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The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is going all-out to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to a Wisconsin House seat, infuriating Republicans in the district who say he's abusing his office and access to President Trump . Driving the news: The campaign of first-time candidate Michael Alfonso has Duffy's fingerprints all over it — from Trump's endorsement of him at Duffy's urging, to tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money from transportation interests that the secretary holds sway over. What they're saying: Duffy "is exploiting his Cabinet position and fame to influence an election and hand one of the nation's highest offices to his unqualified, 26-year-old son-in-law," Meg Ellefson, a Wisconsin-based podcaster and former…
The last Supreme Court decisions of the term include major tests of presidential power and election law that could have lasting implications on voting and governance. The big picture: After blessing a wave of partisan gerrymandering , the justices have yet to weigh in on election disputes over campaign financing and mail-in ballots just months before voters head to the polls to elect a new Congress. - The Supreme Court's final slate also includes significant decisions that will affect immigrant families , government regulators and transgender people . Here are some of the biggest outstanding Supreme Court cases: Election law The Supreme Court has yet to resolve a dispute over a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count…
A manhunt was underway for "more than 10" suspects, police said.
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Graham Platner won the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine and quickly turned his populist message against Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.
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U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests.
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Graham Platner won the Democratic nomination for Senate and quickly turned his booming, populist message against Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent in perhaps the top battleground in the country.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, backed by Trump, and state Attorney General Alan Wilson will advance to a runoff in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary.
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Bill Gates was set to appear before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify
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