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The Justice Department says it will abide by a federal court order.

It temporarily pauses the administration's nearly $1.8 billion fund for people who claim they were targets of politicized prosecutions.

The fund has come under sharp criticism from both parties.

NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.

As tensions remain high at the Newark, New Jersey Delaney Hall Mike's detention facility, New Jersey Senator and former Newark Mayor Cory Booker is adding to the ongoing concerns about conditions inside.

He says many of those being held are being treated inhumanely.

Meanwhile, demonstrators have periodically clashed with police outside the facility.

Booker told NPR a former Trump administration border patrol official is among those, he says, trying to stir up trouble.

Over the weekend, New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill established a protected protest zone after officers fired tear gas.

Police in Muscatine, Iowa, said that seven people, including the gunman, are dead in a series of shootings Monday involving a domestic dispute with members of the same family.

Four people died in the first shooting.

It took place in midday.

Later that afternoon, police found that they believed the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He died at the scene, taking his own life while police were talking with him.

Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Keyes held a news conference Monday to update the community on the status of the shooting.

Upon arrival, officers located four victims inside the residence.

All four victims had suffered gunshot wounds and were pronounced deceased at scene.

A short time later, police discovered two additional victims, bringing to seven the total number of people who died, including the suspect.

The chief said the suspect had a previous criminal record, but did not share any additional details.

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