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Local entrepreneur Brandon Riker launches Congressional campaign

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Democrat Brandon Riker, a Coachella Valley resident and successful business entrepreneur, announced his campaign for California’s 41st Congressional District. Riker is a former organizer on President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. He has worked in senior management and strategic planning roles at two investment firms. Riker ran for lieutenant governor of

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‘We’re fighting to keep it designated,’ Chuckwalla activists lobbying in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KESQ) — Advocates for the Chuckwalla National Monument are taking their fight to Washington, D.C. in hopes of protecting the recently designated monument. Last month, News Channel 3 spoke with advocates about fears the monument could face environmental rollbacks under a Department of Interior review of federal lands. Now, several people including Palm

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Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN Boston (CNN) — Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home, her attorneys charged Wednesday. In documents filed with

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