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Graphic: In his last term, Kennedy handed conservatives many victories; The Fix: The GOP reaps its reward for selling its soul to Trump

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Justice Kennedy, pivotal swing vote on Supreme Court, to retire Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 81, has been the court's most important member for more than a decade. The Californian chosen by President Ronald Reagan has cast the deciding vote on the court's controversial Citizens United campaign finance decision, the constitutional right to same-sex marriage and the continued viability of affirmative action. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more » Graphic: In his last term, Kennedy handed conservatives many victories On the Roberts court, no justice has been more important than Anthony M. Kennedy. By Joe Fox, Ann Gerhart and Kevin Schaul  •  Read more »   The Fix: The GOP reaps its reward for selling its soul to Trump And Trump just became a much more powerful president. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix: This is the week Mitch McConnell was waiting for The Senate majority leader in particular is the big winner in Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, in part because he risked so much. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Supreme Court rules public unions may not collect fees from nonmembers The case has major implications for the future of organized labor, which has become a pillar of Democratic Party politics, and for millions of workers in more than 20 states that authorize payments from nonmembers to cover the cost of collective bargaining. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   'Preparing for the worst': Unions brace for loss of members and fees in wake of ruling The case could upend the role public-sector unions play in elections and in the workplace. By Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   Supreme Court says more work needed to resolve long-running Florida-Georgia water dispute The states have battled for decades over whether Georgia's consumption causes too much harm to Florida's seafood region. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   House rejects broad GOP immigration bill in a rebuff of leadership The legislation would have provided $25 billion for President Trump's long-sought border wall, scaled back legal immigration and given young undocumented immigrants a shot at citizenship. By Mike DeBonis and John Wagner  •  Read more »   What Trump-supporting Harley owners say about the president's fight with the company Harley-Davidson owners are caught in fight between the brand they love and the president they support in the wake of a brewing global trade war. By Dan Simmons  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Campaign 2018 | Analysis The blue wave already crashed on the Democratic Party The size of any wave in November is to be determined. The depth of its blueness has to a large extent already been established. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Buzz Aldrin is suing his children. They say they are trying to protect the space legend. The feud between Aldrin, 88, and his family comes on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing. By Christian Davenport  •  Read more »   Villain or visionary? The mixed reactions to Joseph Jackson's death show a complicated legacy. He helped make towering pop stars out of his children. But when forming the Jackson 5, he forced his kids into long and physically painful practice sessions, and he was accused of physically and sexually abusing them and of carrying on at least one affair behind their mother's back. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Libyan militia leader gets 22-year sentence in Benghazi attacks that killed U.S. ambassador Ahmed Abu Khattala, convicted in the 2012 attacks that killed J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, was sentenced by a federal judge in the District of Columbia. By Spencer S. Hsu  •  Read more »   World Cup 2018 | Live Coverage Germany, the reigning champion, is eliminated from the World Cup Germany's shocking 2-0 loss to South Korea, combined with Sweden's 3-0 victory over Mexico, means it has failed to advance beyond the first round for the first time since 1938. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Read more »   Man accused of driving into crowd at Charlottesville rally charged with federal hate crimes The charges against James Alex Fields Jr. include one hate-crime act that led to the death of Heather Heyer, a counterprotester who was run over when Fields allegedly drove his car into a throng of anti-racist marchers. By Joe Heim and Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »

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