Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
The car had to be redesigned to accommodate the new structure, which is dominated by large glass panels and bisected by a central strip that runs from the windshield to the rear of the car.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city.
—
Allecia Vermillion,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 May 2026
In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures.
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David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
While first stage successfully separated, the second stage engine did not get it into orbit.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The film spans eight decades of Singapore’s history, following two childhood friends – gifted violinists Fei and Kai – whose lives are severed by the Japanese occupation of the 1940s.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 June 2026
The launch comes more than three years after Adult Swim severed ties with Roiland following felony domestic abuse charges that were later dismissed.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
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