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Confidential documents show nearly two dozen state attorneys general, including 21 Democrats, signed a plan as early as April 2024 — nine months before Trump took office — to coordinate litigation against his administration, with a former Republican AG calling the practice a politicized waste of resources.

A federal judge in Texas ruled the NFA's registration requirement for short-barreled rifles and suppressors unconstitutional, reasoning that Congress can't require registration tied to a $200 transfer tax that lawmakers eliminated last year; the ruling is stayed seven days and currently applies only to plaintiffs in gun-rights associational groups.

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Vice President J.D. Vance told congressional Republicans the task force has identified more than $230 billion in suspected fraud and called for legislation requiring state-federal data sharing on welfare programs, alongside advisers Andrew Ferguson and Stephen Miller, who said over 95% of fraud could be addressed with better data sharing and AI verification tools.

DeKalb County, Georgia notary Jacqueline Walker lost her commission after a Center Square investigation found she had notarized a document for a woman who'd been dead three weeks, raising credibility questions about a separate contested will she notarized for the same family, involving DeKalb County Judge Rothelia Stroud's relatives.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed bills allowing state regulators to review and reject excessive home and auto insurance rate increases.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is simultaneously running for reelection as secretary of state and for Chicago mayor.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Republican secretary of state candidate Diane Harris criticized Giannoulias for running for both offices at once, with Mendoza citing his prior oversight of a $100 million loss in the Bright Start college savings program.

Declassified documents show prosecutors declined to charge a hacker who stole 633,000 Maricopa County, Arizona voter records before the 2020 election.

Nearly 5,000 New York City property owners are seeking exemptions from the new second-home tax.

The ACLU of Nevada sued Las Vegas police over records-request fees exceeding $6,800.

California's Assembly Republican Caucus replaced Minority Leader Heath Flora with Alexandra Macedo following ethics investigations into Flora.

Plus, America's Talking:

Elections: https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a6ad90fe-3f92-4166-a4b0-57557c72ff66.html

New York: https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_d439c2f7-394b-4aa7-8725-66b97afc2ca9.html

Nevada: https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_2829596a-35da-4fe9-9ccb-bac9d434f9de.html

California: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_d465af54-659d-485b-beea-5466e3b62192.html

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