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A view shows the Terrorism Confinement Center prison during a media tour in Tecoluca

Trump judges pump brakes so far on Alien Enemies Act deportations to El Salvador

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Johnstown, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The centerpiece of Donald Trump’s hardline attempts to deport undocumented immigrants using a wartime power has been met with resistance by federal courts, including among judges Trump himself has appointed. The latest, on Monday, was district Judge Stephanie Haines, presiding over a federal court in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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Local public broadcasters look ahead following Trump’s executive order announcing funding cuts

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, public broadcasting stations in Mid-Missouri stations are bracing for impact. Trump alleged in Thursday’s executive order that public stations were biased and “government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary

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Former Vice President Mike Pence takes part in an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

Pence rebuffs Trump on tariffs, Russia and January 6 pardons in CNN interview

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent comments

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a rising Democratic star, leans into a sense of national pride as the party searches for new vision

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appears to be everywhere at the moment — popping up on “The View,” delivering a commencement address at a historically Black university in battleground Pennsylvania and, later this month, delivering an address to South Carolina Democrats, who could be pivotal in determining the Democratic Party’s

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Former Vice President Mike Pence

Pence says January 6 attack’s failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” because Congress returned to do its constitutional duty after the attack on the Capitol. “Our institutions held that day, not because of any

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A general view of Alcatraz Island on August 16

Trump says he is directing Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz to house ‘ruthless and violent offenders’

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, as a place to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department

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