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Federal judge won’t block Trump’s plan to use IRS data to track down undocumented migrants

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge won’t block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday rejected arguments from several immigrant-rights groups, that claimed

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One upon departure at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown

Legal details over accepting Qatari plane to use as Air Force One ‘still being worked out,’ White House says

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kaitlan Collins and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the legal details on accepting a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace Air Force One as a gift from the Qatari royal family are “still being worked out.” “Any donation to this government is always done

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Trump signs executive order seeking to lower US drug costs by challenging prices in other countries

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable or discriminatory” practices by foreign countries that result in Americans paying far higher costs for prescription drugs. “Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries,

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US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent

Top US officials emerge from China trade talks touting ‘substantial progress’ and ‘deal’

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Top US officials involved in high-level trade negotiations with China emerged from two days of talks touting “substantial progress” and appearing to confirm that a deal between the two countries had been reached, which could have massive implications for the global economy. “I’m happy to report that we’ve made

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