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SCOTUS Swing Vote Kennedy Retires Kennedy's retirement could open the door to new attack on legal abortion. NBC: "President Donald Trump has long vowed to nominate Supreme Court justices who would work to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized...

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SCOTUS Rules Against Workers In Janus Supreme Court rules non-union workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. CNBC: "The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that non-union workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. 'Compelling...

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Border Officials Dial Back Migrant Prosecutions Border officials suspend handing over migrant families to prosecutors. NYT: "The nation’s top border security official said Monday that his agency has temporarily stopped handing over migrant adults who cross the Mexican...

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20,000 Children To Be Housed On Military Bases Pentagon will make room for up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases. WaPo: "The Defense Department will house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in coming months, a Pentagon official...

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Trump Ends Family Separations, Still Criminalizes Migrants What's really in Trump’s plan to stop family separations. WaPo: "A new executive order signed by President Trump lays out steps to end the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. We see...

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