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In New Book, Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Takes On the Constitution

The Heritage Foundation’s clause-by-clause analysis, to be published next month, is an originalist manifesto and a showcase for aspiring Supreme Court nominees.

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The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973, has long shaped the personnel and policies of Republican administrations.
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Ukrainian Refugee Stabbing in North Carolina Ignites a Firestorm on the Right

Security footage capturing the unprovoked stabbing in Charlotte became an accelerant for conservative arguments about the perceived failings of Democratic policies.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Argues Her Own Case, and the Court’s, in New Book

In a new book, Justice Amy Coney Barrett asks for faith in the Supreme Court but reveals very little.

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“My office doesn’t entitle me to align the legal system with my moral or policy views,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett writes in her new book, “Listening to the Law.”
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Kavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues

Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh called trial-court judges “the front lines of American justice” while addressing the annual Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Memphis on Thursday.
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Texas Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Mail-Order Abortion Pills

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation, which allows nearly anyone to sue abortion medication providers and distributors.

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Lawmakers praying on Tuesday during a special session at the Texas Senate in Austin.
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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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The attacker’s gender identity has become a focal point for politics.
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Former Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira Says He Will Run for Congress

The three-time All-Star, who hit more than 400 home runs during his career, says he hopes to fill the seat held by Representative Chip Roy, a Republican.

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Mark Teixeira, who won his only World Series ring with the Yankees at the height of his career, served as the hitting coach during the 2024 All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
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Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity

The use of such names is part of a broader strategy that President Trump and his allies are leaning into in his second term.

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The entrance of Alligator Alcatraz in July.
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James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89

The founder of the evangelical group Focus on the Family, he spent decades denouncing what he saw as the unraveling of the social order.

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The evangelist James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, at the White House in 2008.
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As Trump Weighs I.V.F., Republicans Back New ‘Natural’ Approach to Infertility

Long confined to the medical fringe, “restorative reproductive medicine” has unified Christian conservatives and proponents of the Make America Healthy Again movement on the political right.

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Emma Waters, seen here with her family in April, and other conservatives have built a coalition within President Trump’s base to push restorative reproductive medicine, which addresses what proponents describe as the “root causes” of infertility.
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