A dozen media organizations, including Fox News, the Washington Post and Associated Press, file a brief in support of CNN.
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Lawyers seeking ‘Apprentice’ tapes in immigration suit against Trump
The group Lawyers for Civil Rights wants footage shot during the show’s production that might show Donald Trump using racial or ethnic slurs.
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Demonstrators nationwide call for protection of Russia probe
Organizers call President Trump’s selection of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general a ‘deliberate attempt to obstruct the special counsel’s investigation.’
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Mainers rally in Augusta to support Mueller probe after Sessions ouster
Dozens gathered on the steps of the State House to cite their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump having forced his attorney general to quit.
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Trump administration slated to move to restrict asylum at border
Busy ports of entry already have long lines and waits, forcing immigration officials to tell some migrants to come back to make their claims.
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Expert: Acosta video distributed by White House was doctored
The alteration is “too precise to be an accident,” the expert said.
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Appeals court blocks Trump effort to immediately end DACA
The three-judge panel kept in place an injunction blocking Trump’s decision to phase out the program shielding young immigrants from deportation.
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Sen. King: Congress should pass bill supporting Mueller’s Russia probe after Sessions ouster
The newly re-elected Maine senator said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should not be blocked and that the Senate Intelligence Committee will continue its own inquiry regardless.
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White House suspends CNN’s Acosta after Trump confrontation
The president’s exchanges with CNN’s Jim Acosta and NBC News’ Peter Alexander turned bitterly personal during a news conference.
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Jeff Sessions forced out as attorney general by Trump
Sessions submitted his letter of resignation, at the president’s request, on Wednesday.