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People shop for fruit in a grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 13

Fact check: Trump says Democrats don’t talk about affordability anymore (they do) because inflation is over (it isn’t)

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump tried Tuesday to concoct an alternative reality on the subject of “affordability” – piling lie on top of lie to try to convince Americans that the issue has vanished. “You know, inflation we’ve solved; it’s done,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News during a trip to

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Patrick Schiltz serves as the chief United States district judge of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Trump’s immigration approach is gumming up the courts, frustrating his Justice Department and judges

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and federal courts are struggling to keep up with the exponential increase in federal court cases of immigrants in custody who are challenging their detentions – another result of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies across the country. The cases, in which a person can

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Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with NATO's secretary-general in Davos

Analysis: Trump’s team almost never backs down from its false claims. This past week has been different

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — From the start, this has been a say-anything presidential administration. A White House led by President Donald Trump, who lies frequently and brazenly, has rarely appeared concerned about factual accuracy. And guided by Trump’s no-apologies ethos and penchant for dogged repetition, the administration has almost never retreated from even the most outlandish

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White House aide Stephen Miller appears on CNN on January 17.

Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s shooting

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why the Customs and Border Protection team in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — a remarkable acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the Trump administration’s most

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White House aide Stephen Miller appears on CNN on January 17.

Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s shooting

CNN By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why the Customs and Border Protection team in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — a remarkable acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the Trump administration’s

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A rosary adorns a framed photo Alex Pretti that was left at a makeshift memorial in the area where Pretti was shot dead in Minneapolis

Exclusive: Two officers fired their guns during Pretti encounter, Homeland Security says in initial report

By Holmes Lybrand, Lauren Fox, Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Two officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, according to an initial report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security reviewed by CNN. The report – from Customs and Border Protection’s initial investigation into the shooting of

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The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond

Virginia Democrats’ redistricting push is dealt a setback by state court

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A state court on Tuesday blocked Virginia Democrats’ redistricting effort, delivering a setback to the party’s plans to redraw congressional lines ahead of November’s midterm elections. Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. ruled that Democrats in the General Assembly failed to follow the correct procedures when they launched

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