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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
Voting rights organizations had challenged a Trump administration overhaul of a government database, arguing it could be used to disenfranchise eligible voters.
NYTimes – US The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use an overhauled data system to review state voter rolls using citizenship information and other sensitive data to filter alleged non-citizen voting. The system had previously been found by a lower court to violate federal privacy protections and has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens.
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NYTimes – US The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
NYTimes – US Police in Wichita, Kansas, are investigating why the driver of a pickup truck sped onto a youth soccer field, killing a man and a 6-year-old boy. Ian Lee has the latest.
Sky News – World Four Canadian soldiers died and dozens were seriously injured after a fast-moving grass fire swept through CFB Wainwright, a military training base in Alberta, during a weekend exercise. Officials said the fire spread "a kilometre in 36 seconds". Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the blaze one of the worst peacetime tragedies for the country's forces on Canadian soil. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
The Eagles said they expect Hurts to make a "full recovery."
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