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Supreme Court hears challenge to law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids  NPR Supreme Court hears major case on banning transgender care for minors  CNN Supreme Court seems likely to uphold ban on gender-affirming care  Axios Live Updates: Supreme Court Hearing Major Trans

Lawmakers climbed walls early Wednesday to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order.

Pete Hegseth: Trump’s defence pick hits out after reports he could be dropped  BBC.com Ron DeSantis would be crazy to accept Secretary of Defense position in Trump’s cabinet  Yahoo! Voices Trump floats DeSantis as potential defense secretary replacement if Hegseth falters  Fox News

Trump selects Jared Isaacman to lead NASA  The Hill

Trump’s plan for Ukraine comes into focus: Territorial concessions but NATO off the table  Reuters

High-profile South Korean cabinet ministers offer to resign  Financial Times South Korea President Yoon Faces Impeachment After Martial Law Declaration: Live Updates  The New York Times The South Korean coup is a perfect coda to the Biden presidency  The Guardian South Korea’s Warning

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Carroll Doherty, Director, Political ResearchJocelyn Kiley, Senior Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherGabe Borelli, Research AssociateAndrew Daniller, Research

Reflecting on the 2024 presidential campaign, a large majority of voters say it was interesting rather than dull (74% vs. 24%). But evaluations of the campaign are more negative than positive on other dimensions. Roughly three-quarters of voters (74%) say

Voters in the November 2024 election were about equally likely to vote in person on Election Day (34%), vote early in person (32%) or use an absentee or mail-in ballot (35%). Election Day voting Roughly a third of voters (34%)

Most voters say that the 2024 elections were run and administered well, both in their local communities and across the country. While voters have long had highly positive views about election administration locally, that is not the case for evaluations