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A sign supporting citizenship for American Samoans is posted outside the Log Cabin Gifts store on the waterfront in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

A US territory’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have been prominent in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term.

Ralph Leroy Menzies appears in Third District Court for a competency hearing in West Jordan, Utah, Monday, Nov 18, 2024. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed

This image released by Warner Bros. Discovery shows Andrea Noli, from left, Miguel Islas, Paola Montes de Oca and Pablo Cruz in a scene from the series "Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo"." (Warner Bros. Discovery via AP)

‘Chespirito: Sin Querer Queriendo’ is a tribute to the Mexican comedian who shaped a generation

Women line up in prayer during the funeral for five women, Salma Abdikadir, Siham Adam, Sabiriin Ali, Sahra Gesaade and Sagal Hersi, who were killed in a car crash on Lake Street, at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., on Monday, June 19, 2023. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Jurors have convicted a Minnesota man of killing 5 young woman in a 2023 vehicle crash

Tennessee Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game on Sept. 22, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley eyes GOP Senate run against Jon Ossoff in Georgia

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FILE — Members of Yale crew, left, and Harvard crew, right, greet one another after the four-mile course along the Thames River for the 146th Harvard-Yale Regatta, in New London, Conn., Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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Debris covers the ground after a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting homes and cars on fire and forcing evacuations early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/William Liang)

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The Bruzdzinski family adopt chicks at First State Animal Center and SPCA on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Camden, Del. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

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Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound are arranged for a photograph in California on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia, file)

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A vehicle stops at Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Jury convicts New York-Paris flight stowaway who slipped past gate agents

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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a presentation of the company's AI assistant, Copilot, and 50th Anniversary celebration at Microsoft headquarters, in Redmond, Wash., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)

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Multiple people on board a private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say

Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

Investigators work at the site of a plane crash Friday, May 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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This photo provided by Amber Salazar shows the pop-up bookshop Banned Wagon Books at Dynamo Coffee Roasting Co., March 30, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Amber Salazar via AP)

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New ensigns toss their caps in celebration at the conclusion of commencement exercises at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New London, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of the special session in the House Chamber on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP, Pool,File)

Louisiana Republicans reject bill that would address split jury verdicts, a Jim Crow-era practice

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A person wearing graduate robes is detained by police across the street from the main gates of Columbia University, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

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