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President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.

Trump reverses course, names new White House lawyer  Yahoo! Voices

For Families of Transgender Children, Tennessee’s Ban Forces Hard Choices  The New York Times Supreme Court hears major case on banning transgender care for minors  CNN Playbook PM: SCOTUS sounds ready to back Tennessee trans law  POLITICO Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trans

Trump’s Bozo Nominee to Be Defense Secretary Is Faltering. His Potential Replacement Is Really Something.  Slate

Sotomayor compares trans medical ‘treatments’ to aspirin in question about side effects during oral arguments  Fox News The Lives of Transgender Americans Are in the Supreme Court’s Hands  The New Republic Live Updates: Supreme Court Hearing Major Trans Rights Case  The New York

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in ‘brazen, targeted attack’ in NYC; manhunt underway  Star Tribune Manhunt underway after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in New York City in ‘premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack,’ police say  Yahoo! Voices Americans Have Little Sympathy for

The first court arguments over whether Missouri’s sweeping abortion restrictions will fall under a new constitutional amendment are set to begin.

Live updates: Uncertainty looms over Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth | CNN Politics  CNN

Trump nominates Musk collaborator to head space agency NASA  Al Jazeera English

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