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Nationwide protests begin against Trump’s immigration crackdown and health care cuts

By COREY WILLIAMS and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country. The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action

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Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A group of immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts for previously scheduled hearings and placing them on a fast-track to deportation. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the

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