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Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation'

Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation'

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In the summer of 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James helped her niece buy a modest house in Norfolk, Virginia, by becoming a co-borrower on the mortgage loan.
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Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained for co-writing an op-ed piece in the student newspaper, a federa
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Arkansas governor says she's not rushing to resume executions after signing nitrogen gas bill

Arkansas governor says she's not rushing to resume executions after signing nitrogen gas bill

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that she's not in a rush to resume executions after signing legislation allowing the use of nitrogen gas to put inmates to death.
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Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers

Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term.
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Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s story begins in his native El Salvador, but it's become increasingly unclear where it will end. The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the U.S.
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Court rules against Republican lawmaker in lawsuit over censure for post about transgender athlete

Court rules against Republican lawmaker in lawsuit over censure for post about transgender athlete

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal court has ruled against a Republican lawmaker from Maine who sued the state’s Democratic House speaker after being censured for a social media post about a transgender athlete. Rep.
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In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

President Donald Trump's administration has dug in on its contention that the government should not have to repatriate Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite U.S.
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Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration

Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events refused Friday to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply — an incremental development in a two-
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Indiana takes a first -- and long -- shot at acquiring parts of Illinois

Indiana takes a first -- and long -- shot at acquiring parts of Illinois

Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely.
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Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government's environmental policy Friday as he and other party leaders got back on the campaign trail following the national leaders' debates in Montre
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