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Groups of voters from Illinois and Massachusetts on Thursday filed motions to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, adding to the list of states where the former president faces a challenge to his candidacy under the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrectionist ban.

Last week, Maine’s secretary of state removed Trump from that state’s 2024 primary ballot, and the former president’s team on Tuesday appealed that decision in state court.

Judges in Michigan and Minnesota, however, rejected bids to block Trump from appearing on the primary ballot in those states. »

The city is seeking $708 million in the lawsuit to cover costs for caring for migrants.

Port Authority police stand by a charter bus that had brought migrants from Texas to Manhattan, on Dec. 28, 2023.

Abbott said on Dec. 29 the state had sent "over 33,600" migrants to New York City since August 2022. »

Remedy's Alan Wake II and CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty both earned five nominations, some of which were shared, such as in the Game of the Year, Best Writing, Best World, and Best Acting categories (Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson and Idris Elba as Solomon Reed).

Alan Wake II also got nominated for Best Music and Phantom Liberty for Best DLC.

Other multi-nominated games include Starfield (Game of the Year, Best Writing, Best World), Final Fantasy XVI (Best World, Best Music, Best Acting for Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Game of the Year, Best Music, Best Kids Game), Tchia (Best Writing, Best Music, Best Kids Game), Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Game of the Year, Best World), Hi-Fi Rush (Game of the Year, Best Music), Resident Evil 4 (Best Remake, Best DLC), and Chants of Sennaar (Best Indie, Best World). »

In a December 29 proclamation, President Joe Biden wrote that he had determined that Uganda, along with the Central African Republic, Gabon, and Niger, does not meet the requirements to continue benefiting from the trade deal.

“Accordingly, I have decided to terminate the designations of the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries for purposes of section 506A of the Trade Act, effective January 1, 2024,” Biden wrote.

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