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‘‘Delete’ is one of their favorite terms’: Inside DOGE’s IRS takeover ahead of tax season

By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Within minutes of showing up, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to the

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Trump is asking the Supreme Court to end birthright citizenship by arguing about something else

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As it pushes to implement a plan to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is counting on an argument about out-of-control federal judges to prove irresistible to some Supreme Court conservatives. Rather than waiting to ask the court to rule directly on the merits of birthright citizenship, which President

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Justice Department is investigating bringing terrorism charges against pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department is investigating whether individuals involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year violated federal anti-terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday. The DOJ is looking into “whether Columbia’s handling of earlier instances violated civil rights laws that included terrorism crimes,” Blanche

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President Donald Trump congratulates Pam Bondi after she was sworn in as US Attorney General in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

Trump gives political speech at a Justice Department shaken by firings and dropped cases

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump assailed the “weaponization” of the justice system during a speech Friday inside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the storied building from which the government pursued criminal investigations and prosecutions against him. Flanked by staunch allies he tapped to run the organizations he says

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Second federal judge orders temporary reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees fired by the Trump administration

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A second federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees laid off en masse by the Trump administration must be temporarily reinstated to their jobs. The new temporary restraining order from Senior Judge James Bredar, an Obama-appointee, covers 18 agencies and will last two weeks, as a challenge

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Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill. “I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,”

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

CNN By Lauren Fox and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming. Schumer’s declaration Thursday night that he

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the US Capitol on March 13.

Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

By Lauren Fox and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming. Schumer’s declaration Thursday night that he would

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