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The latest, Supreme Court rejects a Trump backed Missouri congressional map This
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article is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. The
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Supreme Court turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional
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map, backed by President Donald Trump on Friday, potentially putting an end
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to a long running legal dispute as absentee voting is underway in
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the midterm elections. Earlier in the day, the High Court lifted restrictions
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on a controversial federal voter database, granting Trump a temporary win in
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his aggressive campaign against non citizen voting. Meanwhile, Trump took Chinese President
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Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives, showing off the sacred texts
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of U.S. Democracy to the leader of the world's most powerful communist
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country to cap off a three day state visit criticized for being
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heavy on pomp and light on substance. Here's the latest. Trump administration
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uses rare authority to claw back nearly one billion dollars in spending
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approved by Congress. The White House announced the move Friday, using a
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rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity
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focused initiatives. The President's Office of Management and Budget said the funding
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cut focused on the most harmful government spending. The action was condemned
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by Senator Susan Collins, a Republican in a tough reelection campaign and
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chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She said it came without warning
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or consultation, and she would work to address with colleagues these illegal
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actions. Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not
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reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress appropriations
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powers, Collins said. OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It
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does not get to decide which programs are worth funding. Typically, Congress
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can review proposed cuts before they take effect, but Trump made that
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all but impossible by announcing them with just five days left in
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the federal fiscal year. The Government Accountability Office says the maneuver, known
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as a pocket rescission, is illegal. But read more. Appeals Court appears
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divided in case over Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador prison. The
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court appeared to be divided on whether to reverse or uphold an
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order for the Trump administration to facilitate they return of dozens of
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Venezuelan migrants who were deported from the U. S. To a notorious
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prison in El Salvador last year. The three judge panel from the
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U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit did
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not indicate how soon the would rule after hearing arguments from government
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attorneys and the migrants who were flown to El Salvador without any
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notice or opportunity to challenge their removals. The Justice Department appealed after
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District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration in February
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to make arrangements for some of the migrants to return at the
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government's expense. Boasberg said the administration has essentially told him to pound
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sand. Two panel members appeared skeptical that the migrants have a right
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to return to challenge their deportations. Read more. A White House press
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ban was lifted this week, but the tensions in legal battle aren't
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over yet. Journalists from three does outlets that Trump banned from the
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executive complex are back, with T V cameras, laptops and microphones in
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hand. But the legal battle between they President and some of the
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media that cover him is far from over. Here are some things
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to know about the White House press corps, lawsuits over access, and
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the increasingly contentious relationship between Trump and the Fourth Estate. Shoe Read
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More. Congressional Democrats press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On an ethics agreement
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change involving law firm fees. They want answers from the Health Secretary
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over what they say is a previously undisclosed change to they ethics
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agreement he made before being confirmed, which they say calls into question
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his credibility and the integrity of his decisions. Ahead of his confirmation
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vote last year, Kennedy told lawmakers he would not collect fees related
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to litigation he pursued, before becoming a government official against the drug
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makers of a cervical cancer vaccine, saying he would transfer his financial
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interest to this adult son. The lawmakers say they recently learned, however,
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that shortly after his confirmation hearings, Kennedy quietly changed his ethics disclosures
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and transferred his stake to this former employer, Prince injury law firm
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Wisner Baum, apparently contradicting his sworn commitments. HHS spokesperson Emily
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G. Hilliard told the AP that the agency confirmed Kennedy's compliance with
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his ethics agreement in may twenty twenty five, and any claim that
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Secretary Kennedy maintained a financial interest in this litigation after taking office
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is false. Read more. Nevada disputes Trump administration's claim about non citizens
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on voter rolls. Chief Deputy Attorney General Greg Ott sent a letter
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this week to the Department of Homeland Security, saying one hundred and
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eighty five people it identified as non citizens on the state’s voter
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rolls were, in fact, U. S. Citizens. It followed a call last
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month in which DHS officials said they made the identifications through voter
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case numbers. Ott's letter said multiple people can have the same vote
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registration number because of the recent transition to a new statewide registration
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system. He said the state's own records review found that all 185
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were citizens. In a statement, Democratic Secretary of State, Sisko Aguilar, said
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DHS has not provided any evidence to alter the state's assessment. Repeating
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unsupported claims does not make them true, he said. DHS Secretary Mark
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Wayne Mullen wrote letters to Nevada and three other states in July
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claiming, without providing evidence, that up to two hundred fifty thousand non
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citizens registered to vote there. Supreme Court rejects a Trump backed Missouri
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congressional map for the third time. The High Court turned away an
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attempt to use a new map backed by the President, potentially putting
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an end to a long running legal dispute as absentee voting is
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underway in the midterm elections. The Justices halted a federal appeals court
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ruling that would have revived the Republican friendly map for the November
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elections which will determine control of Congress. The Supreme Court instead let
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stand a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court, which ruled earlier this
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month that a citizen petition prevents the new map from being used
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unless first approved by voters in a November referendum. The decision means
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Missouri residents will vote under the same congressional districts used in the
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twenty twenty four and twenty twenty two elections. Republicans had hoped the
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new house map, which already was used in the August primaries, could
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help the win an additional seat as part of a nationwide redistricting
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battle pushed by Trump to gain an edge in the midterms. Read
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more. Trump said he would campaign in midterm battlegrounds. He's starting in
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deep red states instead. The President vowed to campaign in thirty five
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of the most competitive battleground districts in the final sprint to November's
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midterm elections. Instead he will begin October by stumping in Alabama and
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Oklahoma, two of the most Republican states in the nation. His events
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are sure to draw enthusiastic crowds of fans, but his choice of
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destinations is a reminder of his deep unpopularity in much of the
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country during a campaign season he's sought to make all about himself.
