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Voting-rights advocates sue to overturn Texas election map they say is racially biased
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn a redistricting map drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor the party in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters. The NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in Texas. They accuse Texas legislative leaders of engaging in…
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Trump’s DOT threatens to withhold funds from states that don’t enforce English requirements for truck drivers
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that three Democrat-led states must enforce English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers or face federal funding cuts. Duffy singled out California, Washington and New Mexico, saying they had 30 days to comply before their funds from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program were cut off. That money aims to help state…
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Illinois governor hits back after Trump mocks his weight: ‘It takes one to know one’ | US news
The Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, has hit back at Donald Trump for commenting on his weight, saying the Republican president is himself “not in good shape” amid escalating tension over the possible deployment of the national guard on the streets of Chicago. Trump said on Monday that Pritzker “ought to spend more time in the gym”. While successfully…
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Massive dust storm engulfs Phoenix, followed by monsoon, grounding hundreds of flights
A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through metro Phoenix on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s busiest airports. Bernae Boykin Hitesman was driving her son and daughter, ages 9 and 11, home from school when the storm, known as a haboob, arrived late…
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Judge rules against Republican-controlled body over Utah district map
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party. The current map, adopted in 2021, divides Salt Lake County — Utah’s population center and a Democratic stronghold…
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George Mason University president rejects Education Department’s apology demand
George Mason University’s president will not apologize to satisfy the demand of the Education Department, which said it had determined the university has violated federal civil rights law, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. The letter says the federal department’s conclusions, published Friday, make it “glaringly apparent that the [Office of Civil Rights] investigation process has been cut…
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Fact check: Behind-the-scenes video disproves Trump’s claim that Gov. Moore called him ‘greatest president of my lifetime’
Facebook Tweet Email Link Video footage of a 2024 conversation between President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore disproves Trump’s claim that Moore called him “the greatest president of my lifetime.” Trump and Moore have been trading public barbs over public safety in Baltimore amid the president’s takeover of law enforcement in nearby Washington, DC. Speaking to reporters at…
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Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier on Monday and scrambled to avoid being late as they navigated service reductions that the region’s public transit agency has called more drastic than any undertaken by a major transit agency in the United States. The cuts that took effect on the first day of the school year…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during check-in : NPR
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Center) and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura (Center Right) enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on Monday in Baltimore, Md. The U.S. government is threatening to deport Garcia, a Maryland construction worker from El Salvador, to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be charged with human smuggling and deported to Costa…
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Donald Trump accused of ‘turning military on American citizens’ over plans to send National Guard to Chicago – US politics live | US news
Trump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that Donald Trump has been accused of “turning the military on American citizens” after…
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