Top CNS stories for today including former Vice President Joe Biden announced his presidential bid by warning that the re-election of President Donald Trump will put American values and “our very democracy” at stake; A trio of federal judges ruled that Michigan Republicans illegally drew election maps to secure GOP victories and ordered lawmakers to redraw dozens of districts for the 2020 election; FBI and IRS agents conducted sweeping raids on Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, and more.
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Top CNS stories for today including former Vice President Joe Biden announced his presidential bid by warning that the re-election of President Donald Trump will put American values and “our very democracy” at stake; A trio of federal judges ruled that Michigan Republicans illegally drew election maps to secure GOP victories and ordered lawmakers to redraw dozens of districts for the 2020 election; FBI and IRS agents conducted sweeping raids on Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, and more.
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National
1.) Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his presidential bid Thursday in a video posted to Twitter, warning that the re-election of President Donald Trump will put American values and “our very democracy” at stake.
4.) After several weeks of deliberation, a trio of federal judges ruled Thursday that Michigan Republicans illegally drew election maps to secure GOP victories and ordered lawmakers to redraw dozens of districts for the 2020 election.
6.) Public defenders for the man accused of murdering 17 people at his former high school in Florida asked a judge to let them withdraw from his case, saying his $432,000 inheritance disqualifies him from receiving the free legal counsel.
International
7.) Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old autistic Swedish girl with braids, single-minded determination and an apocalyptic message who has taken Europe by storm and become the face of climate-change activism.
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