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Top CNS stories for today including the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would reopen several shuttered government agencies, as a potential long-shot deal to reopen the government crumbled in the Senate; President Donald Trump was met with protests in Texas as he showed no signs of giving up on his signature campaign promise of a wall along the southern border; A federal judge ruled the Special Counsel’s office must divulge all evidence it has to back up claims that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has breached his plea deal, and more.

/ January 10, 2019

Your Thursday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would reopen several shuttered government agencies, as a potential long-shot deal to reopen the government crumbled in the Senate; President Donald Trump was met with protests in Texas as he showed no signs of giving up on his signature campaign promise of a wall along the southern border; A federal judge ruled the Special Counsel’s office must divulge all evidence it has to back up claims that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has breached his plea deal, and more.

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National

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security on Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

1.) With the partial government shutdown in its 20th day, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would reopen several shuttered government agencies, as a potential long-shot deal to reopen the government crumbled in the Senate.  

Protesters greeted President Donald Trump as he visited McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019, to make his case for funding for a border wall. (Photo by Sarah Flores/CNS)

2.) In his first presidential visit to the Texas-Mexico border on Thursday, President Donald Trump was met with protests as he showed no signs of giving up on his signature campaign promise: a wall along the southern border that he continues to insist is a matter of national security.

In this courtroom drawing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, left, sits with his lawyer Kevin Downing as Manafort's trial continues at federal court in Alexandria, Va., on Aug. 7, 2018. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

3.) The Special Counsel’s office must divulge all evidence it has to back up claims that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has breached his plea deal, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

4.) Conceived by a group of New Jersey high school students, a bill President Donald Trump signed this week mandates the public disclosure of the FBI’s closed case files on murders of black people during the civil rights movement.

Regional

Parents and teachers hold signs while talking to reporters outside Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters Jan. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. Teachers in Los Angeles, whose 640,000 students make it the nation's second-largest school district, are ready to strike Thursday, Jan. 10, over a contract dispute that follows teacher walkouts in other states that emboldened organized labor after a critical defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

5.) Los Angeles public school teachers can begin their strike on Jan. 14 after a judge ruled Thursday that the school district could not extend the strike delay even further or block it altogether.

FILE- In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, file photo Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott speaks with his wife Ann by his side at an election watch party in Naples, Fla. Scott is leading incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in the state’s contentious Senate race. Official results posted by the state on Sunday, Nov. 18, showed Scott ahead of Nelson following legally-required hand and machine recounts. State officials will certify the final totals on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

6.) A Florida elections supervisor suspended by former Governor Rick Scott must be given a formal hearing in front of the state Senate because he violated her right to due process, a federal judge ruled.

International

The Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels on March 23, 2010. The European Union's competition watchdog has slapped a record 2.42 billion euro ($2.72 billion) fine on internet giant Google for breaching antitrust rules with its online shopping service. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

7.) Europeans today enjoy the “right to be forgotten” when it comes to internet-search results, but an EU magistrate took Google’s side Thursday when it comes to applying that right globally.

8.) The European Union and its member states do a poor job of detecting fraud and prosecuting people and companies that misuse billions of dollars in EU funds, according to auditors.

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