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Protests following the leaked Supreme Court ruling by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade have migrated from the steps of the court and the U.S. Capitol to the justices' private homes.

Concrete barriers have been set up this week to block the street in front of the court, and a non-scalable fence was placed around the building.

Activist groups, like ShutDownDC, have instead organized demonstrations outside justices' houses. Virginia police were present at Alito's northern Virginia home Monday as ShutDownDC led a procession down the street.

About 100 protesters also demonstrated outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend.

Some conservatives and the media have criticized protesting at the justices' homes, and the actions have also raised concerns about the safety of the judges and their families amid rising threats against judges nationwide.

Senators Monday passed the Supreme Court Police Parity Act to extend security protections to justices' family members. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, a week after the draft opinion leaked suggesting the high court has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade. The bill now moves to the House for a vote.

It's Amy and Chelsey with today's top stories out of Washington.

Biden: Inflation is a top domestic priority

Americans are dealing with the worst inflation in 40 years due to continuing surges in gas, food and rent costs. President Joe Biden assured the nation Tuesday that inflation is his top domestic priority.

Biden blamed the rising costs for goods and services on a "once-in-a-century pandemic" and "Putin's war in Ukraine." But he also took aim at Republicans, whom he said have no plans to help solve the crisis.

“They don’t want to solve inflation by lowering your costs,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “They want to solve it by raising your taxes and lowering your income.”

Republicans view inflation as a campaign issue for the November midterm elections. A majority of adults surveyed by CNN at the end of April said Biden's policies have hurt the economy. Eight in 10 said the government isn't doing enough to combat inflation.

“The more Joe Biden talks about inflation, the better it is for Republicans,” said Chris Hartline, communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm for Senate Republicans.

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Which is more important to West Virginia voters: Trump or infrastructure?

In Tuesday's West Virginia primary, two GOP congressmen face off in the same district after population loss caused West Virginia to lose one of its three House seats. How Reps. David McKinley and Alex Mooney voted on last year's bipartisan infrastructure bill could keep one of them in Washington and send the other home.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was a key player in brokering the roughly $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package President Joe Biden signed last fall – and for good reason. The Mountain State historically is one of the largest beneficiaries of federal transportation spending. For every dollar its citizens contribute in gas taxes and other fees, the state receives nearly $2 to spend on its highways, studies show.

The Democratic senator took the unusual step of endorsing in a Republican primary, throwing his support behind McKinley, one of 13 House Republicans who voted for the infrastructure deal in November.

Why the infrastructure bill matters to West Virginia? The West Virginia primary is one of only five races in the country pitting two incumbents against each other. It's also the first test of the infrastructure bill's political weight, serving as a proxy fight to measure Trump's political power in a primary race.

U.S. Department of Transportation records show 1,545 of West Virginia's bridges are in poor condition – the highest rate in the country. The state has the second-highest rate of power outages in the country because of an unreliable power grid. More than 258,000 West Virginians lack access to broadband internet.

"Tonight, instead of playing politics, I put America and West Virginia first," McKinley said Nov. 5 after he voted for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: President Biden calls inflation his top domestic priority