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Top CNS stories for today including the Supreme Court said the Trump administration can enforce its military-service restrictions on transgender troops pending appeal; The end of a week-long teacher strike in Los Angeles may be near as union members will vote on a proposed contract; The French government opened a web portal where citizens can offer solutions on how to improve France and air their long lists of grievances, and more.

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1.) Putting two nationwide injunctions on hold, the Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration can enforce its military-service restrictions on transgender troops pending appeal.

Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," follows an immigration officer holding his passport on Oct. 7, 2008, during a trip to Nairobi, Kenya. Picked up at his hotel in Nairobi that morning, Corsi was briefly detained before being brought to the airport for deportation, said Joseph Mumira, head of criminal investigations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (AP Photo)

2.) Amending his claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller, conservative author Jerome Corsi told a federal judge he is the target of a conspiracy involving Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a reporter for the Washington Post.

Authorities escort Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., on Jan. 19, 2017. A jury has been picked for the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord. Seven women and five men were selected on Nov. 7, 2018, as jurors in the case against Guzman. The trial is set to begin Nov. 13 with opening statements in federal court in Brooklyn. (Photo via U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)

3.) Short of the drug kingpin himself, there are not many people who could testify about running with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman through the tunnels he’s famously accused of using both to move drugs and escape authorities. But over three days on a New York witness stand, 29-year-old Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez did just that.

Regional

Teachers and students rally at Los Angeles City Hall on Jan. 18, 2019, as their strike against LA Unified School District extends to a fifth day with both sides once again at the bargaining table. (Nathan Solis/CNS)

4.) The end of a week-long teacher strike in Los Angeles may be near, as nearly 30,000 union members and educators are set to vote on a proposed contract Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, waves during an inauguration ceremony with his wife Casey and son Mason, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. Republicans will begin their third decade dominating the state's Capitol. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

5.) Newly inaugurated Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appointed his third justice to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, the last of his three picks for the seven-member panel that solidify the court’s shift to the right.

International

Yellow vest protesters demonstrate in Saint Jean De Luz, France, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. Yellow vest protesters are planning rallies in several French cities despite a national debate launched this week by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at assuaging their anger.(AP Photo/Bob Edme)

6.) On Tuesday, the French government opened the gates to an unprecedented public forum: A web portal where citizens can offer solutions on how to improve France and air their long lists of grievances.

A Notre Dame University professor attributed part of the decline in U.S. church membership to 'the allergic reaction many Americans have to the mixture of religion and conservative politics.'

7.) The European Union’s high court ruled Tuesday that until Austria amends its law to “restore equal treatment,” Good Friday must be a paid holiday for all private employees, not just for those who belong to Protestant churches.

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year looks through a cage's glass in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The lawyer for Paul Whelan who is being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that classified Russian materials were found on him when he was arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

8.) The lawyer for the former U.S. Marine accused of espionage in Russia said Tuesday that his client received a flash drive containing “state secrets” before his arrest and detention at Moscow’s infamous Lefortovo Prison.

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