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President Trump Revives First-Term Policy of Separating Migrant Families

President Trump has revived his first-term policy of separating migrant children from their parents, and the more targeted version is happening far from the border.

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Federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, N.J., in June.
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The Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas

President Trump seized a moment ripe for another redistricting war.

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A Texas state representative reviewing a congressional map last Friday during a redistricting committee meeting in Austin.
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How Trump Is Attacking the Legal System, via the Legal System

The president has an outside-inside strategy to fight the judiciary.

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Emil Bove, President Trump’s former defense lawyer, was confirmed this week to a powerful federal appeals court.
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Do Democrats Want a Fight Over Colbert?

Some Democrats are irate over the end of Stephen Colbert’s show, but others see a lack of focus on real issues.

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In the days since CBS announced it would cancel Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, some Democrats decided to take up the host's cause as their own.
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