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From the Mexican border to Washington: a small Texas town fights against Trump’s wall plan 0
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- July 22, 2026
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
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Wisconsin Democrats want to allow absentee voters to cast new primary ballot 0
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- July 21, 2026
MADISON, Wisconsin.- A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, in which numerous candidates dropped out and re-entered the race, threatened to leave thousands of voters who already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s highest office. That possibility led the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to appeal to the state elections commission, urging
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Appeals court rejects Biden’s attempt to block release of ghostwriter interview recordings 0
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- July 21, 2026
WASHINGTON– A federal appeals court rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed its decision until Aug. 3 to
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Pamela Smart, serving life in prison, seeks new trial 0
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- July 21, 2026
CONCORD, N.H. — Lawyers for Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for orchestrating the murder of her husband at the hands of her teenage student in 1990, urged a New Hampshire judge Monday to allow her latest request for a new trial to move forward. Smart, 58, was a 22-year-old high school media
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Two more convictions overturned in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor 0
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- July 21, 2026
DETROIT– A state appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism. They, along with co-defendant Joe Morrison, were accused of having supporting roles in the scheme.
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Alaska wants to seize pilot’s plane with 6-pack. Supreme Court will hear his case 0
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- July 20, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review an Alaska pilot’s claims that state authorities tried to illegally seize his $95,000 plane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry town. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block the seizure of his plane after being convicted of
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