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Top Eight

Top eight stories for today including the EU’s top court ruled Germany has been violating the bloc’s pollution standards since 2010; More Chinese companies were added to a blacklist preventing Americans from investing in firms deemed national security threats; A Ninth Circuit panel blasted the Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pacific walrus from the Endangered Species Act list, and more.

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Top eight stories for today including the EU’s top court ruled Germany has been violating the bloc’s pollution standards since 2010; More Chinese companies were added to a blacklist preventing Americans from investing in firms deemed national security threats; A Ninth Circuit panel blasted the Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pacific walrus from the Endangered Species Act list, and more.

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National

1.) American businesses will be prohibited from investing in Chinese companies that manufacture security and surveillance equipment, after President Joe Biden extended a ban Thursday first issued by former President Donald Trump.

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 19, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Monday amid cautious optimism about a global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

2.) The Justice Department issued new guidance over how to investigate ransomware after a series of cyber-attacks rocked U.S. supply chains. 

(fancycrave1/PixaBay via Courthouse News)

3.) A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday blasted the Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pacific walrus from the Endangered Species Act list in 2017. 

FILE - In this Sept. 2013 photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, Pacific walruses gather to rest on the shores of the Chukchi Sea near the coastal village of Point Lay, Alaska. A lawsuit making its way through federal court in Alaska will decide whether Pacific walruses should be listed as a threatened species, giving them additional protections. Walruses use sea ice for giving birth, nursing and resting between dives for food but the amount of ice over several decades has steadily declined due to climate warming. (Ryan Kingsbery/United States Geological Survey via AP, file)

4.) Laying the groundwork to distribute 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from U.S. reserves, the White House cemented plans Thursday to allocate around three-quarters of these doses through the worldwide vaccine initiative Covax.

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Regional

5.) Ocean County, New Jersey, faced stiff arguments Thursday in its protest of a state directive that forbids officers at the municipal level from informing federal immigration officials when an inmate is an undocumented immigrant.

(Image courtesy of Ocean County Government via Courthouse News)

6.) A 2007 lawsuit over racial profiling continues to cause problems for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, with a federal judge signaling Thursday he will find Sheriff Paul Penzone in contempt for taking too long to investigate charges of misconduct among officers.

(Image by Yildiray Yücel Kamanmaz from Pixabay via Courthouse News)

International

7.) Germany has been violating European Union pollution standards since 2010, the bloc’s top court ruled on Thursday. 

Berlin's Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station on a frigid January night. Originally a marsh outside the city's walls on the road to Spandau, Prussian king Frederick the Great ordered a market built here in the 1750s. The square has borne the name of Berlin commandant Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke since 1840. Neglected while a part of East Germany, the area became revitalized after reunification and the station is now an important starting point for Berlin nightlife. (Courthouse News photo / William Dotinga)

8.) Europe’s top court on Thursday tossed out Hungary’s bid to overturn a 2018 vote by the European Parliament that triggered sanctions proceedings against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government for allegedly operating like an undemocratic one-party state.

The European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. (Image by Leonardo1982 from Pixabay via Courthouse News)
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