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• MEHLMAN: Senate Democrats Ponder Back Door Tactic To Gain Amnesty For Illegal Aliens
  
  It depends on the Senate parliamentarian
  Daily Caller.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• British Airways warns flying to Portugal on May 17 will still be ILLEGAL
  
  The airline's message to customers booked on to planes to Faro next week came just six days before the country is put on Britain's 'green list' from Monday.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Stacey Abrams on voting rights and her new legal thriller
  
  Stacey Abrams joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about voting rights and her new legal thriller, "While Justice Sleeps."
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Brazil Amazon: Deadly shootout as illegal miners enter indigenous land
  
  Violence in Brazil's Amazon is increasing, with tens of thousands of illegal miners in protected areas.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Myanmar: Journalists who fled coup face Thailand deportation
  
  Five journalists and activists who fled Myanmar are to go on trial for illegally entering Thailand.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Ammunition dealer charged with selling illegal "armor-piercing" bullets to Las Vegas gunman
  
  An ammunition dealer in Arizona was charged Friday with selling illegal "armor-piercing" bullets to the gunman in the Las Vegas massacre. The October attack left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded. Carter Evans has more.
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Rare 2,000 year old sculpture found smuggled in Heathrow is returning to Libya by British Museum
  
  Border Force officials seized the 2,000 sculpture, which experts discovered was illegally dug up from a tomb in 2013. The statue depicts the Greek goddess Persephone and will return to Libya in coming weeks.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Kentucky Derby winning horse Medina Spirit fails postrace drug test
  
  Medina Spirit was found to have 21 picograms of betamethasone, double the legal threshold in Kentucky racing.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Maryland governor pardons 34 victims of racial lynching
  
  Maryland's governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced
  Fox News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Gove rejects indyref2 as Sturgeon says legal block to vote would be 'absurd and outrageous'
  
  Michael Gove has dismissed a second referendum on Scottish independence as a "massive distraction" as he repeatedly refused to say whether the UK government will seek to block a possible vote in court.
  Sky News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Democrats push for more federal benefits for illegal immigrants
  
  Guests: Jason Chaffetz, Charlie Hurt, Joe Concha, Leo Terrell, Joey Jones, Emily Compagno, Sean Duffy, Matt Schlapp, Ken Paxton, Reince Priebus, Kim Klacik, Brandon Tatum
  Fox News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• As Republicans Advance Voting Laws, Democrats Scramble to Push Back
  
  Lacking effective legislative or legal ways to stop Republicans from introducing new voting limits, Democrats are applying pressure on their allies in Washington and trying to energize supporters.
  New York Times.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• Trump Can Legally Live At Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach Says
  
  Whether the ex-president can reside at the club had been a subject of debate thanks to a 1990s-era agreement.
  Forbes.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• San Francisco Makes Home of Lesbian Couple a Landmark
  
  The home of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, the first same-sex couple to legally marry in California, was an integral meeting spot for activists.
  New York Times.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• Bayer Defeated In Legal Battle Against Pesticides Linked To Killing Bees
  
  A European court has rejected German pharmaceutical giant Bayer's appeal against restrictions decided in 2013 by the European Union on three pesticides harmful to bees. ...
  Forbes.  Friday, 7 May 2021.

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