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A TikTok influencer holds a sign that reads "Keep TikTok" outside the US Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the US on January 10, 2024.

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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a "Get Out the Vote" rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, on February 17, 2024.

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The US has been gripped by a Constitutional case that could have a big bearing on the election with a looming ruling a national issue. It has major implications for America's divisive politics.

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A Venezuelan migrant texts at a makeshift camp of migrants, set up alongside a river bank in Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in southern Mexico, and then jolting railcar rides…

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Although normalized, upon closer inspection, the corporation concept seems to be a strange development. Over the years, they have been given legislative rights of individuals, without a need to be…

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