Your Wednesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News
Top CNS stories for today including the Republican-run Senate on Wednesday afternoon rejecting a GOP proposal to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement; in a midnight vote Wednesday, the Texas Senate passed the latest version of its so-called “bathroom bill” requiring transgender people to use public facilities that match their biological sex; a European Court of Justice adviser said Wednesday that Malta’s introduction of a law to allow the trapping of finches violates EU protections of wild birds. and more.
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1.) In National news the Republican-run Senate on Wednesday afternoon rejected a GOP proposal to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement.
2.) President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to announce the United States will not “allow or accept” any transgender individuals in the military.
3.) U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department will no longer award $385 million in grants to cities and states that refuse to help federal agents detain undocumented immigrants at local jails.
5.) Lobbyists for big agriculture are already anxious about President Donald Trump’s renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement next year, hoping the trade pact will be kept in place.
6.) In Regional news in a midnight vote Wednesday, the Texas Senate passed the latest version of its so-called “bathroom bill” requiring transgender people to use public facilities that match their biological sex.
7.) People in same-sex relationships in South Carolina are entitled to the same protections against domestic violence as heterosexual couples, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
8.) In International news a European Court of Justice adviser said Wednesday that Malta’s introduction of a law to allow the trapping of finches violates EU protections of wild birds.
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