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op CNS stories for today including the Fourth Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind a deportation-deferral program for qualifying young immigrants violated federal law because it was not adequately explained; The House of Representatives passed a bill that would expand longstanding civil rights legislation to protect women and members of the LGBT community from discrimination; The United Kingdom’s great debate over Brexit is headed toward a dramatic new phase after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will step down if the House of Commons shoots down her divorce deal with the European Union again, and more.

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Top CNS stories for today including the Fourth Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind a deportation-deferral program for qualifying young immigrants violated federal law because it was not adequately explained; The House of Representatives passed a bill that would expand longstanding civil rights legislation to protect women and members of the LGBT community from discrimination; The United Kingdom’s great debate over Brexit is headed toward a dramatic new phase after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will step down if the House of Commons shoots down her divorce deal with the European Union again, and more.

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FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, a woman holds up a signs in support of the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, during an immigration reform rally at the White House in Washington. After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of so called “dreamers” who were brought into the country illegally as children as he faces a looming court deadline and is digging in on appeals to his base. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

1.) In a win for so-called Dreamers, the Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind a deportation-deferral program for qualifying young immigrants violated federal law because it was not “adequately explained.”

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019, photo, a worker drives an electric cart past a display featuring the U.S. and Chinese flags in a special trade zone in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. China said Thursday it will retaliate if President Donald Trump goes ahead with more tariff hikes in a fight over technology and trade, ratcheting up tensions ahead of negotiations in Washington. (Chinatopix via AP)

2.) Throwing ice on a policy move widely panned by economists, the Trump administration said Friday it would delay a plan to impose tariffs on imported cars and auto parts.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at her weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019. Pelosi says the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she says the White House has "no business" moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

3.) The House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would expand longstanding civil rights legislation to protect women and members of the LGBT community from discrimination.

Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York on Jan. 28, 2019. Salzman could be one of the former members of the group, NXIVM, who are poised to break their vow of silence for the first time by testifying against the group's leader, Keith Raniere, at a trial set to begin on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

4.) Providing intimate details on a secret sex cult within the purported self-help group NXIVM, a woman who pleaded guilty earlier this year to being a slave master took the stand Friday against her indicted former lover, Keith Raniere.

Regional

5.) As New York City’s Green New Deal goes into effect on Friday, a Courthouse News investigation shows that city data about the famous skyline’s carbon footprint is self-reported and filled with errors. A newly enacted plan to clean that data will be crucial to a key program of the ambitious environmental initiative.

Protesters march through the halls of the Missouri Capitol outside the House chamber on Friday, May 17, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in opposition to legislation prohibiting abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Missouri's Republican-led Legislature has passed a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it. The House approved the measure Friday May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

6.) Amid a wave of new abortion restrictions across the country, Missouri’s GOP-dominated Legislature passed a bill Friday banning the procedure at eight weeks of pregnancy.

International

An anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporter shouts slogans during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as "legally binding" changes in hopes of winning parliamentary support for the agreement. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

7.) The United Kingdom’s great debate over Brexit is headed toward a dramatic new phase in the coming weeks after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will step down if the House of Commons shoots down her divorce deal with the European Union one more time.

8.) In Austria, the fast-food chain McDonald’s has been recruited by the U.S. Embassy to come to the rescue of distressed American tourists who’ve lost a passport, cellphone or find themselves in some other traveler’s nightmare.

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