Samuel Alito cancels appearance at judicial conference.
BIDEN: MAGA CROWD 'MOST EXTREMIST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION' IN MODERN U.S. HISTORY President Joe Biden referred to the Trump-led "MAGA" crowd as "the most extreme political organization" in "recent American history." The comment came in response to a question about the Supreme Court's draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, which, as written, also attacks landmark LGBTQ civil rights cases. "This is about a lot more than abortion," Biden said. "What are the next things that are going to be attacked?" [HuffPost] ANOTHER RED STATE BANS ABORTION AS SUPREME COURT PREPARES TO KILL ROE Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill banning abortion at around six weeks, or whenever embryonic cardiac activity can be detected. Oklahoma had been a refuge for some people who needed abortion services from Texas, which passed a similar law last year. [HuffPost] DONALD TRUMP JR. SPEAKS WITH JAN. 6. COMMITTEE Donald Trump Jr., the oldest son of former President Donald Trump, has met with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Trump Jr. was seen backstage at the rally on the White House Ellipse that took place shortly before Trump supporters marched to the Capitol and breached the building. [AP] RUSSIAN ATTACK ON MARIUPOL THEATER WAS REPORTEDLY FAR DEADLIER THAN ESTIMATED Amid all the horrors that have unfolded in the war on Ukraine, the Russian bombing of a Mariupol theater stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date. An Associated Press investigation has found evidence that the attack in fact was far deadlier than estimated, killing closer to 600 people inside and outside the building. [HuffPost] |
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SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19. Blinken is fully vaccinated and boosted, the State Department said, and is experiencing "mild symptoms." He attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend. The State Department said President Joe Biden isn't considered a close contact of Blinken. [HuffPost] SAMUEL ALITO CANCELS APPEARANCE AT JUDICIAL CONFERENCE AFTER ROE DRAFT LEAKS Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court's six-justice conservative bloc who authored the leaked draft opinion killing Roe v. Wade, canceled an appearance at an upcoming judicial conference. Alito bailed on the conference two days after the draft surfaced. Meanwhile, HuffPost has examined some of the most confounding passages in what Alito wrote. [HuffPost] MADISON CAWTHORN SAYS 'BLACKMAIL WON'T WIN' AFTER NUDE THRUSTING VIDEO LEAKS Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has responded to a video circulating on social media that appears to show the extremist lawmaker in the nude, making thrusting motions near the face of another man. "I'm NOT backing down," tweeted Cawthorn, who has been ensnarled in a series of embarrassments and run-ins with the law. "I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. Blackmail won't win. We will." [HuffPost] JUDGE OVERSEEING CHAUVIN CIVIL RIGHTS CASE ACCEPTS PLEA DEAL The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd said he has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. [AP] MCCARTHY RIPS TRUMP BEHIND HIS BACK: 'ATROCIOUS AND TOTALLY WRONG' Newly released audio shows House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) once again attacking former President Donald Trump behind his back in the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "What the president did is atrocious and totally wrong," McCarthy said in the audio released by New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin. [HuffPost] TRUMP LOSES ATTEMPT TO STALL $10,000-A-DAY FINE FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT A New York appellate judge has denied Trump's request to halt $10,000 daily fines after he was held in contempt of court for failing to cooperate with the state attorney general's investigation into his business practices. [HuffPost] |
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