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Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy

By Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster, according to sources and federal contracting documents. Construction on

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Virginia Democrats prepare to reshape US House districts in counter to Trump’s redistricting push

By Associated Press Richmond, Virginia (AP) — Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s US House districts, hoping to boost the party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push for more partisan districts in Republican-run states. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott sent a letter Thursday to members telling

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Supreme Court liberals decry ‘excruciating suffocation’ in nitrogen hypoxia executions

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices on Thursday laid out a remarkable critique of nitrogen hypoxia executions, asserting that the new form of capital punishment causes “psychological terror” and “excruciating suffocation” in the condemned and likely violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor,

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