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Top CNS stories for today including two congressional committees in the control of Democrats crossed what President Donald Trump sees as a “red line” by subpoenaing his Deutsche Bank financial records; Conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court showed skepticism as an oil-rig worker fought to have California overtime laws carry over to the outercontinental shelf; Foster kids filed a class action against Oregon Governor Kate Brown over the state’s dismal foster care system, and more.

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Headquarters of Deutsche Bank, left, and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 18, 2019. The banks have begun talks on a possible merger. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

1.) Two years ago, President Donald Trump answered in the affirmative when asked whether a subpoena of his Deutsche Bank financial records would cross a “red line.” Trump had been referring to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation at the time, but two congressional committees in the control of Democrats ran roughshod over that boundary on Tuesday.

Pelicans float on the water with an offshore oil platform in the background in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2010 (AP photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

2.) Conservative members of the Supreme Court showed skepticism Tuesday as an oil-rig worker fought to have California overtime laws carry over to the outercontinental shelf.

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waits to speak during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is disrespecting Native Americans by referring to her as "Pocahontas," and she says that while she's not enrolled in any tribe, "I never used my family tree to get a break or ... advance my career." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

3.) Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren made her first campaign stop in the crucial early primary state of South Carolina on Monday night, speaking at a coastal community forum in Charleston.

Visitors look at a display booth for Qualcomm at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing on April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

4.) Apple and Qualcomm settled their global patent war Tuesday, following opening arguments in what was pegged as a lightning-rod five-week trial with billions of dollars at stake.

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5.) Foster kids filed a class action against Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday over the state’s dismal foster care system, which the kids say removes them from their homes at twice the national average and increasingly places them in out-of-state facilities.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam prepares to address a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Northam made a statement and answered questions about the late term abortion bill that was killed in committee. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

6.) Blackface and sexual assault scandals dragged down fundraising efforts by Virginia’s Democratic executive branch, according to numbers released ahead of this year’s state legislative races.

7.) A federal judge upheld a rule that opens up a portion of the western Gulf of Maine to commercial and recreational fishing for the first time.

Firefighters tackle a fire at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, in Opelousas, La., on April 4. (Leslie Westbrook/The Advocate via AP)

8.) Charges against the white Louisianan accused of burning three black churches to the ground were upgraded by prosecutors during an arraignment and bail hearing to include three counts of state-level hate crimes.

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