Friday Executive News Summary

Top of the Fold

Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare in full; 7-2 decision likely an unfortunate end to the legal battle over the disastrous law (Free Beacon)
On the other hand, SCOTUS rightly sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples in 9-0 ruling (Fox News)

Government & Politics

Fourteen Republicans are calling for President Biden to submit to a cognitive test and then release the results (Just the News)
Biden signs politicized and non-unifying bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday (AP)
Mitch McConnell wisely shoots down Joe Manchin’s Stacey Abrams-approved HR 1 compromise (The Hill)
~~Obama’s~~ Biden’s IRS denies tax exemption to Christian group, associates Bible with GOP (Daily Signal)

National Security

House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization as Senate prepares to take action (CNBC)
Biden’s half-cocked “off-limits” list for Russian cyberattacks criticized as “green light” to target everything else (Fox News)
Chinese defector was top counterintelligence official (RedState)

Around the Nation

“These officers find themselves in a no-win situation”: Fifty law enforcement personnel resign en masse from Portland’s crowd control unit (The Oregonian)
Iowa governor signs “Back the Blue” bill to crack down on rioting, establish qualified immunity (Washington Examiner)
More projection: Murder Capital Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares racism a public health emergency (Washington Times)
Mark and Patricia McCloskey plead guilty to misdemeanors, forfeit guns (Fox 2)

Around the World

Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under bogus security law (AP)
Beijing considers lifting all birth restrictions by 2025 (Bloomberg)

Other Notables

Majority has an unfavorable view of Critical Race Theory (Washington Examiner)
Trump announces first rally since leaving the White House (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

Policy: What two parents mean for black and white children (IFS)
Policy: January 6: An intelligence failure? (AEI)
Humor: Biden retaliates for Chinese defector by giving China the entire FBI (Genesius Times)

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