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Gay workers not covered by civil rights law, Trump admin tells Supreme Court
The Justice Department, in a brief submitted to the high court Friday, argued that Title VII “does not bar discrimination because of sexual orientation.”
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Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick our president
A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that presidential electors who cast the actual ballots for president and vice-president are free to vote as they wish and cannot be required to follow the results of the popular vote in their states.
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'Facts matter': FEC chairwoman challenges Trump's voter fraud claims - POLITICO
Ellen Weintraub demanded the president back up his statements about voter fraud in New Hampshire.
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Justice Dept. again sides with Trump over House in personal financial records fight - CNNPolitics
The Trump administration's Justice Department has again taken President Donald Trump's side in a fight between him -- as a private citizen -- and the US House of Representatives over subpoenas for his personal financial records.
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Weapons seized at Portland right-wing rally, counterprotests | PBS NewsHour Weekend
Police seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, in a situation the mayor termed “potentially dangerous and volatile.”
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Donald Trump is taking US down the path to tyranny (opinion) - CNN
The President, who holds the grandiose belief that only he should rule America, has started with a trade war, but we shouldn't be surprised if the trade war morphs into a hot one, ushered in with the help of a supine Congress, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
