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July 18, 2023 Top News State Spying Poses 'Roadblock' for Interstate Seekers of Abortion, Transgender Care: Report "Digital surveillance data makes profiling easy and suggests that travel data will be weaponized to identify new targets for healthcare prosecutions and investigations." Brett Wilkins Migration Bill Passed by UK Violates International Human Rights Law: UN Experts "This bill sets a worrying precedent for dismantling asylum-related obligations that other countries, including in Europe, may be tempted to follow," said the U.N. human rights chief. Kenny Stancil ACLU Urges Court to Save Children From Deadly Heat at Louisiana's Angola Prison "It has been dangerously hot in Angola so far this summer," said one medical expert. "Confining children for all or most of the day to concrete and cement buildings without air conditioning is foolhardy and perilous." Brett Wilkins Climate Advocates Blast GOP Funding Bill as "A 'How-To' Manual for Destroying the Planet"​ "While Americans take refuge from record-setting extreme heat and suffer from wildfire smoke, the House majority proposes slashing environmental funding to the lowest level in 30 years." Jake Johnson Biden Urged to Stop 'Monstrous' Texas Policy of Pushing Migrant Children Back Into Rio Grande "Where is the federal response to Greg Abbott's illegal games?" asked one observer. Kenny Stancil   'Justice May Finally Be Coming': Trump Says He's a Target in Jan. 6 Probe "Donald Trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and keep control of the government despite losing an election," said one ethics expert. "There may be no more serious offense in a republic." Jessica Corbett

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