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Story summary
- American Historical Association and American Oversight sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for authorizing deletion of House text messages and challenging a Justice Department memo that declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.
- The suit challenges a White House memo exempting texts and seeks an order to preserve presidential records, including encrypted apps.
- A judge set a May 5 hearing on whether the guidance could cause irreparable loss of documents.
