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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday that Democrats in the state legislature violated the Virginia Constitution when sending the referendum to voters.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
11 May 2026 -
What boundary is being violated?—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Perhaps not coincidentally, Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia later that year.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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Some have questioned whether the Biennale really is a nonpartisan exhibition, pointing to the show’s history of making political statements, including in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
9 May 2026
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The person struck breached airport security Friday night to scale a perimeter fence and dash out onto the runway, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a Saturday morning statement.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday the victim had breached airport security, deliberately scaled a perimeter fence and ran onto the runway.—
Jeffrey Cook,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Kurtz's attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Red-state politicians and tea party activists protested that Common Core intruded on state control of education; the Obama administration’s support for the standards intensified that opposition.—
Steven Yoder,
States Newsroom,
20 Mar. 2026
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This is hardly the first time outside events have intruded on the industry’s biggest night.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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This shift happened gradually, but new-era thinking was entrenched by Season 41, the show’s first post-COVID season.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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But for the moment, the regime — now dominated more than ever by hard-line elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — is firmly entrenched, the Western officials said.—
Dan De Luce,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
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“Infringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringed. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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