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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 39 articles How might a new Supreme Court case impact gun control laws? |  | |
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Supreme Court debates gun rights in dramatic two-hour argument over concealed carry, self-defense.
ABC News (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 72% • 5 min read
The oral arguments focused on a century-old New York state law that requires gun owners to show "proper cause" -- or a specific special need -- to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. Eight other states have similar "may issue" laws that give local authorities discretion to decide who receives a license based on particularized circumstances.
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Many of the court's conservative justices appeared skeptical of New York-style regimes that subject a constitutional right to bear arms to the discretion of a government official. At the same time, several raised concerns about public safety if carry restrictions were rolled back too far.
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An attorney for the Biden administration argued that limits on concealed carry [go back] decades. Such laws "span 150 years in all regions of the country," argued Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher. "There is a history and tradition, and it exists to the present day, of permitting regimes," Justice Kavanaugh said. "But it's a narrow legal issue of 'shall issue' versus 'may issue' [a permit]."
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Supreme Court poised to bolster Second Amendment, right to carry.
Washington Times (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 72% • 3 min read - Selected long-read
How the Supreme Court could make it easier to carry guns in public.
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 38 articles What is the Federal Reserve signaling on inflation? | 
Tapering of bond purchases will start "later this month," the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said in its post-meeting statement. The process will see reduc...
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| | #3 in U.S. News • 27 articles What is included in the Democrats' plan to lower drug prices? |
Liberal lawmakers initially hoped to give Medicare authority to negotiate the prices of up to 250 expensive drugs each year. Under a deal struck Tuesday with moderates, the number of drugs subject...
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| | #1 in World News • 25 articles What is the Pentagon's forecast for China's nuclear weapons capacity? |
The Pentagon report says China could have 700 nuclear warheads by 2027, and at least 1,000 by 2030. Last year's report said Chin...
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Brought by [four California counties], the case, filed in 2014, was one of the first to demand that drug manufacturers be hel...
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