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Top CNS stories for today including the House of Representatives passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform bill that makes changes to voting registration, redistricting and campaign finance rules; All 28 members of the current U.S. women’s soccer team sued their national governing body claiming years of gender discrimination and inequitable pay; It’s back to Brexit chaos for Great Britain and the Conservative government of Prime Minister Theresa May after negotiations with the European Union this week failed to deliver the breakthrough she was looking for, and more.

Your Friday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including the House of Representatives passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform bill that makes changes to voting registration, redistricting and campaign finance rules; All 28 members of the current U.S. women’s soccer team sued their national governing body claiming years of gender discrimination and inequitable pay; It’s back to Brexit chaos for Great Britain and the Conservative government of Prime Minister Theresa May after negotiations with the European Union this week failed to deliver the breakthrough she was looking for, and more.

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National

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. McConnell is opposed to H.R. 1, the first bill of the new House majority that tackles campaign finance reforms and other issues. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., listens at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

1.) The House of Representatives on Friday passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform bill that makes changes to voting registration, redistricting and campaign finance rules, but the measure is unlikely to become law because of Republican opposition in the Senate.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is racing to convince lawmakers to extend the state's cap-and-trade program which puts a price on carbon emitted by polluters, including oil refineries like the Valero Benicia Refinery seen Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Benicia, Calif. The program has been closely watched around the world as a market-based way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it expires in 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

2.) Taking on an Obama-era regulation meant to stop global warming, the EPA joined chemical makers Friday in urging the D.C. Circuit to throw out strict limits on greenhouse gas-emitting hydrofluorocarbons.

United States' Tobin Heath, second from right, is congratulated on her goal by Mallory Pugh, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan (from left to right) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match against Brazil in Tampa, Fla., on March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

3.) With just months to go before the Women’s World Cup in France, all 28 members of the current U.S. women’s soccer team sued their national governing body Friday – International Women’s Day – claiming years of gender discrimination and inequitable pay.

In this Thursday, March 7, 2019, photo visitors to the Pittsburgh veterans job fair meet with recruiters at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. On Friday, March 8, the U.S. government issues the February jobs report, which will reveal the latest unemployment rate and number of jobs U.S. employers added. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

4.) The U.S. economy gained just 20,000 jobs last month, marking the lowest monthly increase in over a year, while unemployment dropped slightly and wages grew faster.  

Regional

Jack Jozefs places a sign at a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, the anniversary of the shooting at the school that killed 17 people, in Parkland, Fla. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

5.) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been hit with a lawsuit from a suspended sheriff who claims the governor’s decision to oust him was nothing more than a “political power play” designed to scapegoat him for last year’s Parkland high school massacre.

6.) The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that the state’s Medicaid program must cover the cost of sex-change operations for transgender persons.

Doran Beach, Bodega Bay, California. (Chris Marshall / CNS)

7.) In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief muses on sports and bird attacks before an eclipse.

International

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a speech at the in Grimsby, north east England, Friday March 8, 2019. British lawmakers are due to vote for a second time Tuesday on the deal, which they overwhelmingly rejected in January. (Christopher Furlong/PA via AP)

8.) It’s back to Brexit chaos for Great Britain and the Conservative government of Prime Minister Theresa May after negotiations with the European Union this week failed to deliver the breakthrough she was looking for.

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