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Kilmar Abrego Garcia can remain a free man for the holidays, judge rules marylandmatters.org/2025/12/22/k...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia can remain a free man for the holidays, judge rules - Maryland Matters
A federal district judge ruled Monday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia can remain free from government custody, allowing him to spend the Christmas and New Year’s holidays with his family in Beltsville.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Officials decry judge’s ruling against poultry companies in Oklahoma and Arkansas oklahomavoice.com/2025/12/22/o...
Officials decry judge’s ruling against poultry companies in Oklahoma and Arkansas • Oklahoma Voice
Oklahoma and Arkansas officials are denouncing a federal judge’s decision that found poultry companies responsible for polluting a key watershed in both states and also ordered them to pay millions to...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Oregon immigration lawyers say they face more restrictions under Trump oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/19/o...
Oregon immigration lawyers say they face more restrictions under Trump • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Plaintiffs are asking U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to require that immigration officials give people detained access to their counsel.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Kids from migrant families in need hesitant to seek help, scared that loved ones will be deported azmirror.com/briefs/kids-...
Kids from migrant families in need hesitant to seek help, scared that loved ones will be deported | Arizona Mirror
The Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign is causing children in need to hesitate to ask for help.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
North Dakota law accidentally lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers’ names northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/19/n...
North Dakota law accidentally lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers’ names • North Dakota Monitor
A law approved this year accidentally lumped in two fake names in a list of critical minerals that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the bill.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Suspected Brown mass shooter found dead in N.H. storage facility; linked to MIT physicist’s killing rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/18/p...
Suspected Brown mass shooter found dead in N.H. storage facility; linked to MIT physicist’s killing • Rhode Island Current
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the former Brown University student responsible for a fatal shooting in Providence Saturday, was found dead in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, shortly before 9 p....
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December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Physician urges testing, vaccination as WV whooping cough cases continue at record high westvirginiawatch.com/2025/12/19/p...
Physician urges testing, vaccination as WV whooping cough cases continue at record high • West Virginia Watch
With whooping cough cases in West Virginia at a record high, a physician recommends getting a booster dose of the Tdap vaccine
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December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Redistricting commission votes behind closed doors to move toward redrawing maps marylandmatters.org/2025/12/18/f...
Redistricting commission votes behind closed doors to move toward redrawing maps - Maryland Matters
A panel appointed by Gov. Wes Moore (D) to make recommendations on midcycle congressional redistricting voted behind closed doors Thursday to move forward with its work and solicit proposals on how th...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Attorneys for UA System students, professors file appeal in anti-DEI lawsuit alabamareflector.com/2025/12/19/a...
Attorneys for UA System students, professors file appeal in anti-DEI lawsuit | Alabama Reflector
Attorneys for the students and professors said the lower court “made a lot of mistakes in interpreting the law and the facts” of the case.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Jim Hunt, NC governor who won four terms and shaped legacy on education, dies ncnewsline.com/2025/12/18/j...
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt dies • NC Newsline
“It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Gov. Jim Hunt,” Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt said.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump’s DOJ offers states ‘confidential’ deal to wipe voters flagged by feds as ineligible stateline.org/2025/12/18/t...
Trump's DOJ offers states 'confidential' deal to wipe voters flagged by feds as ineligible • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ute Indian Tribe says a top state lawmaker meddled when it tried to buy back land  utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/18/u...
Ute Indian Tribe says a top state lawmaker meddled when it tried to buy back land  • Utah News Dispatch
The Ute Indian Tribe alleges a top state lawmaker plotted with other officials to block it from buying part of its ancestral land.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SC House GOP seeks to mandate ICE partnership agreements at jails statewide scdailygazette.com/2025/12/18/s...
SC House GOP seeks to mandate ICE partnership agreements at jails statewide • SC Daily Gazette
Twenty SC sheriff’s departments have agreements to aid federal immigration officials. A House GOP proposal could take that nearly statewide.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Missouri faces budget crunch as capital gains tax cut hits harder than expected  missouriindependent.com/2025/12/18/m...
Missouri faces budget crunch as capital gains tax cut hits harder than expected  • Missouri Independent
The capital gains tax cut passed this year by Missouri will cost far more than expected and shrink state revenues, a new estimate shows.
missouriindependent.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Still no name, no motive, no weapon as manhunt in Providence continues rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/s...
Still no name, no motive, no weapon as manhunt continues • Rhode Island Current
Providence police and federal investigators expanded the search area and released images of a second person they want to identify Wednesday as the manhunt for the suspect in the Brown University mass ...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Republicans in New Hampshire fail to override vetoes of book ban, bathroom bills; vow to return to issues newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/17/r...
Republicans fail to override vetoes of book ban, bathroom bills; vow to return to issues • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire House Republicans failed to override a string of vetoes by Gov. Kelly Ayotte Wednesday, after a muted session that previewed disagreements within the party heading into 2026.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Measles cases rise amid holiday travel stateline.org/2025/12/17/m...
Measles cases rise amid holiday travel • Stateline
Measles case are continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
US Energy Secretary says Three Mile Island restart delivers on Trump administration promises penncapital-star.com/economy/ener...
US Energy Secretary says Three Mile Island restart delivers on Trump administration promises • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Since his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump has directed the Energy Department to clear the way for new nuclear development.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Louisiana’s age-check law for social media is unconstitutional, federal judge rules lailluminator.com/2025/12/18/l...
Louisiana’s age-check law for social media is unconstitutional, federal judge rules • Louisiana Illuminator
The Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act calls for all social media sites with more than 5 million users to make “reasonable efforts” to obtain proof of age to establish an account.
lailluminator.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fulton County DA Fani Willis defends 2020 election case in fiery testimony before Senate panel  georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/17/f...
Fulton County DA Fani Willis defends 2020 election case in fiery testimony before Senate panel  • Georgia Recorder
A defiant Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified before a GOP-led state Senate committee Wednesday, defending her office and her decision to pursue a criminal case against President Don...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Alabama 2nd in nation for executions in 2025, according to report alabamareflector.com/2025/12/18/a...
Alabama 2nd in nation for executions in 2025, according to report | Alabama Reflector
Alabama tied with South Carolina and Texas for executions conducted in 2025, even as death penalty support declines.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thousands of Idahoans cancel health insurance plans on exchange ahead of subsidies ending idahocapitalsun.com/2025/12/17/t...
Thousands of Idahoans cancel health insurance plans on exchange ahead of subsidies ending • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho’s health insurance exchange ended open enrollment with thousands canceling plans ahead of expiring government subsidies.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies www.newsfromthestates.com/article/mode...
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House could vote to approve a Democratic bill that would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three more years, after a handful of moderate Republicans backed ...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Kansas efficiency committee targets DEI curricula in college classrooms kansasreflector.com/2025/12/17/k...
Kansas efficiency committee targets DEI curricula in college classrooms • Kansas Reflector
Rep. Kristey Williams opened a Tuesday hearing by stating her intention to promote educational excellence, “review and highlight anything that may have been a deterrent to that” and examine whether DE...
kansasreflector.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM