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At the statutory deadline for making the Epstein files public, the Justice Department released only some of them.—
ABC News,
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3 Apr. 2026 -
Constitutional changes require a vote of the people, while statutory changes can be done by the Legislature or voters.—
Barbara Hoberock,
Oklahoma Voice,
1 Apr. 2026
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The office of the vice president was scrapped in 1972 following a constitutional referendum.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In 2012, 73 percent of Coloradans approved Amendment 65, which instructs our legislature and congressional delegation to support a federal constitutional amendment allowing reasonable limits on campaign spending.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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City leaders in Brookhaven are reminding residents that cutting down trees without proper approval could come with consequences, as officials double down on efforts to preserve the city's tree canopy.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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While there is no cure for the disease, shelters say proper cleaning protocols can help control its spread, and vaccination remains the most effective form of prevention.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many of those fertilizer prices have exploded 40% or more in just a couple weeks, and at the worst time possible — right when farmers are about to buy before the growing season.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The bands stopped precisely at the midline of her body, and the pigmentation of her right side was entirely normal.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The justifiable fury over that incident was probably one of the reasons One Battle won in the first place.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Somehow, Jacob Elordi was able to pull a genuinely affecting performance out of this mess, which makes his nomination the only justifiable one of this movie’s bloated haul.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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“De jure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20jure. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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