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The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the SAVE America Act. It requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. Some warn it could disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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A coalition of public lands advocates and historians has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of censoring American history and science at national parks, including several in the Mountain West.
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