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President Trump says process to replace Kennedy on Supreme Court will 'begin immediately'
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Anthony Kennedy: US supreme court justice to retire
Kennedy, 81, has provided crucial swing votes on progressive issues and retirement gives Trump another judicial pick
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Judge orders US to reunite families separated at border within 30 days
Federal ruling also prevents officials splitting up families who crossed the US-Mexico border illegally
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Seventeen states sue Trump administration over family separations
States including New York, California and Washington filed lawsuits accusing government of denying people their rights
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US supreme court upholds Trump's travel ban
Blow to anti-discrimination advocates as justices rule 5-4 in favor of Trump administration after months of legal battle
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Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against majority-Muslim countries
Several judges went further, arguing that campaign promises should be off-limits, or at least dwarfed by government actions that are not overtly discriminatory.
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'They cannot find the children at all': Migrant parents face chaos and red tape trying to reunite with their kids
A Honduran child plays at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center after recently crossing the U.S., Mexico border with his father on June 21, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. Getty Images/Spencer Platt
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Separation at the border: children wait in cages at south Texas warehouse
US Border Patrol allows reporters to visit holding facility
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Justices Side With Colorado Baker on Same-Sex Wedding Cake
The couple at the heart of the case, Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins, were told by the baker that he would not create a cake for their wedding in 2012.
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US military renames Pacific Command
The US is renaming its largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in America's strategic thinking.
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Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting: what we know
A gunman opened fire at the school in Santa Fe, Texas. Multiple people have reportedly been killed.
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Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer
US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer for a payment to a porn star to hush her claims of an affair.
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Jeff Sessions is exerting unprecedented control over immigration courts — by ruling on cases himself
The attorney general is poised to issue decisions that could determine the fate of tens of thousands of immigrants.
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Obama and Kerry blast Trump decision to withdraw from Iran deal
He added, “I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake.”
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Eric Schneiderman, Accused by 4 Women, Quits as New York Attorney General
All the women in the article, who had been romantically involved with Mr. Schneiderman, said the violence was not consensua
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Kilauea: Hawaii emergency declared over volcano eruption
Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents.
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U.S. Supreme Court leans toward upholding Trump's travel ban
But conservative Justice Samuel Alito said during the argument that the text of Trump's proclamation announcing the ban "does not look at all like a Muslim ban."
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George H W Bush hospitalised a day after his wife's funeral
Former US President George H W Bush has been hospitalised with an infection just days after his wife Barbara died.
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Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, declines medical treatment
Her son George W. Bush, now 71 and the nation's 43rd president, served from 2001-09 and retired to Texas.
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