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SCOTUS rejects Trump admin's attempt to set aside California ballots it believes are noncitizens
The Justice Department, in its emergency appeal to the high court earlier Monday, asked for a "limited injunction" to stop California from counting the ballots while lower courts consider the case.
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Justice Department will deploy a record number of poll monitors on Election Day
The DOJ is sending more than 1,000 people to serve as election monitors in all 50 states on Tuesday, which is more than previous years when 289 were deployed in 2022 and 714 were deployed in 2024.
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Snapchat parent company settles social media lawsuit with teens accusing it of causing depression
The plaintiffs are KDB, who is described as an 18-year-old from Mississippi, and the other plaintiff has been identified as SJ, a 16-year-old girl from Illinois. Both have claimed they started using YouTube at age 3 and other platforms at age 9.
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You Vote: With Kushner and Witkoff meeting Putin and Zelensky this weekend, what comes next?
The meeting is expected to find out if there is any possible movement toward a negotiated settlement to end this four-and-a-half year war.
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Judge once again blocks Trump's effort to limit mail-in voting as early voting begins
It is the same judge, Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who blocked an earlier, related effort, ruling that the executive order Trump issued in March was likely unlawful and unconstitutional.
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Feds spare Upper Basin; states still feel water cuts pressure
The four Upper Basin states’ leaders celebrated the U.S. Department of Interior’s decision late August, but called for continued negotiations and longer-term solutions.
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FCC seeks to have Disney lawsuit thrown out in tussle over early review of station licenses
The agency’s court filing, which was revealed Thursday, argued that Disney’s lawsuit would obstruct the FCC investigation into the network’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring policies.
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Top White House official says he believes Trump speech censorship behind Bartiromo ouster at Fox
How a presidential speech, an interview request and a stunning text preceded Fox News yanking a top anchor from the airwaves.
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Kushner and Witkoff heading to Moscow this weekend for meeting with Putin, followed by Ukraine visit
While Witkoff and Kushner visited Moscow and spoke with Putin and other officials in January of this year, this will be their first trip to Kyiv in Trump’s second term as president.
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Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith says nonprofit probe is producing results with help of Treasury
Smith reports the House committee’s two-year investigation into the abuse of tax-exempt status by foreign-influenced and terrorist-linked organizations is yielding significant progress with Treasury Department cooperation.
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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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Los Angeles man charged with threatening to kill Trump
Federal prosecutors also accuse 40-year-old Benjamin Azariah Southworth, of the city's Westlake neighborhood, of cyberstalking the president's personal lawyer and family.