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Top CNS stories for today including British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered another heavy blow when the House of Commons again rejected her divorce deal with the European Union, raising the prospect that new elections may be needed to break the impasse; Georgia’s Republican-controlled House sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would make it nearly impossible for women to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy; A federal judge ruled the Army Corps of Engineers regularly violates the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to disclosing information about Clean Water Act permits, and more.

Your Friday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered another heavy blow when the House of Commons again rejected her divorce deal with the European Union, raising the prospect that new elections may be needed to break the impasse; Georgia’s Republican-controlled House sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would make it nearly impossible for women to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy; Attorney General William Barr said he will release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly 400-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election by mid-April, and more.

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National

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on March 22, 2019. Barr told Congress on March 29 to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid-April. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

1.) In a letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr said Friday he will release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly 400-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election by mid-April.

2.) President Donald Trump on Friday issued a new permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, replacing a 2017 permit that a federal judge in Montana blocked in November.

The Mississippi River in all its spender as the sun sets. (Photo by Marty Kittrell via U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

3.) The Army Corps of Engineers regularly violates the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to disclosing information about Clean Water Act permits, a federal judge ruled.

Regional

Georgia members of the Handmaid Coalition protest the passage of HB 481 outside the Capitol, Friday, March 8, 2019, in Atlanta. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

4.) In the face of public outcry and protests from both anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights groups, Georgia’s Republican-controlled House on Friday sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would make it nearly impossible for women to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

5.) Some say arm the teachers. Others want a gun-free zone. As America grapples with the rise in mass school shootings, one small town school board opted this year to invest in free-standing door barricades. But this decision too would not be without controversy.

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Johanna Morrow plays the didgeridoo during a memorial service for Justine Damond in Minneapolis. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has convened a grand jury in the July 2017 police shooting of Damond by Minneapolis Officer Mohamed Noor. Freeman said previously he would no longer use grand juries in police shootings, and would decide those cases himself. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)

6.) Graphic footage shown to jurors in the upcoming trial of a former Minnesota police officer charged with killing an Australian woman will not be played for the public and the media, a state judge ruled Friday.

International

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters take part in the final leg of the "March to Leave" along the embankment in London, Friday, March 29, 2019. The protest march which started on March 16 in Sunderland, north east England, finishes on Friday March 29 in Parliament Square, London, on what was the original date for Brexit to happen before the recent extension. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

7.) Imperiled British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered another heavy blow on Friday when the House of Commons again rejected her divorce deal with the European Union, raising the prospect that new elections may be needed to break the impasse.

An activist poses with his face painted in the EU and Union Flag colors during an anti-Brexit campaign stunt outside EU headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to persuade European Union leaders to delay Brexit by up to three months, just eight days before Britain is scheduled to leave the bloc. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

8.) The logistics of the United Kingdom’s impending divorce from the European Union have proven thorny and contentious, leaving the entire process mired in uncertainty. That uncertainty, coupled with the eventual uncoupling from the EU’s customs union, has many British businesses worried about the impact of Brexit on their livelihoods.

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