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Trump’s attempt to revamp elections with proof of citizenship requirement challenged in court

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Democratic groups and non-partisan organizations separately sued Monday over an executive order targeting election procedures signed last week by President Donald Trump, kicking off a court fight over Trump’s attempt to unilaterally revamp how elections are run. “The Order is an attack on the constitutionally mandated checks and balances

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Cornell student activist chooses to leave US after judge denies bid to immediately block deportation

By Gloria Pazmino and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell University student whose visa was revoked over his participation in pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations has left the United States voluntarily after a judge declined to immediately block the government from taking steps to deport him. Momodou Taal, a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies, had his

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Air traffic controller arrested after ‘incident’ at Washington DC area control tower

By Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — An air traffic controller was charged with assault and battery after an “incident” at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday night, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told CNN in a statement. Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was charged with assault and

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Local businesses impacted by gusty conditions

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A wind advisory has been extended until Wednesday morning. For local businesses along Vista Chino and Gene Autry, this means more days of slow foot traffic and low sales. “We’ve had a major decrease, probably about 80 percent of traffic coming into our particular business.” Jerry Alcorn, Alcorn Adaptive Bike &

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University of Minnesota graduate student was detained by ICE for prior drunken driving incident, DHS official says

By Gloria Pazmino and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week was taken into custody because of a prior drunken driving incident and not for involvement in campus protests, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official. “This

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Britain’s second-largest city declares ‘major incident’ as 17,000 tons of uncollected garbage left on streets

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s second-largest city has declared a “major incident” after a sanitation worker strike left over 17,000 tons of uncollected garbage on the curbside. “It’s regrettable that we have had to take this step, but we cannot tolerate a situation that is causing harm and distress to communities across Birmingham,”

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IRS sidelines dozens of top IT officials seen as possible ‘blockers’ to immigration enforcement data-sharing

By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As many as 50 senior IT professionals at the Internal Revenue Service, including some of the agency’s top cybersecurity experts, were placed on administrative leave Friday as the Trump administration finalizes controversial plans to share taxpayer data with federal immigration authorities, according to three sources familiar

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Federal agencies reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts, grants with Harvard over antisemitism concerns

By Jeff Winter and Yash Roy, CNN (CNN) — Three federal agencies are reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants between the government and Harvard University over the school’s response to antisemitism. The departments of Education; Health and Human Services; and the US General Services Administration announced Monday they are reviewing $8.7 billion in

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‘A betrayal of the government’: Congressional leaders say VA needs to better serve families of veterans who die by suicide

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — The leading Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee vowed to fix the system for approving benefits to the families of veterans who die by suicide after a CNN investigation revealed how the VA had rejected hundreds of applications from widows and other relatives. “Denying benefits to veteran families

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