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Sun Wenlin, center left, and his partner Hu Mingliang, center right, speak to journalists after a judge ruled against them in China's first gay marriage case in Changsha in central China's Hunan province on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. A judge on Wednesday ruled against the gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case that attracted several hundred cheering supporters to the courthouse and was seen as a landmark moment for the country's emerging LGBT rights movement. (AP Photo/Gerry Shih)
Sun Wenlin, center left, and his partner Hu Mingliang, center right, speak to journalists after a judge ruled against them in China's first gay marriage case in Changsha in central China's Hunan province on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. A judge on Wednesday ruled against the gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case that attracted several hundred cheering supporters to the courthouse and was seen as a landmark moment for the country's emerging LGBT rights movement. (AP Photo/Gerry Shih) Sun Wenlin, center left, and his partner Hu Mingliang, center right, speak to journalists after a judge ruled against them in China's first gay marriage case in Changsha in central China's Hunan province on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. A judge on Wednesday ruled against the gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case that attracted several hundred cheering supporters to the courthouse and was seen as a landmark moment for the country's emerging LGBT rights movement. (AP Photo/Gerry Shih)

By Associated Press 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. HOW AMERICANS FEEL ABOUT SUPREME COURT POLITICAL BATTLE

Nearly 2 in 3 back Democrats’ demands that the Republican-run Senate hold hearings and a vote on Obama’s pick Merrick Garland, but it may not damage the GOP too much, an AP-GfK poll finds.

2. ‘COUNT ME OUT’

House Speaker Paul Ryan rules out a bid for president this year, insisting that the party’s choice should emerge from the group of candidates who pursued the GOP nomination.