after being indicted on federal felony charges.

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges

10:28pm June 21, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

If convicted of the six charges against him, the 21-year-old Air National guardsman could face up to 10 years in prison for each charge.

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The FTC sues Amazon over hard-to-cancel Prime memberships

6:21pm June 21, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

Federal regulators have sued Amazon, alleging that the company for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.

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One year after Dobbs, Sen. Patty Murray reflects on the fight for reproductive rights

4:38pm June 21, 2023

Democrats in Congress have tried to figure out ways to legislate a federal right to reproductive freedoms, but have yet to succeed. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington is still leading the charge.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's ethics come into question with ProPublica report

4:38pm June 21, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Justice Samuel Alito did not disclose a luxury trip he took with billionaire Paul Singer nor did he recuse himself from cases the businessman later had in front of the Supreme Court, a report alleges.