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America's Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colavardo cannot remove Donald Trump from its primary ballot, overturning the state's earlier decision to kick him off for allegedly participating in insurrection.

All nine justices agreed that states could not enforce the relevant constitutional

provision, section 3 of the 14th Amendment against presidential candidates.

The ruling, which comes one day before Colorado holds its Republican primary,

is sure to quash similar efforts by other states,

to bar Mr. Trump for his role in the January 6th capital riot.

Israel conducted a six-hour raid in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the West Bank.

The operation was the biggest raid carried out in Ramala for years and sparked a violent confrontation

between Israeli security services and Palestinians.

Israeli sources said that the operation led to the arrest of two suspected terrorists.

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that a 16 year old boy was killed.

There are quote reasonable grounds to believe that members of Hamas raped women during the attack on October 7th,

according to a special envoy for the United Nations.

Prumilla Patton said she also found evidence that some hostages endured sexual violence, including

sexualized torture.

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