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The administration says these actions are "driven by law and not by politics." The Justice Department's launching of a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is the latest ...

The White House’s growing travel ban is now shutting down immigrant visa processing indefinitely for seventy-five countries, including Brazil, Iran, Russia, and Somalia, among several others.

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