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  • Maxine Waters Says Trump Is Leading Himself to Impeachment

    After tweeting last week that her “greatest desire was to lead Donald Trump right into impeachment,” Maxine Waters said Monday that Trump’s actions are leading him to possible impeachment. CNN reports that the California Democrat made her remarks to reporters at a news conference. “I have not called for the impeachment yet. He’s doing it…

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  • Calif. Sheriff’s Deputy Caught on Video Threatening to ‘Create’ Charges and Send Man to Jail

    Authorities in California are investigating after a video surfaced showing a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy threatening to create charges and throw a man in jail. Duncan Hicks went into the Victorville sheriff’s station Jan. 20 around 11 a.m. to file an incident report regarding a child custody issue. He told the Los Angeles Times…

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  • Trump Threatens to Take Federal Funding From UC Berkeley, but Can He Do That?

    After University of California, Berkeley officials canceled a scheduled appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos this week amid on-campus and online protests, President Donald Trump took to his Twitter account to threaten the university with the loss of federal funding for not allowing free speech. But is that something that is really within his power to do?…

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  • Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Entry Ban Nationwide

    Although the precise details have yet to be revealed, on Friday a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on entry to the United States, and this ruling appears to be broader than others issued before it. The Washington Post reports that Judge James L. Robart, a George…

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  • Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Cleared of Any Wrongdoing in Death of Mitrice Richardson

    A nearly yearlong criminal investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office failed to find any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies for their handling of the 2009 disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson, according to an official letter sent to Richardson’s family. Richardson, 24, went missing in 2009 after…

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  • #Flint: Judge Dismisses Major Class Action Lawsuit

    A major class action lawsuit filed by Flint, Mich., residents over how the state handles changes in the city’s water that led to the lead-contamination crisis was dismissed by a federal judge Thursday. The Detroit News reports that U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case brought by Flint activist and resident Melissa Mays…

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  • 50 ACLU Affiliates File Demands for Documents on Implementation of Trump’s Muslim Ban

    Fifty affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 18 coordinated Freedom of Information Act requests Thursday with local U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in an effort to expose how Trump-administration officials are interpreting and executing the president’s Muslim ban at international airports across the country, violating federal court orders that stayed the ban’s…

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  • Uber CEO Leaves Trump Advisory Council After Catching a Fade From #DeleteUber Campaign

    Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has not had the best week. After accusations surfaced that his company was trying to profit off of immigration-ban protests over the weekend at San Francisco International Airport and word got out that he was on President Donald Trump’s Business Advisory Council, a #DeleteUber social media campaign was started against him…

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  • House Votes to Scrap Rule Requiring Extended Background Check on Gun Buys by Those With Mental Disabilities

    The House voted 235-180 Thursday to scrap an Obama rule to extend background checks on gun purchases by disabled Social Security recipients determined to be mentally incapable of managing their own affairs. According to the Washington Post, the rule required the Social Security Administration to provide information to the gun-buying background-check system about recipients with…

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  • Ronald Gasser Indicted on 2nd-Degree Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Joe McKnight

    The man accused of shooting and killing former NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage incident in Terrytown, La., has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ronald Gasser, 55, was originally arrested and charged with manslaughter on Dec. 5, four days after McKnight’s death, NOLA.com…

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