today in history - july 28

Webster each brought cases before the District of Columbia court arguing that they were enfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment. Their lawyers argued that while District law specified that “male residents” could vote, passage of the Fourteenth Amendment nullified that requirement. . ..

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obama shares op-ed from african american ex-staffers that accuses

On Sunday, Trump called Cummings a 'brutal bully' and described his black-majority district as a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' and 'more dangerous' than the southern border. . ..

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Meantime, that number of civilians residing al-Fateh district of the city of Istanbul have been placed under security measures after expressing their intension to reach the areas under Syrian government's control via Lattakia border crossing instead of being transferred to Idlib province.. ..

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fresh protests in sudan over investigation into deadly june crackdown

Reflecting anger at the findings, dozens of protesters chanted slogans against the committee in Khartoum’s Burri district and burned tyres in the street, witnesses said. . ... Hundreds also demonstrated in Haj Youssef, a working class district of Khartoum where heavy clouds of tear gas..

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