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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Court Approves Enforcement of State Law Allowing Texas to Arrest and Deport Illegals.

A federal appeals court has permitted Texas to enforce parts of a state law allowing state officials to arrest and deport individuals suspected of illegal border crossings.

A federal appeals court has permitted Texas to enforce parts of a state law allowing officials to arrest and deport individuals suspected of illegal border crossings, sparking renewed legal and political debates. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to lift an injunction and allow Texas to enforce parts of a state law that permits the arrest and deportation of migrants suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally by state officials. The injunction was issued earlier this month by U.S. District Judge David Ezra, who argued that the law undermined federal authority over immigration. DETAIL: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) appealed Ezra’s decision, securing the appellate…Open

AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Dems hit by last-minute Platner anxiety before Maine Senate primary

Democrats have been caught in the bind Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sought to avoid when he backed Gov. Janet Mills over Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race. Why it matters: Democrats must now support an untested and largely unvetted outsider as he faces intense media scrutiny over his relationship with women in a must-win race. - Maine's Democratic primary to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R) in November is in eight days. Zoom in: Practically, it might be feasible to swap out candidates. Politically, it will be close to impossible. - "I've heard some of my colleagues' concerns about what we've read in the papers," Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), who backed Mills, told Axios. "But at the end of the day, we've…

Democrats have been caught in the bind Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sought to avoid when he backed Gov. Janet Mills over Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race. Why it matters: Democrats must now support an untested and largely unvetted outsider as he faces intense media scrutiny over his relationship with women in a must-win race. - Maine's Democratic primary to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R) in November is in eight days. Zoom in: Practically, it might be feasible to swap out candidates. Politically, it will be close to impossible. - "I've heard some of my colleagues' concerns about what we've read in the papers," Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), who backed Mills, told Axios. "But at the end of the day, we've…Open