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While organizers insist the rallies are in locations with media markets that
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span state lines, and they will help bolster broader turnout, Trump's itinerary
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is yet another sign of the uphill fight that his party faces.
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Republicans have already been pouring money into red states once considered safe
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as the try to shore up candidates facing an unhappy electorate that
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has soured on Trump and his policies. Read more. Taxpayer funded pro-Trump
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TV ad campaign grows with Newspot, Wider Reach. The administration appeared to
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ramp up its use of government funded political advertisements promoting the President
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Friday, airing its second T V ad in three days, while expanding
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spending on the first to at least four hundred forty three thousand
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dollars. The White House maintains the ads are public service announcements like
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those used by past presidents, but multiple lawmakers of both parties have
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criticized the first one, questioning its legality and appropriateness given its political
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nature, proximity to November's midterms, and the use of taxpayer funds. The
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new Minute Long Ad features scenic videos of Mount Rushmore at night,
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with quotes and clips from Trump's Fourth of July weekend speech there
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honoring the country's two hundred fiftieth anniversary. We know that this is
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not an ending, Trump says. This is only the beginning of The
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Golden Age of America. At The end, text appears paid for by
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the US government. The
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ad's costs weren't immediately clear, but it was airing on Newsmax with
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a spot on at least two programs, according to Ad Impact. Read
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more. Iran sends US plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Abbas
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Aragshi said Iran also would resume talks on its nuclear program if
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the U.S. Meets the conditions it has laid out. Talking to reporters
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at the UN, Aragchi said the plan was delivered to Washington through
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Qatari mediators on the sidelines of the General Assembly. If the necessary
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conditions are met, the strait can be reopened, and normal maritime passage
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restored within seven days, he said. The choice now rests with the
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United States. The seven day clock will begin when the US accepts
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the plan, Aragchi added. The White House said.
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Earlier Friday that US officials are having positive and constructive conversations with
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mediators on the Iran War. Idaho's elections chief says a federal database
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has been useful for checking voter rolls. Secretary of State Phil McGrain,
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a Republican, said Friday all one million plus Idaho voter registrations have
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been checked against a controversial federal database that the US Supreme Court
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is allowing the Trump administration to use ahead of November's election. Idaho
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began checks in twenty twenty four, even before Trump's second term began.
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Officials there ultimately referred fifteen cases of potential non citizen registrations, or
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voting to federal prosecutors, McGrain said. He said there are additional checks
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before officials move to cancel registrations, and voters have twenty days to
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prove their citizenship first. It being known publicly that we're doing this
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work also has a deterrent effect, he said. Lawmakers from both parties
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questioned Trump inviting Putin to G twenty in Florida. A bipartisan group
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of fourteen senators is urging Trump to rescind the invitation to Russian
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President Vladimir Putin to attend the G twenty summit to be held
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in Florida in December. President Putin bears sole responsibility for launching Russia's
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full scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Allowing him to participate in
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a G twenty summit in the United States, raises serious concerns about
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legitimizing and normalizing a government that continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets
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every day, the senators wrote in a letter. Among those who signed
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the letter are Jean Shaheen, DNH, Mitch McConnell, Archai Roger Wicker, R.
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Miss, and Chris Coons, D. Dell. Putting says Moscow welcomes US China
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talks. The reason is, they are the world's two largest economies, the
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Russian president told reporters in Saint Petersburg. Depending on what they agree
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on regarding contentious issues, regarding those problematic issues that arise from the
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illegitimate sanctions imposed by the US, depending on how and what agreements
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are reached, this will affect the entire global economy, and our economy
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as well, Putin said. He noted that Russia's ties and trade with
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the US air down to zero, but that Moscow's trade with China
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amounts to two hundred forty billion dollars, with opportunities for further development.
