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‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics

By Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestinians. Judge William G. Young

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President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House on September 30.

Fact check: Trump falsely claims Democrats want to give free health care to ‘illegal aliens’ in government shutdown battle

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Amid government spending negotiations, President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders are accusing Democrats of demanding free health care for “illegal aliens” in return for their support of a federal funding bill. “The Democrats want Illegal Aliens, many of them VIOLENT CRIMINALS, to receive FREE Healthcare,” Trump wrote in

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The Pfizer name is displayed at the company's headquarters in New York on February 5

Trump announces ‘TrumpRx’ site for discounted drugs and deal with Pfizer to lower prices

By Tami Luhby, Kristen Holmes, Samantha Waldenberg, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a multipronged effort aimed at lowering drug costs in the United States, including the creation of a “TrumpRx” direct-to-consumer website where Americans can buy medicine at discounted prices and a sweeping deal with Pfizer to reduce the

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Mitt Romney reveals he personally urged Biden administration to preemptively pardon Donald Trump

By Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney revealed Monday night that he called the White House during the Biden administration when Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump to urge President Joe Biden to preemptively pardon him. “I called a member of the White House, one of the senior

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Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As the US government barrels toward a shutdown, President Donald Trump shared a racist video on social media, which appears to be AI-generated, depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking in a fake voice. Jeffries and Schumer

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Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs

Associated Press (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II. US District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled that the US Agency for

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Trump’s DOJ probes former FBI leadership over document mishandling allegations

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is conducting a national security investigation around the FBI leadership when Christopher Wray was director, in the latest probe by the Trump administration of the president’s political enemies. According to two people familiar with the investigation, the Western District of Virginia is leading the

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