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Texas sued to end an immigration-court procedure. The administration agreed, and a judge approved the deal that day. The Supreme Court has now declined emergency relief for the people trying to defend the rule.
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DOJ added an obstruction charge against two former FBI officials in an overnight filing. A magistrate struck the amended complaint because it lacked the required judicial sign-off. The original case remains.
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Trump plans an EPA proposal easing methane rules, including ending a program for outside groups to report large leaks. The administration says this will help lower energy costs. The leak has not supplied a quote.
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A USDA proposal would finally require chip-enabled food assistance cards. Protecting people from theft is a useful kind of fraud crackdown. Now comes the question of paying for the locks.
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The Justice Department says its latest filing keeps a decade-old leak case alive. Comey's lawyers say the law required an indictment. A federal judge now gets to decide whether the government's paperwork stopped the clock.
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