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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a major gun-rights case. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers

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New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, seen here at Equality PAC’s National Pride Gala on June 13 at Union Station in Washington, D.C., is working to increase LGBTQ representation in Congress. Jon Fleming Photography provided by Equality PAC hide caption

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Equality PAC raises millions to boost LGBTQ representation in Congress

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In this file photo from 2022, Libertarian Chase Oliver, then a candidate for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, listens during a debate in Atlanta, Ga. The Libertarian Party nominated party activist Oliver for president as the party's candidate in the 2024 election, rejecting former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they each spoke at the party's convention. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File) Ben Gray/AP hide caption

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David Sumrall, the head of the Republican Party in Georgia's Bibb County, presents his case to challenge the eligibility of nearly 800 voters at a hearing in Macon in May. Grant Blankenship/GPB hide caption

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Georgia voter challenges

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As President Biden and former President Donald Trump gear up for their first televised debate, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds them tied among registered voters nationally. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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NPR June poll

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A crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, rides in the back of a UH-1Y Venom as it approaches a landing zone during a training exercise near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on June 17th, 2016. Lance Corporal Aaron K. Fiala/U.S. Marine Corps hide caption

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A vendor sells 2024 Donald Trump campaign souvenirs at a Turning Point Action USA conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2023. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Trump's vulgar campaign merchandise says about his suppporters

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People arrive before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the "People's Convention" of Turning Point Action Saturday in Detroit. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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It's easy to believe young voters could back Trump at young conservative conference

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President Biden speaks next to former President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles on June 15, Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on June 4. Facing a contempt vote in the House, Garland pushed back against false accusations that the Justice Department is behind the prosecution and subsequent conviction of former President Donald Trump in New York, and that falsehoods and "conspiracy theories" are harming the rule of law. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on "bump stocks," simple devices that can allow automatic fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption

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Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks

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The abortion drug Mifepristone, which was approved by the FDA, is part of a two-drug regimen to induce an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The Supreme Court's decision will keep the drug on sale for now. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone

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Former President Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with House and Senate Republicans. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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TRUMP VISITS CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Summit on June 13. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Biden at the G7

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The Supreme Court ruled against a liberal activist who tried to trademark the phrase "Trump too small," which he put on T-shirts and sold. Luke Hales/Getty Images hide caption

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A Ukrainian soldier takes part in a military training with French troops at a military training compound in Poland on April 4. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The House voted 216-207 Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Members of the House to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt

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Pope Francis leaves evening prayers in the Vatican Gardens on June 7. The pope will meet this week with G7 leaders to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence. Alessandra Tarantino/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Pope Francis, the G7 and artificial intelligence

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