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We welcome any positive agreements between China and the United States, Putin
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said on the sidelines of a Culture Forum. Asked if he would
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attend the Apex summit in China in November, Putin said he was
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determined to take part, but noted that it will depend on The
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situation in Russia. Schumer slams Supreme Court Save ruling as putting its
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thumb on the scale for Trump. In a post on X, Senate
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Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the Supreme Court of bending to Trump's
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election-rigging agenda with its Friday ruling on a revamped federal voter eligibility
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database. Elon Musk's Doge overhauled SAVE database is ridden with errors, Schumer
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wrote. With this decision, thousands of American voters could be wrongly
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stripped from voter rolls and prevented from voting this election season. Save
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can be valuable if used as one of many tools election experts
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say. Former election officials and other experts reacting to the Supreme Court's
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SAVE ruling said the federal database is useful for election administrators as
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long as it's not abused. Critics have pointed out the tool can
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wrongly flag eligible voters as potential non citizens. But Stephen Richer, the
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Republican former top election official in Arizona's largest county, said it can
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be a win for the nation's voter rolls if used responsibly. The
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SAVE program is the only widely encompassing nationwide tool for election officials
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to confirm voter citizenship, he said on social media, adding that because
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it's imperfect, administrators should only use it as a starting point. David
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Becker, Executive Director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, agreed,
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noting the tool is voluntary. States may find this to be a
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useful tool used along with other tools to keep their lists up
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to date, he
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said. A wrongly suspended Texas voter is disappointed by the U.S. Supreme
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Court's latest election decision. Anthony Nells of Denton said Friday that a
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controversial federal voter database harms people's constitutional right to vote. The Supreme
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Court said the Trump administration could use the database ahead of the
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November election. When Texas ran its voter rolls through the database last
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year, Nels was flagged as a potential non citizen, even though the
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South Africa became a citizen more than a decade ago. His registration
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was temporarily cancelled while he replaced an expired passport. This just seems
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like another illegitimate way to affect upcoming and future elections, he said
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in a text to the Associated Press. There is no change in
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policy on Taiwan. US Ambassador to China says David Perdue, the US
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Ambassador to China, said nothing has changed when it comes to the
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US policy on Taiwan. Of course, China has tried to coerce change
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in that regard, Purdue said when speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box on
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Friday. We're not changing the language. We're not changing our position. We
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want peace across the strait. We don't want coercion, he said. We
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don't support independence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in private talks with President
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Donald Trump on Thursday, urged the US side to take one step
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further and oppose Taiwan independence, according to a Chinese official statement. Taiwan
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is a self governed island that Beijing considers as its own territory.
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Gabrielle Gifford's pack pumps seven hundred thousand dollars into California U.S. House
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Battleground. A PAC founded by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords is pumping seven
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hundred thousand dollars in ads into a Central California US House battleground,
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where Democrats hope to oust Republican Representative David Validow. The Dairyman Validao
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has frustrated Democrats for years, beating back challengers in his farm belt
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district, despite its heavy democratic tilt in voter registration. Democrats see an
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opening this year as the party looks to retake control of the
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chamber, with President Donald Trump's popularity sagging, and voters vexed by high
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gas and grocery prices. Gifford's PAC says it's making the investment as
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part of its national push to elect gun safety advocates. Validau is
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facing progressive Democrat Randy Villegas, who is backed by Vermont Senator Bernie
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Sanders. The race is among the mostly costly house contests in the
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nation in terms of advertising. According to data from Adimpact, Republicans have
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spent or booked more than fifteen million dollars of airtime and digital
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messaging through Election Day, while Democrats are at about thirteen million dollars.
