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CBS News reports: A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked President Trump’s administration from implementing portions of his executive order that imposed new requirements involving proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper agreed to grant a preliminary injunction sought by attorneys general from 19 states, who brought their legal challenge to Mr. Trump’s …

NPR reports: A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on COVID vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others. One health expert called the document “willful medical disinformation” about the safety of COVID vaccines for children and pregnant …

The Associated Press reports: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Thursday she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used customers’ personal information to send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state law. Murrill also said she plans to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the company to stop the messages. As lawmakers debated a now-failed bill on Wednesday they …

Politico reports: Senate Judiciary chair Chuck Grassley late Thursday released his committee’s proposals for the massive tax and spending package central to achieving President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, which would include a host of new fees for immigration applicants and tens of billions in funding for ICE. Among the new immigration fees, the Senate Judiciary bill would include a minimum …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey issued a harsh warning Thursday to protesters who use violence in his county: “We will kill you graveyard dead.” Speaking at a news conference with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Ivey said peaceful protests “are part of our democracy” and allowed, but anyone who uses violence or interferes with law enforcement …

The Miami Herald reports: Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader from Miami who President Donald Trump pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack, wants citizens to take deporting undocumented immigrants into their own hands. Literally, he has an app for that. Tarrio has announced he will be the “czar” of an independent organization that pays people cryptocurrency …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser. Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing the pin that identifies lawmakers from civilians. “I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,” Greene said …

“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. “I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United …

The Associated Press reports: Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo unexpectedly vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls — a conservative priority across the country and something that has long been on the governor’s legislative wish list. The move brings a dramatic end to one of …

“Now, this week once again, Americans saw what their coddling of criminals has created in blue cities from coast to coast. So, what do you do as a political party when you’re losing the narrative on law and order, when voters see you as the champions of illegal aliens and violent criminals? What do you do? “Well, you try to …