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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: A supporter of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stands in front of the Supreme Court of the United States as the Court begins hearing arguments from California v. Texas about the legality of the ACA on November 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Today is the first time that the Court is hearing a case with all three of President Donald Trump's appointments; Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, Bret Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. California v. Texas is the Republican's latest effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act after repeated efforts to repeal the Act through the legislative process. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place

By Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block

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ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 23- Stacey Abrams is seen during a conversation with Valerie Jarrett, former advisor to President Obama, at The Carter Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Abrams signals openness to Manchin’s voting legislation proposals

By Chandelis Duster Stacey Abrams on Thursday praised West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposed changes to voting rights legislation, a notable statement of support from someone who is widely seen as a leader among progressives on the issue. “What Sen. Manchin is putting forward are some basic building blocks that we need to ensure that

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President Biden on historic Putin summit: ‘I did what I came to do’

By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly President Joe Biden said he had raised human rights and cyberattacks during a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that provided an early and critical test of his diplomatic skills in the highest-stakes talks of his long career. Both Biden and Putin afterward described the three-hour-long summit as generally

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