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The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and related infrastructure in the Big Bend Sector.
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In an unsigned order, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal seeking to revive a policy ending certain medical treatments for transgender inmates.
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Video shows moments leading up to police fatally shooting toddler
The Mississippi attorney general announced the police officer will not be charged in connection with the killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
U.S. ordering some staff to depart Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins campaigned Wednesday with an unusual ally: Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin.
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