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Reuters reports: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in a “politically motivated” assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, the interior minister said. The gunman shot Fico, 59, five times, leaving the prime minister in critical condition and still undergoing surgery hours later on Wednesday evening, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj …

Bloomberg Law reports: Maryland’s largest public school system doesn’t have to allow parents to excuse their kids from classroom lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books while the families’ constitutional challenge proceeds, a divided federal appeals court said Wednesday. The parents haven’t shown they’re likely to succeed on their arguments that the Montgomery County school system’s attendance requirements violates their religious freedom, free …

Politico reports: A large House GOP group is discussing a trip to New York to back up Donald Trump at his hush money trial, according to four Republicans familiar with the matter — joining a growing GOP trend. Those lawmakers considering a Thursday visit, which is not yet finalized, include a chunk of the House Freedom Caucus. Roughly 16 people …

“I think it’s a little demeaning to show up in front of a courthouse particularly one where we’re talking about an allegation of paying a porn star. Really very difficult to watch. There is a level of dignity and decorum that you expect from people who are running for the highest station in the land, and going out and prostrating …

“So I’m going to pull on my deplorable hayseed hick hillbilly overalls, because this feels to me like a ploy by Biden and company to avoid actually debating. So you eliminate the commission, you negotiate directly with President Trump’s people. “So how’s that going to go? Biden and company will throw sand in the gears and claim that Trump and …

“A lot of the stuff you see going on like gaining control of the school systems and the teachers unions, so you can indoctrinate the kids, gaining control of the media and Hollywood, so that you can manipulate the thinking of the people, driving wedges between parents and children, taking authority away from parents, it’s going on and on. People, …

The Dakota Scout reports: The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in central South Dakota has joined six of the state’s tribes in preventing Gov. Kristi Noem from coming onto their tribal land, leaving the governor just two reservations she can still travel to. That decision came after a Tuesday morning tribal meeting in Fort Thompson. Like the tribes who have issued …

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks. CNN said that its debate would be held in its …

Law & Crime reports: Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy saga took a turn for the worse on Tuesday as the judge revealed he was “disturbed about the status of this case” and dismayed by the former NYC mayor’s “troubling attitude vis-à-vis the law and the court system,” resulting in a refusal to allow the debtor to appeal the $146 million defamation judgment. …

“Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they do not want. They are trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win. Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy. “Forty-three percent of Americans identify as independents. If Americans are ever going to escape the …