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A senior administration official confirmed to CBS News that on June 13, senior Trump administration officials met with Babak Na stanley cup mazi whose father and brother are both imprisoned in Iran.In the wake of Otto Warmbier s return to the U.S. from North Korea detention and subsequent death, the White House is ramping up efforts to bring home two of the Namazi family members, Si stanley cup spain amak and 81-year-old Baquer, in part due to concerns about their declining health. The Washington Post first reported the White House meeting with Namazi.Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American, was charged with espionage in 2015. His father was taken shortly afterward. They were not included in the Obama Administration s negotiations to free five American prisoners at the time of the nuclear deal.Senate passes measure to expand sanctions on IranDeputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell is spearheading the prisoner release effort. She played a key role in bringing home NGA worker Aya Hijazi from Egypt, though more than 10 Americans remain behind bars there. Jared Genser, a lawyer for Namazi said in a written statement, that while Powell explained there were things being done she could not share, we discussed a number of concrete measures being considered making clear that the release of the Namazis is a top pr stanley cups iority for the administration. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley also lent her support to the family, tweeting a photo of a June 15th meeting with N Rypa 2 Harvard U. Professors Join Obama Transition Team
Chip Somodevilla CBS News Texas voter ID law is is in getting its day in federal court today. The outcome of the case could determine if up to 600,000 people in Texas who lack a photo ID can vote in November.The Republican-led Texas legislature pas stanley thermos sed a law last year requiring Texas voters to present a government-issued photo ID at the voting booth. Acceptable forms of ID include a driver s license, a U.S. passport or a concealed-handgun license. Student IDs are not acceptable. Texas residents without a photo ID can vote by provisional ballot accepted only if he or she later presents photo identification to verify the vote.The Justice Department argues Texas photo ID law is disproportionately restricting Hispanic voters voting rights and violates Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act which prohibits denying the right to vote based on race or color. Alternately, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing the Justice Departm stanley trinkflaschen ent in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, for not granting the state preclearance und stanley cup er the Voting Rights Act, which would allow the state to enact its law.Attorney General Abbott found that 605,000 eligible Texas voters lack appropriate photo identification, but argues that the law is not severe because photo ID is available free of charge and because of the opportunity to vote via provisional ballot. Opponents argue that the law places significant burdens on