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Top CNS stories for today including the Supreme Court took up a case involving Muslim men who say the FBI put them on a no-fly list because they would not serve as government informants; Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page argued before the Second Circuit that so-called fake news about him puts his personal safety at risk; The United Kingdom said it has no intention of giving up control over the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, and more.

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National

1.) With the fate of millions of Americans’ health insurance hanging in the balance, the Fifth Circuit is due to rule in a bellwether case that could gut the Affordable Care Act after Congress removed the individual mandate tax penalty two years ago.

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

2.) Accusing a digital-media giant of defamation as well as terrorism, former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page argued Friday before the Second Circuit that so-called fake news about him puts his personal safety at risk.

The Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington on Jan. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

3.) The Supreme Court took up a case Friday involving Muslim men who say the FBI put them on a no-fly list because they would not serve as government informants.

The Trump International Hotel is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

4.) The D.C. Circuit offered little hope to a Beltway wine bar fighting to revive its unfair-competition claims against the Trump International Hotel.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. speaks during the House Oversight subcommittee hearing on deportation of critically ill children at Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

5.) Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has announced her campaign co-chairs – and they’re all women.

Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley runs against the Chicago Bears during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

6.) National Football League team owners and other high-level league officials will have to turn over eight years of cellphone records as part of a lawsuit over the Rams’ move to Los Angeles, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.

International

Protesters hold a placard and banners outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Sept. 3, 2018. Judges at the United Nations' highest court are listening to arguments in a case focused on whether Britain illegally maintains sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, including Diego Garcia, where the United States has a major military base. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

7.) Defying the United Nations and human rights activists, the United Kingdom said Friday it has no intention of giving up control over the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the site of a strategic and secretive U.S. and British military base.

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian waves at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, on Jan. 20, 2016. Rezaian says he was arrested by Iranian authorities, subjected to a sham trial and held for 18 months purely as a way to gain leverage over the American government in nuclear negotiations. Rezaian, 43, testified on Jan. 8, 2019, in federal court as part of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

8.) A federal judge on Friday ordered Iran to pay $179 million in damages to Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, who spent 544 days in an Iranian prison after being falsely accused of being an American spy.

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