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Fact check: Trump twice promotes phony claim that Walmart is closing 250 California stores

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump did another social media posting spree on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. As with Trump’s previous posting blitzes, this one was filled with wildly inaccurate and often conspiratorial claims about elections and other subjects. Here’s a debunking of two of them. No, Walmart isn’t shutting down

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The US Capitol in Washington

Senate blocks massive funding bill, with critical talks underway to avoid government shutdown

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Bipartisan senators blocked a massive spending bill Thursday, as eleventh-hour talks continue to avoid a costly partial government shutdown that looms at the week’s end. All Democrats, who are pushing to force changes to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies in the wake of Alex Pretti’s fatal

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‘What if I told you this school had no teachers?’: Is AI schooling the future of education — or a risky bet?

By Sunlen Serfaty, Linda Gaudino, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Chatty, bright-eyed children surrounded US Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon as she walked with them through an airy building in Texas. Part of a 50-state tour, this stop last year was at an unusual institution: the Austin campus of Alpha, a chain of private

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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attends an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 15

How Stephen Miller micromanages Trump’s immigration policies

By Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Miller has sought this week to distance himself from the recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis and the administration’s miscalculated response. But more than anyone, Miller has been the overall architect of Trump’s aggressive deportation push, encouraging heavy-handed operations in blue cities and urging agencies to cast

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Trump’s National Guard deployments have cost taxpayers nearly $500 million

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping deployment of National Guard troops to several major cities across the United States cost taxpayers approximately $496 million from June through December last year, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO, which aims to provide objective, nonpartisan information to Congress, estimates

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara speaks during a CNN Town Hall in Minneapolis on January 28.

Takeaways from CNN’s Minnesota town hall

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on January 16

Trump weighs major new strike on Iran as nuclear discussions show no progress

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a major new strike on Iran after preliminary discussions between Washington and Tehran over limiting the country’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production failed to make progress, according to people familiar with

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