| House Judiciary debates wording of Trump impeachment charges: Live updates -  After a late night of primetime speechmaking, members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday are debating the specific language of the impeachment articles targeting President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In the first stage of the markup Wednesday night, Democrats continued to defend their handling and the pace of the impeachment proceedings while Republicans attacked them for pushing to remove Trump for what they said were political reasons.
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| Judge blocks Los Angeles from enforcing NRA disclosure law - ![Judge blocks Los Angeles from enforcing NRA disclosure law]( "Judge blocks Los Angeles from enforcing NRA disclosure law") In a victory for the gun rights group, U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which took effect on April 1. Wilson said the NRA was likely to show that the law, which requires companies seeking city contracts to disclose NRA contracts or sponsorship, violated its constitutional First Amendment right to free speech and would cause irreparable harm. The judge found only a slight relationship between the law and Los Angeles' interests in public safety and transparent government, and said an injunction would better serve the public interest.
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| U.S. universities group agrees to drop anti-competition rules - ![U.S. universities group agrees to drop anti-competition rules]( "U.S. universities group agrees to drop anti-competition rules") The National Association for College Admission Counseling, a trade association of admissions counselors, has agreed to drop rules against colleges trying to poach each other's students and prospective students, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The organization had put rules in its ethics code that discouraged recruiting students to transfer, or targeting new incoming students after May 1. It also discouraged recruiting Early Decision students, who apply with the understanding that if they are accepted, they will attend, the department said.
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| Cuba tourists barely pass 4 million, in disappointing result -  Cuba’s government announced Thursday that visitor numbers will only reach slightly more than 4 million this year, dealing a blow to a faltering economy heavily dependent on income from the sector. The government had hoped to surpass the 5 million mark in 2019, but U.S. sanctions and tightened travel restrictions have severely cut into American visitor numbers to the island. Some 4.7 million people visited Cuba in 2018.
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| Quebec court refuses to suspend law banning religious symbols - ![Quebec court refuses to suspend law banning religious symbols]( "Quebec court refuses to suspend law banning religious symbols") The Quebec Court of Appeal refused on Thursday to suspend a law banning the wearing of religious symbols by public employees in the Canadian province, although more legal battles await. The law, which the Quebec government said was designed to preserve "laicite" or secularism in the mainly French-speaking province, prohibits many types of civil servants, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs and turbans on the job. The appeals court ruling came on a motion by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and National Council of Canadian Muslims that argued the law was outside Quebec’s jurisdiction, impermissibly vague and violated constitutional guarantees of equal access.
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