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Top CNS stories for today including the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote this week on a resolution that will clarify the boundaries of its probe into whether to begin formal impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump; A federal judge restored a nationwide block of a Justice Department rule that makes asylum seekers ineligible for refugee status unless they applied for and were denied asylum in Mexico or another country passed en route to the United States; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is contemplating ways to defy Parliament’s passage of a bill aimed at delaying Brexit, and more.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Democratic members of that panel, speak to reporters about testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller and their plan to continue to investigate President Donald Trump and Russia's interference in the election, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2019. From left with Nadler are Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

1.) The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote this week on a resolution that will clarify the boundaries of its probe into whether to begin formal impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

A C-17 Globemaster III prepares to take off from the flight line at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 11, 2018. In anticipation of Hurricane Florence, more than 20 aircraft were evacuated from Charleston to designated safe locations in order to continue their global airlift operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady)

2.) The U.S. Air Force said it will begin a review of its layover guidelines, as President Donald Trump denied knowing that crew members stayed overnight at his resort in Scotland while on their way to a routine mission in Kuwait in March.

FILE - In this July 4, 2019 file photo, a group of asylum seekers cross the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

3.) Citing the need to “maintain uniform immigration policy,” a federal judge on Monday restored a nationwide block of a Justice Department rule that makes asylum seekers ineligible for refugee status unless they applied for and were denied asylum in Mexico or another country passed en route to the United States.

President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Valor to Dayton Police officer Sgt. William Knight, one of six Dayton police officers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, for stopping a mass shooter in August in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

4.) The International Union of Police Associations endorsed President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign Monday, saying he has done more for law enforcement in the past two and a half years than former President Barack Obama had done in eight.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the 25th Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

5.) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris took aim Monday at the criminal justice system with her latest campaign plank, proposing to eliminate cash bail, private prisons and the death penalty.

In this Aug. 6, 2019 file photo, Antonio Basco cries beside a cross at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex, in El Paso, Texas. Basco, whose 63-year-old wife was among the Texas mass shooting victims says he has no other family and welcomes anyone wanting to attend her services in El Paso. Margie Reckard was among 22 people fatally shot on Aug. 3 at the Walmart. Reckard and Basco were married 22 years. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

6.) Americans remain divided on assault weapons policies even as they largely agree on background checks, according to a new poll published Monday.

International

Pro-Brexit banners are propped against a wall near Parliament in London, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson voiced optimism Monday that a new Brexit deal can be reached so Britain leaves the European Union by Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

7.) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is contemplating ways to defy Parliament’s passage of a bill Monday aimed at delaying Brexit – even if that might mean dangerously skirting the law or even breaking it.

8.) The Netherlands has seen a fivefold increase in British investments as the deadline approaches for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, according to the Dutch government.

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