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Trump
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hails she state visit as a success. The meeting was one of
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friendship, strength, and success for both China and the USA. Trump offered
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on social media shortly after she departed Washington. Trump also confirmed he'll
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meet two more times this year with She. The two are slated
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to meet during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Shenzhen, China,
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in November and again in December at the Group of twenty summit
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in Florida. Trump asks she not to provide help to Iran, US
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diplomats says no. US Ambassador to China David Perdue says Trump asked
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Xi during their visit to avoid providing help to Iran, as the
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war stretches to nearly seven months. We made it very clear to
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them weeks ago that, you know, any help that they would give
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Irhan, whether it be direct or indirect, whether it be intelligence or
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parts or military equipment, was totally unacceptable, Purdue told C N B
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C on Friday. President Trump made that very clear again yesterday. Purdue
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was asked whether China has helped Iran constrain traffic through the Strait
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of Hormuz, the crucial waterway for global energy shipments. There's been indirect
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support, we think, but there's no direct evidence, Purdue said. We're very
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concerned about this indirect work, and we've made that very clear. Trump
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administration officials have played down the impact of any assistance that China
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may be providing to Iran. Almost forty million barrels of oil have
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made it through Strait of Hormuz. In past forty eight hours, White
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House says the White House said Friday that US officials are having
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positive and constructive conversations with mediators on the Iran war. But the
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Trump administration does not feel like it faces a rush to resolve
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the war. The White House said in response to questions from the
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Associated Press that America is in a very strong position with control
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of
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them Strait of Hormuz, saying that nearly forty million barrels of oil
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have gone through the waterway in the last forty eight hours. Trade
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analysts question Trump She summit accomplishments. I can't recall a US China
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summit that produced fewer deliverables, said Scott Linsicom of the Cato Institute.
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Normally there's Boeing purchases and soybean targets. So far it seems much
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lighter than that. A lot of pomp and circumstance or sound and
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fury, but signifying nothing. There's just not a lost there. Trump's tariffs
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drew retaliation from China, forcing the world's two biggest economies into an
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uneasy truce. It's pretty clear at this point that China has fought
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the US to a draw, that US tariffs have not been successful
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in slowing China's export machine and reversing Chinese industrial policy, Lynchicum said.
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Another summit without tangible results merely allows China to run out They
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clock on Trump's second term without significant concessions, said Jeff Moon, a
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former US trade official and diplomat who runs the China Moon Strategies
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consultancy. Protesters near Xi and
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Trump visit tear up Chinese flags. People carrying signs opposing China's ruling
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Communist Party, and Chinese President Xi Jinping protested at a plaza next
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to the National Archives. Inside, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania
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Trump showed the
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U.S.
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Constitution to Xi and his wife, Peng Li Wan, during their state
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visit to Washington. Two men tore a Chinese national flag, and one
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of them sat down and used part of it to wipe his
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shoe. The protesters held signs calling on Xi and the Chinese Communist
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Party to step down. They also displayed black and white photographs of
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Xi with large red X's over his face. Cattle industry groups protest
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immigration enforcement in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas. The Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Oklahoma
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Cattlemen's Association, and Kansas Livestock Association say U. S. Immigration and customs
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enforcement operations have delayed shipment of thousands of cattle, resulting in millions
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of dollars in lost revenue. The industry groups say ice operations have
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disrupted operations at feed yards, dairy processors, feed and grain companies, and
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transportation hubs. The say they are frustrated that business is likely to
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be affected for weeks. Their joint statement says operations have had a
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massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef
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on the table and keep the cattle supply chain moving. They anticipate
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higher beef prices will result. Ice did not immediately respond to a
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request for comment. Compared to China, Trump says US still a young
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country at two hundred and fifty years old. Trump and Chinese leader
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Ji Jinping looked at a copy of the US Constitution at the
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National Archives and discussed how old their nations are. We're just comparing,
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Trump told reporters. Ours goes two hundred and fifty years, which is
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great, and we're proud of it. But theirs goes six thousand years.
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By Trump's math, China is twenty-four times older than the US. There's
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a little difference between six thousand and two hundred and fifty, but
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we're very proud of our two hundred and fifty, Trump said. Trump
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and House Speaker Mike Johnson to meet with tech CEOs on AI
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next week. The White House meeting set for Tuesday is something the
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House Speaker has encouraged the President to do, suggesting the leaders should
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go behind closed doors to hash out a strategy as voices sound
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alarms about AI technology. Johnson has dismissed concerns about AI as overhyped,
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but the political leaders are under growing pressure from constituents, and the
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tech executives themselves, to chart a path forward. The meeting was first
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reported by Axios. C calls the visit very successful, and says they
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are very satisfied. He expressed his thanks for the treatment he and
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his wife, Peng Li Yuan, have received so far. C thanked Trump
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and the First Lady for everything they did for him and his
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wife. The highest courtesies, the most meticulous arrangements, she said in Chinese.
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This visit is very successful, and we also feel very satisfied. Supreme
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Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now.
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The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter
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database before November's elections, granting President Trump a temporary win in his
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aggressive campaign against non citizen voting. The emergency order allows states for
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now to use the Department of Homeland Security program called Systematic Alien
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Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility
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of voters on their rolls. But because existing law blocks most states
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from systematically purging voters from their rolls within ninety days of an
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election, the immediate impact on the upcoming midterms is likely limited. State's
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use of the SAVE program is voluntary. The court's order puts on
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hold a federal judge's June ruling that had deemed the Republican administration's
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recently revamped version of Save illegal. Read more.