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Demonstrator Gina Dusterhoft holds up a sign as she walks to join others standing across the street from the federal courthouse in Houston, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, before a hearing in federal court involving drive-thru ballots cast in Harris County. The lawsuit was brought by conservative Texas activists, who have railed against expanded voting access in Harris County, in an effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers...

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Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes

by Nomaan Merchant Associated PressNovember 2, 2020

Linda Smoot, who evacuated from Hurricane Laura in a pickup truck with eight others, reacts as they return to see their homes, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of the hurricane, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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In Laura’s aftermath, residents worry about help

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Sudhin Thanawala Associated PressAugust 31, 2020

A darkened Walgreens is seen off of Saratoga and Staples during Hurricane Hanna, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. As of mid-Saturday, AEP Texas reports 16,564 power outages in Nueces County. (Annie Rice/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

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Storm Hanna drenches virus-hit South Texas

by John L. Mone Associated Press, and Nomaan Merchant Associated PressJuly 26, 2020

A Hampton Inn is shown Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Phoenix. The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels before deporting them to their home countries. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show a private contractor hired by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking children to three Hampton Inns in Arizona and Texas under restrictive border policies implemented during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Migrant kids held in hotels, expelled

by Nomaan Merchant Associated PressJuly 22, 2020

President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Supporters’ border wall doesn’t impress Trump

by Nomaan Merchant Associated PressJuly 12, 2020

Students wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing at a classroom during the first day of school reopening at a high school in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Malaysia began reopening schools Wednesday while entering the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) after three months of coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Some states break virus records as US caseload grows

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, Nick Perry Associated Press, and Ken Moritsugu Associated PressJune 24, 2020

LaTonya Floyd speaks at the funeral for her brother George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church Tuesday in Houston. Below, Roxie Washington holds Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s daughter.

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‘He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd

by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Adam Geller Associated PressJune 9, 2020

FILE - In this May 4, 2020, file photo, Guatemalans deported from the U.S., wave from a bus after arriving at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City. U.S. border agencies quickly expelled about 600 child migrants in April after federal agencies began prohibiting asylum claims at the southern border, citing the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

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Trump orders migrant youth expelled

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressMay 13, 2020

Mary Washington, 73, speaks through a window to her daughter, Courtney Crosby and grandchild Sydney Crosby for a Mother's Day celebration at Provident Village at Creekside senior living on Sunday, May 10, 2020, in Smyrna, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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On Mother’s Day, leaders seek some optimism amid pandemic

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Nomaan Merchant Associated PressMay 10, 2020

Esvin Fernando Arredondo of Guatemala reunites with his daughters Andrea, left, Keyli, right, and Alison at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, after being separated during the Trump administration's wide-scale separation of immigrant families.

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Nine parents separated from families rejoin children in US

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressJanuary 23, 2020