At least five Supreme Court justices, including two appointed by Republicans, expressed skepticism of Republican arguments in a case seeking to overturn the entirety of the Affordable Care Act.
The justices’ remarks suggested that Obamacare “appeared likely to survive its latest encounter with the court,” The Times’s Adam Liptak explains. The court has declined to overturn the law in two previous cases.
Biden vowed to expand the law by adding an option for Americans to enroll in government-run insurance.“It’s a human issue that affects every single American family,” he said.
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China effectively silenced Hong Kong’s legislature after pro-democracy lawmakers were ousted, prompting their allies to resign. The legislature has been one of the main scenes for opposition to the government.
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European regulators brought antitrust charges against Amazon, saying the company broke competition laws to harm smaller merchants.
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Three men were banned from Yellowstone National Park for two years after they cooked chickens in a hot spring, which is illegal. “I don’t intend to be a naughty person,” one of them said, “I don’t intend to be a troublemaker.”
The New York Times