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Top CNS stories for today including longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to Congress and obstructing an official proceeding; British Prime Minister Theresa May won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc; The integrity of U.S. elections took center stage at a packed House Judiciary Committee hearing on a cornerstone of Democratic anti-corruption legislation that is vehemently opposed by GOP lawmakers as an overreach of federal powers, and more.

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Roger Stone arrives at federal court on Jan. 29, 2019, in Washington. The former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump was arrested in the special counsel's Russia investigation. He is charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the probe. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

1.) Longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of lying to Congress and obstructing an official proceeding.

Voters lined up to participate in early voting in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Nov. 2018. On Monday, July 19, 2021, a federal appeals court upheld a block on an Indiana law that would have permitted the state to remove certain voters from the rolls without notifying them. (Austen Leake/Tribune-Star via AP)

2.) The integrity of U.S. elections took center stage at a packed House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on a cornerstone of Democratic anti-corruption legislation that is vehemently opposed by GOP lawmakers as an overreach of federal powers.

3.) The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the government’s use of a terror-reporting tool that critics say puts innocent Americans on a watch list just for being Muslim or engaging in innocuous activities like taking photos in public.

International

A pro European demonstrator holds a banner near parliament in London on Jan. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

4.) British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc.

The humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 3. (sea-watch.org)

5.) The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Italy to provide food and medical care to 47 migrants on board a ship anchored off the coast of Sicily, but stopped short of approving the migrants’ request to disembark.

Mike Starkey offloads soybeans from his combine on Sept. 21, 2018, as he harvests his crops in Brownsburg, Ind. Farmers already reeling from low prices and uncertainty amid the nation’s trade dispute with China are welcoming a decision to delay a deadline for federal aid because of the partial government shutdown. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, announced the Agriculture Department would extend a Jan. 15 deadline for farmers to apply for payments to offset losses they incurred due to the trade dispute. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

6.) In a move expected to increase overseas exports, the European Union approved the use of U.S. soybeans Tuesday in the production of biofuel.

FILE- In this May 24, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores greets the media as they arrive to a military parade at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela. U.S. prosecutors are looking into whether members of Maduro's family were simultaneously benefiting from what they contend was a scheme to siphon off $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, two people familiar with the U.S. investigation told The Associated Press .(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

7.) The Trump administration ratcheted up its efforts to oust embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, leveling sanctions against the state-owned oil company aimed at cutting off $11 billion in annual oil export revenue for Maduro’s government.

Science

8.) Flatulence has long been identified as the main culprit in cattle’s detrimental impact on the climate, but a new study released on Tuesday indicates bovine urine may actually be worse for the planet.

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