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Some fear Christian nationalism is getting legal legitimacy through the Supreme Court

5:15pm July 01, 2022

by Odette Yousef

Three recent SCOTUS rulings have been celebrated by an extreme far right wing pushing conservative Christian values. Some see the decisions as evidence this ideology has found legitimacy on the bench.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for the agency.

The EPA prepares for its 'counterpunch' after the Supreme Court ruling

5:11pm July 01, 2022

The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the EPA will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to its administrator.

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Gov. Lujan Grisham asks Biden to consider providing abortion care on federal land

4:59pm July 01, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michelle Lujan Grisham, Democratic governor of New Mexico, about Friday's meeting with President Biden regarding the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

A woman cleans the area in front of a building hit by a missile strike in the Ukrainian town of Serhiivka, near Odesa, on Friday. The attack killed at least 18 people and injured 30.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (July 1)

4:59pm July 01, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

President Biden and a group of governors met about protecting abortion rights

4:42pm July 01, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

President Biden met with a group of Democratic governors on how to protect abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Republican Reps. Mary Miller of Illinois, left, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado appear at a Save America rally with former President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022, in Mendon, Ill.

The Christian Right is winning in court while losing in public opinion

2:44pm July 01, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

The Christian Right's wins in the Supreme Court on abortion and prayer in school come at a time when a growing majority of Americans are strongly opposed to its views.

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President Joe Biden speaks as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appears on a screen during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on abortion rights on Friday.

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Biden warns Democratic governors a GOP Congress would try to ban abortion nationwide

2:28pm July 01, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

President Joe Biden met with Democratic governors Friday afternoon to discuss ways their states are protecting abortion access and continuing to push abortion as an election issue in November.

Simone Biles poses wearing her bronze medal from balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. President Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biles and 16 others at the White House

Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others

12:56pm July 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.

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The Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress

6:37am July 01, 2022

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could give state legislatures a lot of unchecked power over the results of federal elections.

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Police guard a closed road outside the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on June 30, 2022, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

5:44am July 01, 2022

by Jeongyoon Han

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.