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Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:31:36 +0000

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The court’s five conservative justices gave the administration the greenlight to begin work on four contracts it has awarded using Defense Department money. Funding for […]

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After 2016 ruling, battles over juvenile lifer cases persist in US

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:58:13 +0000

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About 400 offenders originally sentenced to life without parole as juveniles have been released nationwide, and hundreds of others have been resentenced to shorter terms or made eligible for release by law. But most remain behind bars as prosecutors and judges wrestle with difficult cases.

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Trump orders FBI probe of Kavanaugh as Senate delays final vote

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Trump orders FBI probe of Kavanaugh as Senate delays final vote

US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a new investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court pick, as the US Senate delayed a vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to make way for the probe.

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