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Supreme Court leans toward expanding gun rights

New York gun restrictions on who can qualify to get a concealed-carry license drew sharp questions Wednesday at Supreme Court oral arguments, suggesting similar laws across the country could soon find themselves in a cascade of dominoes.  

Biden urges parents to get young kids vaccinated after regulators approve shot

The United States has begun the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, nearly a year after the vaccine was first developed and six months after older children became eligible for vaccination.

With Latina and Black nominees, Biden unveils 10 new court picks

President Joe Biden put 10 people on the path to the bench Wednesday, including one nominee who, if confirmed, would be the only Black woman serving the Northern District of California as an active U.S. district judge.

GOP works to trip judicial nominees on road to confirmation with focus on activist pasts

Mounting pushback in the face of what has been the fastest pacing of judicial nominee announcements and confirmations in U.S. history, Republican senators confronted a handful of nominees to the federal bench on Wednesday about political stances or views they aired early in their careers.

Regional

Produce piling up as California port crisis rolls on

The flotilla of container ships loaded with toys and household goods destined as holiday gifts idling near Los Angeles remains the centerpiece of the country’s supply chain quagmire, but another cargo logjam is looming onshore hundreds of miles north.

In New Jersey, a tight race for governor comes to a close as Murphy wins reelection

Concluding a race that came down to the last few thousands of votes, Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has been reelected.

Georgia legislators convene for special redistricting session

Georgia lawmakers reconvened at the state Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday to begin the once-a-decade task of redrawing the state’s political maps based on new census numbers that reflect a shift in population away from rural areas and into cities.

International

Hungary defends tax defaulter shame list at European rights court

Taxpayers who owe more than $30,000 in taxes are named and shamed by the Hungarian government, but one citizen says this practice violates his right to privacy. 

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