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Voting Rights Act Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state governments, local governments and law enforcement. Important sections Original jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,

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El-Sayed holds hands with church-goers during a closing prayer at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.

Black voters may decide the nation’s biggest Democratic primary. Many are clearly against the more progressive option

By Eric Bradner, David Wright, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — Larry Nix pulled into a cookout hosted by Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign on Sunday, rolled down his window and told the progressive Senate candidate he needed answers. Nix, a 63-year-old Army veteran, shares some of El-Sayed’s concerns with the direction of the country. He’s furious at

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Temporary Protected Status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in Mullin v. Doe on Wednesday

Inside the fights to maintain TPS status for thousands after the Supreme Court sided with Trump

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Dahlia Doe is holding on to hope. A month after the Supreme Court curtailed lower courts’ ability to block the Trump administration from revoking temporary deportation protections, fresh efforts to halt the government’s plans for the Syrian national and thousands of others fleeing war and natural disasters are heating

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The documentary filmmaker Alex Holder spent years behind the scenes with Sen. Lindsey Graham

Graham called yearslong push for war with Iran ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’ in new footage

CNN By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Never-before-seen documentary footage released Sunday shows the late Sen. Lindsey Graham calling his multipronged campaign for war with Iran “the best thing I’ve ever done” and comparing President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Graham, who had a reputation

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The documentary filmmaker Alex Holder spent years behind the scenes with Sen. Lindsey Graham

Graham called yearslong push for war with Iran ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’ in new footage

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Never-before-seen documentary footage released Sunday shows the late Sen. Lindsey Graham calling his multipronged campaign for war with Iran “the best thing I’ve ever done” and comparing President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Graham, who had a reputation in

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