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• The Supreme Court says it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
• The Supreme Court says it will allow Idaho to enforce that state’s strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies as case works its way through the courts.
• Lawmakers memorialize the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
• President Biden delivered his first big campaign address of the year today at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke of what he called the existential threat to American democracy that former President, and current GOP Presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump poses.
• Wayne LaPierre, the longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, says he is resigning the week before a major lawsuit against him.
• A federal judge heard testimony this week over an East Bay federal women’s prison where inmates have alleged rampant and ongoing sexual abuse by correctional officers.
• A group of Oakland residents initiated the formal process to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

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