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Trump ordered limits on voting by mail. The Postal Service is moving to make states comply.
The proposal exempts military and overseas voters and excludes primaries, even as five lawsuits challenge the order ahead of November midterms.
Immigration
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped
A federal judge in Tennessee called the prosecution vindictive and selective, but the Trump administration now seeks to deport him to Liberia instead of Costa Rica, where he has refugee status.
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Another lawsuit filed over treatment of ICE detainee at Ohio jail
An Ecuadoran detainee alleges a Butler County jailer punched him so hard he was hospitalized, part of a pattern advocates say extends to other immigration detainees at the jail.
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Ohio ICE detentions soar in Trump’s second term
Nearly 95% of Ohio's detained immigrants have no violent crime convictions, yet ICE moves them frequently across state lines, separating them from lawyers and families.
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Jan. 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.77B ‘taxpayer-funded slush fund’
Officers who defended the Capitol say the fund could compensate pardoned rioters and finance future violence against them.
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Red states press social service workers into immigration enforcement
Tennessee and four other red states now require social workers to report immigrants' status, threatening jail time and funding cuts for non-compliance.
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How the Strait of Hormuz affects the price of filling your gas tank
A Feb. 28 Iran war disrupted the global oil supply route, driving U.S. gas prices up 38 cents per gallon in a month despite lower Persian Gulf imports.
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Conditions in Haiti ‘grave’ as Supreme Court weighs allowing revoked legal status and deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for roughly 45,000 Haitians in Ohio, as a new report warns Haiti remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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Future of Haitians living in Ohio with temporary protected status depends on the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether the Trump administration can strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian nationals — a ruling that could directly impact tens of thousands of Ohioans, including an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians living in Springfield.
