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Journalist Don Lemon promises to fight federal charges following his arrest after Minnesota church protest

By Brian Stelter, Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, Nick Watt, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. “I have spent my entire

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Pictured is a Walmart store in San Leandro

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

Trump’s deal with Senate leaders to avert government shutdown hits snags as lawmakers refuse to allow quick vote

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate leaders have a bipartisan funding deal in hand but it remains to be seen whether they will avert a costly government shutdown as the clock ticks down toward Friday’s midnight deadline. Lawmakers left Capitol Hill late Thursday after all rank-and-file senators could not come

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US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon at Alpha School Austin on September 9

‘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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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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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 Customs and Border Protection agents 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 influential

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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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A photograph of the pistol recovered by immigration agents after a shooting in Minneapolis

Confusion and questions: Where investigations stand in the killing of Alex Pretti

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti

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White House "Border Czar" Tom Homan walks toward reporters before answering questions outside the White House on September 8 in Washington

Who is Tom Homan, the White House border czar Trump is deploying to Minnesota?

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The White House border czar who President Donald Trump is dispatching to Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of two US citizens is a longtime law enforcement official who has pushed for some of the Trump administration’s controversial immigration-related policies. Trump said Monday he was sending

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