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- Defense Secretary Hegseth grilled by Dems in first congressional testimony since start of Iran war;
- More than 3,000 May Day events planned nationwide with calls to tax rich, stop ICE/war, expand democracy;
- Supreme Court considers ending Temporary Protected Status for more than a million who fled war or disaster;
- Santa Clara County votes to divest from fossil fuels to fight climate crisis;
- Supreme court weakens landmark Voting Rights Act, aids GOP efforts to control House of Representatives;
- Former FBI Director James Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that presents significant hurdles for the prosecution
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