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States push back on Trump's noncitizen voting claims

It was a dire warning, delivered on the biggest stage: Some 278,000 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote in federal elections and were poised to tilt the scales of the election in November, President Donald Trump warned in a primetime address to the nation in July.

The president's bold claim set off a series of events that culminated in recent weeks with an unprecedented bid by the federal government to impose itself on state-run elections.

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As Texas Dems predict a Hispanic wave, Hinojosa takes her pitch ringside

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DeMonica Amerson was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 21. Nearly two decades later, she received devastating news.

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Daniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown before Senate election

Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent Alaska Senate candidate whose name is almost identical to the Republican incumbent, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier this week, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.

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Nearly 500 men are detained at the T Don Hutto detention facility, and many have risked sharing their experiences in a unique way What goes on inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) detention centers across the US happens behind closed doors and high fences. Personal accounts of lengthy detention, misery and sickness and allegations of abuse rarely reach the public directly while people are still behind bars.

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