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Ramaswamy faces scrutiny over suggesting government involvement in 9/11 ow.ly/oLIp104RTTs

Schumer offers Tuberville abortion vote amid military blockade ow.ly/XUUI104OIun

The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the dissent that the Supreme Court's ruling opens the door for a wide variety of businesses to discriminate against prospective customers.

Justice Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion limiting LGBTQ protections that Colorado had tried "to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience.” He also declared that those opposed to same-sex marriage were entitled to “tolerance.”

By a 6-3 vote, the justices sided with Lorie Smith, an evangelical Christian and Colorado web designer who opposes same-sex marriage. Colorado law bars businesses from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, but Smith argued that the free speech guarantee of the Constitution entitles her to an exemption from that law. politi.co/3XvLB0S

A Christian web designer has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that dilutes legal protections for LGBTQ people. politi.co/3XvLB0S

The Supreme Court has ruled against affirmative action in higher education, striking down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. politi.co/46tOqDD

While conspiracy theories have surrounded Epstein’s death for years, the inspector general's report backed up previous findings of the NYC medical examiner and the FBI that Epstein died by suicide, not a criminal act. politico.com/news/2023/06/27…

Staff at the Manhattan prison failed to supervise Epstein and gave him special treatment prior to his death, the Inspector General report found. That included allowing to make an unmonitored, unrecorded phone call the night before he died. politico.com/news/2023/06/27…

There was “significant misconduct" — including potentially criminal behavior — at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019, according to an Inspector General report released today. politico.com/news/2023/06/27…

Eric Adams hammered Florida and Texas over migrants. But he sent asylum-seekers to both. ow.ly/3Gzy104LBGY

George Santos’ father and aunt backed his bail bond, court papers show ow.ly/HqQl104Lt4g