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Top CNS stories for today including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said Democrats may go to court to enforce the subpoena that demanded former White House counsel Don McGahn’s appearance before lawmakers; A new poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear frontrunner among Democrats to take on President Donald Trump in 2020; California sued the Trump administration in federal court to block cancellation of a nearly $1 billion in funding for the high-speed rail project, and more.

Your Tuesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said Democrats may go to court to enforce the subpoena that demanded former White House counsel Don McGahn’s appearance before lawmakers; A new poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear frontrunner among Democrats to take on President Donald Trump in 2020; California sued the Trump administration in federal court to block cancellation of nearly $1 billion in funding for the high-speed rail project, and more.

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National

A name placard is displayed for former White House counsel Don McGahn, who flouted a subpoena Tuesday to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

1.) With the chair reserved for former White House counsel Don McGahn empty Tuesday morning, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said Democrats may go to court to enforce the subpoena that demanded McGahn’s appearance.

2.) The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a Los Angeles attorney to a seat on the Ninth Circuit after he faced criticisms from Democrats over his record of representing fossil fuel companies in court, making him the second Trump nominee added to the San Francisco-based appeals court in a week.

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

3.) With more than 500 days left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear frontrunner among Democrats to take on President Donald Trump, according to a Quinnipiac poll Tuesday.

Regional

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, one of the elevated sections of the high-speed rail is under construction in Fresno, Calif. The Trump administration cancelled nearly $1 billion in federal money for California's high-speed rail project Thursday, May 16, 2019, further throwing into question the future of the ambitious plan to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

4.) California sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday to block cancellation of a nearly $1 billion in funding for the high-speed rail project.

5.) Within 30 days of death, a human body could be the soil nourishing a growing tree under a bill signed into law Tuesday morning by Washington state Governor Jay Inslee. The process uses fewer resources than traditional burial and releases far less carbon dioxide than cremation.

International

A sign opposing the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is posted outside of the offices of the political party Sinn Féin in Belfast. (Photo Cain Burdeau/CNS)

6.) A man leans out of a window high up on the hulking parliament building of Northern Ireland and shouts to a gaggle of journalists down below. “Get me a united Ireland or I jump!” It was a joke, but one full of meaning.

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2018 file photo, plastic bottles and other plastics including a mop, lie washed up on the north bank of the River Thames in London. European Union officials agreed on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, to ban some single-use plastics, such as disposable cutlery, plates and straws, in an effort to cut marine pollution. The measure will also affect plastic cotton buds, drink stirrers, balloon sticks, and single-use plastic and polystyrene food and beverage containers. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

7.) Turning the screws on marine pollution and environmental health hazards, the Council of the European Union signed off on a plan to ban many single-use plastic items and set limits on potentially harmful contaminants in fertilizer products.

A man walks by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

8.) The European Court of Justice slammed Hungary on Tuesday for canceling the land-use rights of non-Hungarian nationals within its borders.

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