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Supreme Court’s abortion ruling puts spotlight on Pa. governor and state legislative races

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade thrust the races for the governor and state legislature in Pennsylvania into the spotlight as both parties gear up for a midterm campaign that will decide the fate of abortion access in the state.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Analysis: Georgia key to the unfinished story of Jan. 6

ATLANTA — His election fraud claims were false. His scheme to overturn the election was illegal. And his advisers told him so repeatedly.

Tribune News Service

Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday celebrated the U.S. Supreme court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, calling it a sweeping decision that would change the shape of American politics for the next decade.

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Congress approves landmark gun violence compromise, sends to Biden for signature

The bill would incrementally toughen requirements for young people to buy guns, deny firearms from more domestic abusers and help local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats campaign on abortion ruling while GOP sticks to inflation

Friday's Supreme Court decision has the potential — but no guarantee — to upend some key midterm contests.

Axios

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

On June 14, Mayra Flores (R) defeated Dan Sanchez (D), Rene Coronado (D), and Juana Cantu-Cabrera (R), claiming for the GOP Filemon Vela’s (D) previous district. Vela resigned on March 31. Flores will serve the remainder of Vela’s term, which ends in January 2023.

Ballotpedia

House clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure

WASHINGTON — The House cleared bipartisan gun violence reduction legislation on Friday, delivering President Joe Biden a legislative victory ahead of his departure for Europe.

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Illinois governor calls special legislative session on reproductive rights

CHICAGO — Illinois politicians reacted swiftly and along party lines to Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders immediately announcing they plan to call a special legislative session to strengthen the state’s already-stringent protections for reproductive rights.

Chicago Tribune

Texas Republicans cheer end of Roe v. Wade while Democrats vow to fight back in November

Attorney General Ken Paxton declared on Twitter that he would be closing his office and “making it an annual holiday” in honor of the Supreme Court decision.

The Texas Tribune

Will Supreme Court abortion ruling lift California Democrats this fall?

WASHINGTON — California Democrats facing close races could get an important political boost from Friday’s Supreme Court decision reversing its half-century-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion.

Tribune News Service

Medication abortion is common, effective, and under attack by Republicans

Most abortions in the US and overseas involve pills that can be taken at home, but GOP lawmakers have launched a new war on drugs, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

House clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure - Roll Call

The House sent President Joe Biden a bipartisan bill to curb gun violence that includes mental health and school security provisions.

Roll Call

Trump decries McCarthy’s handling of Jan. 6 panel, which a Democrat calls a ‘historic and strategic blunder’

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are sticking beside Kevin McCarthy despite former President Donald Trump’s attacks on the minority leader’s decision to pull GOP members from the Jan. 6 committee.

Los Angeles Times

Jan 6 hearings: Key takeaways we’ve learned from the committee so far

The next instalment of the House investigation into the Capitol riot and Donald Trump’s role in provoking it starts at 1pm ET on Tuesday

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GOP test-drives plot to steal 2024

Trump allies' plot to seize local election offices just got a test drive in New Mexico

The Independent UK

Setting gridlock aside, Congress set to OK gun violence bill

Congress is on the verge of approving a $13 billion bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago

The Independent UK

GOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries

Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for occasionally working with Democrats, Katie Arrington appeared at a “unity rally” to urge South Carolina Republicans to come together and back Rep. Nancy Mace in the fall general election

Chicago Sun-Times

Former President Trump not making GOP gov endorsement yet, but says ‘maybe’ Bailey best to beat Pritzker

The former president apparently thinks Darren Bailey is “doing a good job,” according to an interview with The Center Square’s Greg Bishop ahead of a planned “Save America” rally on Saturday in central Illinois.

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Going to Disney World: No sour grapes in billionaire Griffin’s exodus to Sunshine State as Illinois election clouds loom?

The announcement came rather awkwardly just five days ahead of the June 28 primary — a primary in which Griffin has contributed $53 million to the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who is dropping in the polls.

Daily Mirror

Channel 4 reporter told 'go back to your own country' by Republican politician in gun row

Channel 4's Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy was told to 'go back to your own country' by US Republican Party politician Marjorie Taylor Greene during a gun control press conference

Tribune News Service

Republicans, NRA cheer US Supreme Court decision overturning New York concealed-carry restrictions

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans and gun lobbyists applauded the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday for striking down a longstanding New York law restricting the carrying of concealed firearms, calling it a win for gun owners in the Empire State.

Tribune News Service

Trump electors in Michigan being served with federal subpoenas

LANSING, Mich. — Some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to cast the state's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in December 2020 are receiving grand jury subpoenas from federal officials, according to multiple sources.

Tribune News Service

FBI interviews Allegheny County GOP chair Sam DeMarco about Trump's attempt to plant fake electors

PITTSBURGH — FBI agents interviewed the chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party at his home early Thursday morning as part of a nationwide investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to send alternate electors from key swing states to Washington to overturn the 2020 election.

Axios

Top DOJ officials detail Trump's efforts to overturn election results

Their testimony reveals the extent of Trump's efforts to politicize the department and help him carry out his desire to change the election results.

Salon

To restore DOJ integrity, arrest Trump

Are you listening, Merrick Garland? Protecting the DOJ means keeping Trump's stubby fingers off it

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