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Virginia governor candidates duel over transgender participation in youth sports

By David Wright, Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — As Democrats continue their internal debate over transgender rights, Abigail Spanberger, the party’s nominee for governor of Virginia, is directly responding to Republican ads that echo the commercials run against Kamala Harris last year. “I’m Abigail Spanberger, mom to three girls in public school,” Spanberger says in

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A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent watches as Customs and Border Protection officers hold a line against protestors who responded to an immigration raid at a farm in Camarillo

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue ‘roving’ ICE patrols in California

By John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday backed President Donald Trump’s push to allow immigration enforcement officials to continue what critics describe as “roving patrols” in Southern California that lower courts said likely violated the Fourth Amendment. The court did not offer an explanation for its decision, which came

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Homeland Security police officer stands behind a press conference called by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to respond to a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that Boston change its immigration policies

Trump administration launches immigration enforcement surge in Massachusetts

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched a new federal immigration enforcement effort in Massachusetts focused on deporting criminals who entered the country illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “ICE launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state of Massachusetts, following

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Sen. Susan Collins speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in February.

In Maine, a brewery owner and an oyster farmer hope to upend the establishment and oust Susan Collins from the Senate

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The eclectic Democratic field in Maine seeking to end the nearly 30-year run of Republican Sen. Susan Collins includes a brewery owner, an oyster farmer and a former congressional staffer who was in grade school when the senator was first elected. Any chance Democrats have of defying expectations and

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Trump quietly preparing to travel next month to South Korea, where he could sit down with China’s leader

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top advisers are quietly preparing to travel to South Korea in October for the gathering of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers, three Trump administration officials told CNN. The summit, set to be held in the city of Gyeongju between late October and early November,

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