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Thursday, September 19, 2019

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.

President Trump sues Manhattan DA seeking to block tax return subpoena

President Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to block an effort by New York prosecutors to obtain his tax returns.
Indiania Officials whose offices are investigating the discovery of more than 2,200 medically preserved fetal remains at an Illinois house of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer, shown here in 2015, who performed abortions for decades in Indiana will hold a news conference on Thursday to discuss the case. Klopfer died earlier this month.

Ex-abortion doctor's Indiana clinics searched after fetal remains found on his property

Indiana authorities searched two shuttered abortion clinics Thursday that were once operated by a late abortion doctor whose Illinois property was found to contain more than 2,200 medically preserved fetal remains.
President Donald Trump, shown here earlier this monnth, said in a tweet Thursday that he would never say anything “inappropriate” on a call with a foreign leader.

What is the Trump whistleblower complaint about? Here's a timeline of what we know.

We have no idea what this is about, but here's what was happening around the time the whistleblower made it.
FIE - This Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, shows the boat Malizia as it is moored in Plymouth, England Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. A group of more than 500 major institutional investors is urging governments to do more to tackle climate change, ahead of a U.N. summit on the issue. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Big money urges governments to tackle climate change

A group of more than 500 major institutional investors is calling on governments to boost efforts to tackle climate change, ahead of a U.N. summit on the issue next week
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, center, speak to guests at a military reception held at 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Johnson was accused by European Union officials Wednesday of failing to negotiate seriously and branded the "father of lies" by a lawyer in the U.K. Supreme Court, as his plan to leave the EU in just over six weeks faced hurdles on both sides of the Channel. (Jon Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)
Challenge to Parliament shutdown wrapping up at UK top court
Britain's Supreme Court is set to finish hearing a case that will determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending Parliament just weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union
2019 Illinois State Fair brought in record $6.5M-plus
The state says the 2019 Illinois State Fair had record estimated revenue of more than $6.5 million
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda attends a meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Japan’s central bank has opted to keep its monetary policy unchanged despite growing signs of trouble that prompted the Federal Reserve to cut its benchmark rate. (Muneyuki Tomori/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan central bank stands pat after Fed rate cut
Japan's central bank has opted to keep its monetary policy unchanged despite growing signs of trouble that prompted the Federal Reserve to cut its benchmark rate
Bankers expect slow economic growth amid trade war
Bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states expect modest growth in the months ahead, but the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China is weighing on the economy
3 killed in Chicago shooting identified; suspect car found
Authorities have identified three young men who were gunned down while standing outside a convenience store on Chicago's West Side
Acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli talks during a walk through of the Migration Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facility, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Laredo, Texas. Cuccinelli is emerging as the public face of the president’s hard-line immigration policies. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Cuccinelli emerging as Trump's leading voice on immigration
Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli emerging as public face of Trump's policies
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Lake County drops murder charges against Chicago teens in fatal car burglary
Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim dropped controversial murder charges Thursday against five Chicago teenagers whose accomplice was shot and killed during an attempted car burglary near Old Mill Creek last month.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi led a bipartisan group of lawmakers Thursday in launching the Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic.
Krishnamoorthi, Durbin launch caucus to end youth vaping
Lawmakers Thursday launched a bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Schaumburg Democrat, and Peter King, a New York Republican, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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