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Vice President Kamala Harris reflects on this week's Supreme Court decisions

8:01am July 01, 2023

Highlights from NPR Morning Edition host Michel Martin's conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris, including discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions and how she sees her role.

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Kamala Harris says fundamental freedoms are at stake with the Supreme Court rulings

9:53pm June 30, 2023

by Emma Bowman

In an interview with NPR, the vice president said the court's recent decisions on race, LGBTQ+ protections and student loans are "an attack on foundational freedoms and on the access to opportunity."

In a video posted to TikTok and Instagram, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney described the months of fear and bullying she has encountered amid backlash to her sponsorship from Bud Light.

In a new video, Dylan Mulvaney says Bud Light never reached out to her amid backlash

8:35pm June 30, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

Mulvaney, a trans influencer, says she waited for things to get better: "But surprise! They haven't really." Sales of the beer tanked after conservatives blasted Bud Light's sponsorship.

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 10, 2023.

Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work

8:08pm June 30, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

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Supreme Court to consider whether domestic abusers can own guns

5:59pm June 30, 2023

by Meghanlata Gupta

At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.

A judge's ruling allows nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law to take effect

5:31pm June 30, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.

House Republicans seek testimony on Hunter Biden probe

5:08pm June 30, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Three House chairmen are demanding that more than a dozen officials from the Justice Department, IRS and secret service recount details of their investigation of President Biden's son, Hunter.

House Democrats want Biden to change his approach to Venezuela

4:57pm June 30, 2023

Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas talks about the letter he and other House Democrats sent to the Biden administration urging an easing of sanctions on Venezuela.

Democrats are targeting rural voters ahead of the crucial 2024 election

4:57pm June 30, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

After Democrats performed better than expected in the 2022 midterms, both political parties are looking to rural areas to recruit or retain voters ahead of a crucial presidential election.

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, seen here in an interview on MSNBC, alleged there was a hostile environment riven by sexism and antisemitism when she worked on Tucker Carlson's show.

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Fox pays $12 million to resolve suit alleging bias at Tucker Carlson's show

4:57pm June 30, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Ex-producer Abby Grossberg alleged Tucker Carlson created a workplace defined by bigotry and sexism. Her case factored into Carlson's ouster from Fox News and the settlement of another major lawsuit.