And police file a large majority of the petitions.
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Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Though Lomeli denied both her 2021 and 2026 petitions, she is allowed to continue filing similar requests in the future, a notion that is deeply unsettling for Gabriel’s relatives.
Outside, the protesters sang hymns and chanted prayers and held signs and images of the Virgin Mary.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Another ancient tradition is the extensive prayers of the faithful, interspersed with genuflections, which today include intentions as varied as praying for the pope, for the Jewish people, and for those who do not believe in God.
As his invocations crescendoed, so did the music behind him and the Legacy Mass Choir broke into a rousing gospel performance to start the homegoing services.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
In reality, only 17 out of 45 presidents — or 37% — utilized the law, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy organization that in 2022 tracked all Insurrection Act invocations.
The case was originally set for trial this summer, but the trial is on hold until the appeals are complete.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
The older two initially resist their parents’ appeals to immerse themselves in nature, but the youngest, who is mute, explores the area and finds a magical tree inhabited by a group of extraordinary characters.
Kibandi discussed with us about the power of art in creating change and how photography can be a vehicle for culture expanding orisons for girls and women.
Sununu’s dad served as governor, as did his brother Chris, who refused entreaties to run in the party’s Senate races.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
This kind of boosterism—no less evident in Bernard Lewis’s highbrow argument in The New Yorker that Muslims fear modernity than in Niall Ferguson’s entreaties for the Bush Administration to resume the British Empire’s task of civilizing the natives—always seemed bafflingly sterile to me.
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Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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