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| The race for New York's 2022 gubernatorial election just got a little more interesting today. |
| Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, officially entered the race on Tuesday, joining a growing Republican field for the 2022 election. |
| That's not the only election-related news. |
| Rep. Val Demings, a former police chief in her third term in Congress, is expected to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Marco Rubio in 2022. |
| It's Mabinty, with the non-2022 election news of the day. |
| But first: Legislation meant to combat hate incidents against Asian Americans is on the brink of final approval in Congress. |
About that Capitol riot bipartisan commission... |
| House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy opposed legislation Tuesday that would create a bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which some lawmakers have suggested could subpoena him as a witness. |
| The leaders of the Homeland Security Committee – Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. John Katko of New York, the top Republican on the panel – unveiled the legislation Friday to create a 10-member commission that would issue a report by Dec. 31. |
| Why is he against it? McCarthy said that numerous committees are reviewing the event and that the Architect of the Capitol, which oversees the building and grounds, was allocated $10 million to remedy security vulnerabilities. |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accused Republicans of cowardice and said she was pleased to have bipartisan legislation to create a commission. "It's disappointing but not surprising that the cowardice on the part of some on the Republican side not to want to find the truth," Pelosi told reporters Tuesday. |
Will Roe v. Wade stand? |
| With six conservatives on the nine-member Supreme Court for the first time in decades and confusion over a 2019 Supreme Court decision, anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates are leaning in to test the limits of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and a landmark 1992 case that controls when states may regulate the procedure. |
| Conservative states are rapidly passing laws. At least 23 abortion-related cases are pending in federal appeals courts, according to the anti-abortion advocacy group Susan B. Anthony List. |
| Two trends drive optimism among anti-abortion groups: a more conservative Supreme Court and a number of diverging opinions in federal appeals courts over how to interpret similar laws, creating "circuit splits" that only the Supreme Court can resolve. |
| Major news this week: After dodging the abortion issue in a number of recent cases, the court surprised some observers Monday by announcing it would hear the appeal out of Mississippi, one of several states banning abortion before the point a fetus is viable outside the womb, the standard set by the Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision in 1992. |
| Read more from USA TODAY's John Fritze on the increase in abortion restrictions. |
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| Congrats to Naomi Campbell on her first child! — Mabinty |
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