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Badar Khan Suri is the latest scholar targeted by the Trump administration to be released from detention. -
Republicans want to use the federal tax code to create a national school voucher even in states where voters have fought such efforts. -
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Ryan Routh is accused of the 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump as the then-presidential candidate was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Fla. Routh has pleaded not guilty. -
After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in seven states.
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