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Fact check: Trump exaggerates trade deficits, his 2024 vote total, Ukraine aid, border crossings and fentanyl deaths

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made at least nine false claims in his Friday remarks to reporters in the Oval Office – including a series of wildly exaggerated statistics on a variety of topics. Trump used inaccurate figures for the number of votes he received in the 2024 presidential election,

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Democratic Party needs to fight harder while rallying with Bernie Sanders

By Jeff Simon, Eva McKend and Sarah Ferris, CNN Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday didn’t reserve her criticism for Republicans while calling for change, saying Democrats need a party that “fights harder” for them. “This isn’t just about Republicans. We need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us too,”

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Military was instructed to search keywords including ‘first’ and ‘history’ during rushed purge of Pentagon websites

By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s February memo ordering all diversity, equity and inclusion-related content to be removed from Pentagon websites was so vague that military units were instructed to simply use keyword searches like “racism,” “ethnicity,” “history” and “first” when searching for articles and

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DOGE blocked from accessing sensitive Social Security data, after judge raises concerns of a ‘fishing expedition’

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Social Security Administration from giving members of the Department of Government Efficiency access to agency data containing individuals’ personally identifiable information. In a scathing 137-page opinion, US District Judge Judge Ellen Hollander said that the administration had failed to show why representatives

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KFile: Gavin Newsom spent years fighting for progressive positions he now bashes on his new podcast

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Since launching his new podcast two weeks ago, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken aim at a number of causes popular among progressives: He’s rejected the term “Latinx,” said he doesn’t back trans women competing in women’s sports, and suggested he opposes taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for

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Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling Education Department, raising questions for students and parents

By Kevin Liptak and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, seeking to fulfill decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency, but raising new questions for the country’s millions of public schools, student-loan holders and parents. No

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Mike Johnson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mike Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives and representative from Louisiana. Personal Birth date: January 30, 1972 Birth place: Shreveport, Louisiana Birth name: James Michael Johnson Father: Patrick “Pat” Johnson, firefighter and hazardous materials consultant Mother: Jeanne Johnson Marriage: Kelly

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