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U.S. House of Representatives Republicans meet to choose new Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington

Man Who Was Mad About Chinese Spy Balloon Faces Sentencing for Threatening Ex-Speaker

Prosecutors asked the court to send a “strong deterrent message” that threats against public officials are not protected by the First Amendment.

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Supreme Court Turns Back Challenges to Laws Keeping Abortion Opponents Away From Clinics, Patients

Anti-abortion activists said the measures violate free-speech rights and should be on their “deathbed” after the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Judge Rejects Immediately Restoring AP’s Access to White House but Urges Government To Reconsider

With no ruling made, the White House is free to continue barring the AP from the Oval Office and beyond.

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The "Welcome to Clarksdale" sign located on Mississippi Highway 161

Mississippi City Drops Lawsuit Over Newspaper Editorial That Judge Ordered Removed

The judge in the case must still dismiss her order that the editorial be removed from the paper’s website, which the city also asked her to do.

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Veterans march with activists near Backwater Bridge just outside the Oceti Sakowin camp during a snow fall as "water protectors" continue to demonstrate against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Greenpeace Says a Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Threatens the Organization’s Future

Representatives of the environmental organization founded over 50 years ago said the company just wants to silence oil industry critics.

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U.S. President Trump signs Laken Riley act, in Washington

AP Sues 3 Trump Administration Officials, Citing Freedom of Speech

The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

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The "Welcome to Clarksdale" sign located on Mississippi Highway 161

Mississippi Judge Ordered Newspaper To Remove Editorial, Outraging Press Advocates

The city’s lawsuit called the Clarksdale Press Register's editorial libelous and said it “chilled and hindered” the city’s efforts to lobby for the tax with state legislators.

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U.S. President Donald Trump at the Oval Office in Washington

Trump: AP’s White House Access Will Be Curtailed Until It Adopts ‘Gulf of America’

It was the first time the president himself had commented on the issue since the White House began not allowing AP to cover several of his events last week.

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