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Day after court’s conservative majority struck a blow against gun control, landmark ruling on abortion rights could be in perilSenate breakthrough clears way for toughening US gun lawsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailAnother takeaway from the January 6 hearings is that a number of Republicans were worried enough about their conduct after the 2020 election to ask for pardons from Trump before he left office, as Martin Pengelly reports:The Republicans Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks sought a blanket pardon of members of Congress involved in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden through lies about electoral fraud, the House January 6 committee revealed on Thursday. Continue reading...