Courthouse News reports: A Christian health care provider and two Catholic parishes argued before the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday that their trio of lawsuits challenging Michigan’s anti-discrimination law were improperly dismissed. The Michigan law known as the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act or ELCRA, prohibits various forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Those specific protections …

“I’m often reminded that the most important thing in my life – which is my marriage, and my family and the two beautiful children that my husband Chasten and I are raising – that that marriage only exists by the grace of the single vote on the United States Supreme Court. That expanded our rights and freedoms back in 2015 …

The Hill reports: Tensions in Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case are coming to a head, with his creditors hoping for the drastic remedy of having a third party take control of the former New York City mayor’s finances. Since Giuliani filed for bankruptcy protection, spurred by a $148 million defamation verdict, his creditors have accused him of hiding assets and a …

The Guardian reports: A book about book bans has been banned in a Florida school district. Ban This Book, a children’s book written by Alan Gratz, will no longer be available in the Indian River county school district since the school board voted to remove the book last month. Gratz’s book, which came out in 2017, follows fourth-grader Amy Anne …

Mediaite reports: An email message sent early Wednesday morning landed in inboxes nationwide. The subject line read, “Haul out the Guillotine!” Talk of Trump exacting revenge on his political rivals and media critics has become a narrative, and this sort of messaging will do little to disabuse that notion. “Remember when that Sicko Kathy Griffin made the rounds parading my …

Yahoo Finance reports: A closely-watched report on US inflation showed consumer price increases cooled during the month of May, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday morning. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained flat over the previous month and rose 3.3% over the prior year in May — a deceleration from April’s 0.3% month-over-month …

“January, 2025. Imagine this. Donald Trump is President. Tulsi Gabbard is Vice President. Byron Donalds is Speaker of the House. “Josh Hawley is Senate Majority Leader. Vivek Ramaswamy is Press Secretary. David Sacks is Chief of Staff. RFK Jr is Director of the CIA. “Tom Cotton is Director of FBI. Ron DeSantis is Attorney General. Marco Rubio is Secretary of …

The Daily Beast reports: The white trad-wife TikToker who casually dropped the n-word in a cooking video that went viral Monday is already paying for her ignorance, with her employer, Rophe of the Carolinas, announcing it had let her go with immediate effect on Tuesday. The woman at the center of the controversy, Lilly Gaddis, referred to her friends’ husbands …

Rolling Stone reports: In a new recording, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito lashes out at the news organization ProPublica, describing the news organization’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Supreme Court as driven by political animus, insisting: “They don’t like our decisions.” Asked to elaborate, Alito got specific. “ProPublica,” he said. “ProPublica gets a lot of money, and they have spent …

The Meidas Touch reports: During a segment criticizing YouTuber Ms. Rachel for quoting a Bible verse about “loving your neighbor” while talking about accepting LGBTQ people, Charlie Kirk made homophobic comments and referenced a verse in Leviticus used to justify stoning gay people to death, calling it part of “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” Kirk, who …

NBC News reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, plans to block an effort by Senate Democrats to unanimously pass a Supreme Court ethics bill Wednesday on the Senate floor. “I will object,” Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said earlier Tuesday that he would make …

The Associated Press reports: Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from a critic to an ally of former President Donald Trump. Trump’s endorsement — after he called her crazy and terrible in 2022 — is just one of many ways Mace has attracted a spotlight far …

Axios reports: A ballot measure that would set a maximum age limit of 81 on U.S. Congress members representing North Dakota was approved by voters in the state on Tuesday. The vote that’s believed to be the first of its kind comes after age emerged as a top concern for voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, as 81-year-old President …

“While the national Republican Party has largely embraced the LGBTQ agenda because they say they want to create a quote, unquote, ‘big tent,’ there still remains committed conservative Christians who are rejecting Pride Month because, let’s face it, we should as conservatives. “Dave, I have to say I commend you strongly for standing up so firmly for what should be …

The New York Times reports: Jeff Gunter, who is competing in Tuesday’s Nevada Republican primary for the Senate and described himself as “110 percent pro-Trump,” saw Donald J. Trump endorse one of his primary opponents, Sam Brown, over the weekend. He did not take it well. Mr. Trump announced his endorsement of Mr. Brown on Truth Social, his social media …

Reuters reports: Martin Shkreli has been sued in New York by a digital art collective that said it paid $4.75 million for a one-of-a-kind album by the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, only to learn that the convicted pharmaceutical executive made copies and is releasing the music to the public. Shkreli paid $2 million in 2015 for “Once Upon a Time …

Variety reports: Kevin Spacey fought back tears during an interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” in which he revealed his house has been foreclosed on as he owes “many millions” of dollars in legal fees from his sexual misconduct trials. “It’s funny you ask that question because this week, where I have been living in Baltimore is being foreclosed on. My …

“It’s gonna be a very, very close race. I think they’re terrible choices that we’re being presented with. And that’s just what the primary voters selected and I regret the fact that that’s where we are. I voted for him in 2016, hoping that there was gonna be a different kind of person in office. “And I do think character …

Gothamist reports: New Yorkers who tend to forget their wallets at home or lose their purses now have another way to officially prove their identities: a digital version of their state-issued IDs. The New York DMV is rolling out a secure mobile ID that residents can download and use on their phones, whether at airports or bars that accept it. …

The Hill reports: Texas and Montana are suing the Biden administration over a new rule that would prohibit state Medicaid programs from banning gender-affirming care. The lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), filed Monday, asks a federal court to vacate a sweeping final rule aimed at bolstering health care protections against …