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America First Legal sues California to block 'Stop Nick Shirley Act'
Shirley is an independent journalist and YouTube who first achieved national attention for a series of videos exploring alleged fraud in Minneapolis linked to the Somali expat community.
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Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after MA Supremes deny stay
Sullivan initially declared his intent to declare a mistrial on Friday morning, but walked back those plans to allow defense attorney Kevin Reddington to petition the higher court for intervention, which was denied on Friday.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court convenes emergency hearing for Lindsay Clancy appeal: Fox News
Reddington has taken issue with a single juror, who is apparently the sole holdout to a unanimous verdict.
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Trump admin says new 'Head Start' will serve more kids with less red tape: Democrats hate it
The intense defense of the status quo underscores how a program born of expansive federal ambition has become resistant to practical updates that were hoped to prioritize efficiency and local control over Washington's "0ne sise fits all" prescribed uniformity.
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Sen. Rand Paul threatens confirmation hearing delay for Trump's pick to head ICE: report
Paul told the officials in the closed-door briefing that he wouldn't hold the hearing until he received more information about the shootings of two American citizens by ICE officers in Minneapolis.
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Trump declines to back Thune for another term as Senate majority leader
Thune said late Thursday that he intends to hold a vote on the motion to proceed to the budget resolution, which at this point is likely to fail.
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GOP Sen. Murkowski says she'll vote against Blanche confirmation, jeopardizing the nomination
Murkowski said the job needs to go to an Attorney General who will "check the worst impulses of the administration," and she doesn't think Blanche would do that.
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Judge dismisses vandalism case against former Olympian but defers on whether it can be brought again
Judge Todd Edelman of the Superior Court in Washington approved the Justice Department's request to drop the vandalism charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a two-page order.
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Watch Live: Trump welcomes Team USA Olympians at White House
Team USA won a total of 33 medals at the Games in January, consisting of 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and nine bronze. The team came in second in the total medal count at the Games, with Norway finishing first with 41 medals total.
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Senate Agriculture Committee fails to advance farm bill with Mitch McConnell's absence
The vote failed in a party line 10-11 split after McConnell and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Al, were absent. Both senators tried to vote by proxy, but the votes did not count toward the final tally.
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Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism
The Supreme Court in June struck down Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to interpret the 14th Amendment as not granting citizenship to the children of illegal migrants.
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Watch Live: President Trump holds signing time event at the White House
The event comes as the White House faces questions about the Iran war and as the president touts his economic agenda heading into November's midterm elections.
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State Department expands social media vetting in visa applications to foreign media representatives
The expanded order now applies to foreign media representatives and qualified nationals from Mexico and Canada, and their dependents, who are traveling to the United States for business under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.