内容摘要：WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary,

WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary,

Libby filed a federal lawsuit against Fecteau in March, arguing the censure violated her right to free speech.U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose on Friday ruled against Libby’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the sanction.

DuBose said the imposition of the sanction “is not of such extraordinary character as to obliterate the formidable shield the courts have provided to legislative acts.”Libby said in a statement Friday that she was disappointed in the decision and would appeal the ruling.“The courts must stand up to this abuse of power, which contradicts the very rationale for representative democracy,” Libby said.

She stated in her lawsuit that the censure stripped her right to speak and vote on the House floor, and said Friday it is tantamount to disenfranchising thousands of Maine residents.A spokesperson for Fecteau declined to comment.

Maine and the federal government have been

participation of transgender students in sports since Libby’s post, and the Trump administration sued the state on Wednesday.. A version of this story was also published by Univision Noticias.

KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly“He’s been through a lot,” said Myrtle’s grateful owner, Tiffany Emanuel. “I know that he knows just as much as I do that every step of the way I’m going to be there helping him, caring for him, making sure he gets, you know, the help that he needs.”

The Emanuel family fled their home in the rural Kokomo area as aon March 15. They returned to find two pine trees had fallen on top of their tortoise’s backyard home.