Live Updates: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination

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• Georgia Republicans renew scrutiny of Stacey Abram's New Georgia Project as questions grow over election oversight

  

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• State supreme court orders hospital to restore gender-affirming care for minors

  

• Hot dog champion Joey Chestnut pleads guilty to battery

  

• Illinois Junk Fee Ban Act passes Senate, heads to Pritzker for signature

  

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