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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway speaking at a podium
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Missouri Sues Over Illegal Alien Census

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a first-in-the-nation lawsuit asking a court to stop the Census Bureau from counting people she calls illegal aliens in apportionment. The suit seeks a recount and argues federal representation and funding are being shifted away from states that enforce immigration law.
Nurse license revoked over social media rant
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Florida Revokes Nurse’s License Over Viral Rant

A Florida nurse was fired after a viral video in which she wished severe childbirth injuries on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. State officials say the nurse’s Florida license has been suspended as regulators and the employer respond.
Former President Obama speaking at an event, with journalists and cameras in the crowd
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Obama Weighs In, Media Forgets His Record

Barack Obama called the death of a protester a tragedy. That grabbed headlines. What did not get the same attention was his own record on deportations and deaths in ICE custody. Politics, not principle, drives selective outrage.
Mahmoud Khalil speaking at a rally
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DHS Says Khalil To Be Re-Detained, Deported

The Department of Homeland Security says Mahmoud Khalil will be re-detained and deported to Algeria after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court order that had freed him. The case raises questions about immigration rules, campus protests, and how far agencies will go to remove noncitizens.
U.S. Capitol chamber during a tied vote
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House Votes Down Venezuela War Powers Resolution

The House tied 215-215 on a measure to block further U.S. military action in Venezuela without Congress. The vote failed. A couple of GOP lawmakers joined Democrats, and the move follows recent Senate back-and-forth and presidential orders that escalated the situation in Caracas.
President Trump writes a letter with Greenland on a map in the background
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Trump’s Letter on Greenland Ignites New Circus

Donald Trump wrote to Norway's prime minister about Greenland, NATO, and a Nobel snub. The letter pushed the pet buttons of pundits and some Democrats who immediately called for the 25th Amendment. Here is what happened, what he said, and why the reactions tell us more about political theater than policy.