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The first test of McDonnell’s approach as chief is likely to be MacArthur Park, where crime, gang activity, homelessness and drug use have festered.

His cruel efforts to ban individuals from a number of Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States became official policy that is likely to be restored on day one.

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Mass deportations would also likely trigger another round of inflation—the Peterson report believes that it could add up to 3 percent on top of whatever the baseline is.

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It may be that Adkins is a long shot: The case will likely end at the Idaho Supreme Court, which already seemed to reject constitutional arguments against its state law.

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They and the physician plaintiffs seek to establish that Idaho’s law allows an abortion whenever a patient has a physical medical condition or complication that makes it unsafe to continue a pregnancy, has a condition exacerbated by pregnancy that can’t otherwise be easily treated, or is told about a fetal condition that is likely to be fatal after birth.

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