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Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84; Expert: Both natural gas and renewables needed for VA energy demand; NM's gray wolves back in crosshairs of proposed legislation; Black farmers face uncertainty, but seeds of the future are planted in the Carolinas.

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Congress doesn't have a clear path forward to end the DHS funding fight. Hospitalized ICE detainees aren't being allowed to privately speak with family and attorneys and KY colleges worry about potential immigration enforcement.

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The crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Minneapolis has created chaos for a nearby agricultural community, federal funding cuts have upended tribal solar projects in Montana and similar cuts to a college program have left some students scrambling.

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