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"Squad" member Summer Lee wins her primary with a pro-peace platform, Biden signs huge foreign aid bills – including support for Ukraine and Israel, and the Arizona House repeals an abortion ban as California moves to welcome Arizona doctors. 

The Senate moves forward with a foreign aid package. A North Carolina judge overturns an aged law penalizing released felons. And child protection groups call a Texas immigration policy traumatic for kids.

The Supreme Court weighs cities' ability to manage a growing homelessness crisis, anti-Israeli protests spread to college campuses nationwide, and more states consider legislation to ban firearms at voting sites and ballot drop boxes. 

Ukraine’s President Zelensky applauds the House passage of aid. House Speaker Johnson gets bipartisan praise for the foreign aid deal, but still faces a threat to his job over it. And Nebraska moves to restore voting rights for released prisoners.

Civil Rights activists say a court ruling could end the right to protest in three southern states, a federal judge lets January 6th lawsuits proceed against former President Trump and police arrest dozens at a Columbia University Gaza protest.

The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.