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Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings
The Trump administration has been found in violation of court rulings in an extraordinary number of lawsuits on a broad set of issues.
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Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt the impact
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Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy US Catholics to keep donating
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Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed
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Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act
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Immigration
Supreme Court hearing could signal fate of 1.3 million immigrants
Justices will consider a pair of lawsuits filed on behalf of Haitian and Syrian immigrants fighting to keep their temporary protected status.
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LI man who pleaded guilty to rape asks judge to vacate conviction after being deported
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Hamptons village bans its police from cooperation deals with ICE
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Town urged to end ICE shooting range deal
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Paramilitary forces drone strike kills 5 near Sudan capital, rights group says
A Serbian bird-watching group uses crowdfunding to buy and preserve a woodland habitat
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Cubans struggle to survive on pocket-size government ration books as products dwindle
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Fire breaks out in a lab building on a University of South Florida campus
Humpback whale 'Timmy' released in the North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany
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Pickleball players killed in Texas plane crash included a school tennis star, trauma counselor
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1 person dead after vehicle crashes into an Oregon health club, police say
Shakira follows Madonna and Lady Gaga in giving a huge free concert on Copacabana Beach
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Four New Jersey residents charged with illegally voting and lying on citizenship forms
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Activists' detention deepens Spain-Israel tensions as aid group says men have begun hunger strike
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Video of NYC police killing machete-wielding man at Grand Central station released
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Mexican governor and mayor indicted by US for drug trafficking step down
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Black Americans face a new fight for racial representation after justices' Voting Rights Act ruling
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Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany 'a lot further' than withdrawal of 5,000
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Rights summit in Zambia is canceled after Chinese pressure to exclude Taiwanese activists
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Taiwan's president lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance
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Crowd shrinks as Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO leads the annual meeting for the first time Saturday
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Trump likes the idea of the government owning some US companies but took a pass on Spirit Airlines
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A bright moon may dim the Eta Aquarid meteor shower made up of Halley's comet debris
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The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor
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Starmer urges tougher action against Gaza protests in UK following antisemitic attacks
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The Supreme Court is being asked to restore access to an abortion pill by mail. Here's what to know
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Drone kills 2 in Kherson minibus strike, as Russia claims front-line progress
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President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war
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