Biden administration warns Texas it's breaking the law with anti-migrant barrier in the Rio Grande

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Large orange buoys float behind migrants walking in the river.
Migrants crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large orange buoys deployed by Texas border security.

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Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.

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An Amazon Alexa device
An Amazon Alexa device

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Misclassifying employees as gig workers creates 'a race to the bottom' for businesses, Biden's top labor and antitrust regulators say

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Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of National Labor Relations Board
Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of National Labor Relations Board.

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George Santos was accused of unemployment fraud. The House may vote this week on an unemployment fraud bill that he co-sponsored.

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Rep. George Santos speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, on May 10, 2023.

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George Santos pleads not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and theft with a potential 20-year prison sentence

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U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) speaks to the media as he leaves Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023.

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A film producer who robbed a bank in Florida after running out of money for a movie was jailed for 10 years

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Nacoe Ray Brown during robbery of Florida bank.
Nacoe Ray Brown held up a bank in Belle Isle, Florida.

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A Texas judge's abortion pill ruling was 'extraordinary' because it let doctors ban a drug they neither use nor prescribe, the DOJ said in a bid to reverse the decision

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Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Mifepristone is taken first to stop the pregnancy, followed by Misoprostol to induce bleeding.

DOJ sues Norfolk Southern, calling for fines of $120K per day of Clean Water Act violations tied to East Palestine derailment

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A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.
A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals last month.

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Judge chastises Jan. 6 Capitol rioter, a former high-ranking military officer, during sentencing: 'Astounding and atrocious'

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The retired Air Force officer Larry R. Brock wearing a combat helmet, upper left, in the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021.

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The Justice Department investigated Jeffrey Epstein's death. Then it went silent.

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The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General launched an investigation after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. But more than three years later, the office still hasn't released its report.

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