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In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights

ABBIE VANSICKLE

In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act.

Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies, Blanche says

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts

Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say

HAMED ALEAZIZ AND NICHOLAS NEHAMAS

A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen.

Frontier passengers tackle man who allegedly choked off-duty flight attendant, tried to open door mid-flight

Juan Gabriel Reyes, 51, allegedly tried to open exit doors mid-flight and choked a flight attendant on a Frontier Airlines plane before being restrained.

Republicans Begin to Test the Limits of Trump’s Power by Flexing Their Own

KATIE ROGERS

The president’s unilateral and retributive style of governing is starting to hit a wall in both chambers of Congress.

Sheinbaum accuses the U.S. of meddling in Mexican affairs

KATE LINTHICUM, STEVE FISHER

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused the U.S. of meddling in Mexico's internal affairs after a report about two Mexican governors who had their U.S. visas revoked amid probes into possible links to organized crime.

ICE protesters who interrupted church service won't face state charges: Prosecutor

Dozens of anti-immigration enforcement protesters who face federal criminal charges after they interrupted a Minnesota church service in January, accompanied by former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will not additionally face state charges

Massie, 3 Other House Republicans Broke From Trump on Iran War Powers Vote

ROBERT JIMISON

Four Republicans from different ideological factions crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in favor of reining in the president’s power to wage war unilaterally.

Voters in California City Favor Permanent Ban on Data Centers

BILLY WITZ

Monterey Park, outside Los Angeles, appeared to become the first U.S. city where voters passed such a measure.

Why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Has to Fight for Her Job

JILL COWAN

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.

US military kills two alleged narco-terrorists in latest Eastern Pacific strike on drug-trafficking vessel

U.S. military killed two alleged narco-terrorists in a lethal strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, SOUTHCOM says.

How Does LA Count Election Ballots? It Begins With a Dog Sniff.

ORLANDO MAYORQUÍN

Counting ballots in California is a complex and lengthy undertaking. In Los Angeles, the choreographed process includes canines, humans and machines.

Trump says he's nominating Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal attorney who has aggressively pursued the Republican president's agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role

Trump says he’s nominating Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, to serve as attorney general

Trump says he's nominating Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, to serve as attorney general

Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas