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Legal Groups and Former Judges Expand Challenges to Trump Election Directives

The Campaign Legal Center, American Civil Liberties Union, former federal judges and other legal groups are pursuing coordinated lawsuits challenging executive actions affecting voting procedures and postal election operations.
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US Issues New Residency Rules for Some Children of Foreign Government Employees
Japan’s Takaichi Plans Washington Summit With Trump Ahead of UN General Assembly
Legal Groups and Former Judges Expand Challenges to Trump Election Directives
Trump Plans Final-Month Campaign Push Across 35 Battleground House Districts
Congress Averts US Government Shutdown With Funding Extension Through December 11
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Mail-In Voting Restrictions Before Midterms
Trump Administration Proposes Visa Petition Fees Above $100,000 for Skilled Foreign Workers
Trump Administration Imposes 50% Tariffs on Range of Canadian Goods
Trump Threatens U.S. Sales Ban on Bombardier Aircraft Unless Production Moves to America
U.S. Congress Passes Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
EU Offers Greenland €200 Million Partnership Package Amid U.S. Territorial Pressure
White House Defends Venezuela Oil Agreement Giving U.S. Majority Rights Over 17 Fields
Trump Administration Presses Apple to Rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America”
Supreme Court Allows Construction of $400 Million White House Ballroom to Continue
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