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U.S., ACLU divide on how to reunify separated families

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to reunite hundreds of immigrant children with parents who have been deported since the families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump administration sides with Ohio on purging voter rolls

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press

Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, the Justice Department said Monday.

Lawmakers in 10 states push to raise marriage age

By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline

Most Americans think of child marriage as a vestige of a bygone era. And yet in every state, people under 18 are allowed to marry.

Under sanctuary city ban, Texas officials face penalties for not complying with immigration laws

By Joshua Barajas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill in a live broadcast on Facebook.

Should states ban the death penalty for people with severe mental illness?

By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline

Legislators in at least seven states have proposed bills this year to prohibit the death penalty for people who suffered from a serious mental illness at the time of their crime.

4 things to watch as Trump’s new travel ban heads to court

By Chris Grygiel, Gene Johnson, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's revised travel ban will be scrutinized in federal courtrooms across the country on Wednesday — the day before it is supposed to go into effect. More than a half-dozen states are trying to derail the executive order…

Trump could reshape Justice Department’s civil rights focus

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A Trump administration could radically reshape the Justice Department, particularly civil rights efforts that have become one of its most pressing and high-profile priorities.

U.S. Justice Department to dispatch fewer election observers

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The reduction is likely to diminish the Justice Department's ability to detect voter intimidation and other potential problems at the polls.

Supreme Court leans left in term unsettled by Scalia’s death

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death transformed the Supreme Court's term, shifted power to its liberal wing and started a transition that will be greatly affected by who wins the presidency.

Anti-poverty group sues Philadelphia for right to protest during rush hour

By Associated Press

Anti-poverty activists have sued Philadelphia, seeking the right to demonstrate during rush hour as the Democratic National Convention opens next month.