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The abuse-of-power case against former Texas governor, Rick Perry, has been dismissed by the highest criminal court in Texas. The accusations peppered Perry during his failed run for the Republican nomination to lead the nation.

The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure.

Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to a candidate struggling to raise money and his profile.