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The attorneys general of California, New York, and 14 other states on Monday filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit against the White House's recent national emergency declaration over border security, claiming President Trump has "veered the country toward a constitutional crisis of his own making."
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Mark WilsonRICHMOND, VA -- One floor below the Virginia State Senate chamber, Wilktion Shaw works as a cook at Meriwether's. It's a cafe well known to those who come to the state Capitol, cooking up soup, sandwiches and salads and serving everyone from teenage pages to elected officials in need of a quick bite.
On normal days, a steady stream of customers will come through its doors. But these aren't normal days.
Virginia politics has been beset by a tidal wave of scandal after the state's governor and attorney general both admitted to wearing blackface decades ago and the lieutenant governor was accused of sexual assault. In response, the national media has descended upon Richmond, further opening up cultural wounds across a state with an already deeply-checkered history on matters of race.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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