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NATIONAL HEADLINES16 states sue to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to build the border wall. The coalition of states, led by California, filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the president from acting on his declaration while the issue plays out in the courts - https://wapo.st/2Io8UHd More than 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump's emergency declaration. A new poll also shows nearly 6-in-10 don't believe there is an emergency at the southern border and that Trump is misusing his presidential authority - https://n.pr/2Io9zIH Trump is closely following the 2020 Democratic race. Trump is making it clear through his public statements and social media posts he's keeping a close eye on the contest to pick a nominee to face him next year - http://bit.ly/2Ij7ldo Bernie Sanders will give it another go. The Vermont independent who was the 2016 Democratic party runner up announced Tuesday morning he would again run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 - https://nyti.ms/2Io8ocf Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will leave the Justice Department next month. Rosenstein, the No. 2 official at the department, has made it known he planned to leave once a new Attorney General was confirmed - https://wapo.st/2IoOH3M Howard Schultz says he won't be a spoiler in 2020. The former Starbucks CEO says he will do nothing to re-elect Donald Trump - http://bit.ly/2Ik1DYD Elizabeth Warren will push for universal childcare. The 2020 Democratic nominee will unveil an initiative to make sure every family can afford high-quality childcare - http://bit.ly/2Inyex0 President Trump threatens the Venezuelan military. Trump said the military would "lose everything" if they remained loyal to President Nicolas Maduro and continued to block emergency aid from entering the country - https://nyti.ms/2InTVwU Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg spotted at Reagan National Airport. The 85-year-old Justice, who is recovering from lung cancer surgery, was seen walking surrounded by security - http://bit.ly/2Ij6IR4 Roger Stone apologizes for threatening the judge in his case. The longtime Trump associate is apologizing after posting a picture of federal Judge Amy Berman next to an image of what appears to be crosshairs - http://bit.ly/2IBcwFZ Did Shinzo Abe nominate Trump for the Nobel Prize? The Japanese Prime Minister said Monday he would not comment after President Trump boasted he had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Abe - https://nyti.ms/2Ij9eH0 Wait...what?!! An Alabama newspaper publisher wrote an editorial calling for the Ku Klux Klan to "night ride again" and clean out D.C. - http://bit.ly/2IwV6KC ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1807 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. 1878 - Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. 1942 - The U.S. government began relocating Japanese-Americans living in coastal Pacific areas to internment camps. They were allowed to return to their homes in January 1945. 2008 - Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down permanently after 49 years in power. Policy News Press release: Salt Lake Chamber honors small business award winnersThe Salt Lake Chamber, Utah's largest and longest-standing statewide business association, held its Small Business Summit on Friday and honored four small businesses.The half-day conference, titled Ignite & Inspire, and held at the Salt Lake City Marriott University... Press release: UAMMI, Davis County & Grow Utah announce high-tech business accelerator RAMP, a startup accelerator exclusively focused on Utah's advanced materials and 3D print innovations, has been launched in Davis County. Dedicated to innovators utilizing carbon fiber, advanced materials or 3D printing as key components in their product innovations, RAMP wi... Press release: Utah tech company L3 Technologies to expand in SLC The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) has announced L3 Technologies will expand its operations in Utah, adding up to 250 jobs and $6.7 million in new state revenue over the next nine years."L3 has a longstanding presence in Utah, and we are exci... More National Headlines
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