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Judge permanently blocks Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census after the administration abandoned plans to do so https://t.co/2kuFtJZGnW pic.twitter.com/4Zf6AG449b — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 16, 2019

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, when asked about Trump's racist remarks toward minority congresswomen, says the President is not a racist. Follow live updates: https://t.co/58uVbL5ORP pic.twitter.com/7HahQRIvwP — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 16, 2019

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Judge bars Roger Stone from posting on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter after finding the longtime Trump ally violated a court-imposed gag order https://t.co/dUjsPSpNqB pic.twitter.com/P7x7JWqLCP — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 16, 2019

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The four congresswomen President Trump vilified in racist tweets this weekend hold a press conference. Live updates. https://t.co/HyeAfah69k pic.twitter.com/uxAKhpqtIT — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 15, 2019

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The Trump administration files a regulation that could dramatically limit asylum claims of people entering the US by land through Mexico https://t.co/XPZ1ykjfDd pic.twitter.com/uSfYiHaJPP — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 15, 2019

Weekly List 139

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This is the longest week so far, and it felt that way. The chaos of our lives has obfuscated the damage and extremes under Trump, as each week blurs into the next week’s crises and unprecedented actions. This week’s turmoil centered on Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest and the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, the 13th Cabinet member to depart the … Read More

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The Trump administration agrees to let an independent pediatrician investigate health conditions for migrant kids at US border facilities https://t.co/u3G3sydBE1 pic.twitter.com/7LgV8oqsTl — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 13, 2019

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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns following furor over his role in the Jeffery Epstein sexual abuse scandal https://t.co/yJbOvPJX10 pic.twitter.com/5SJfaUpZVf — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 12, 2019

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Lawmakers are talking about moving Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress about his 22-month investigation into President Trump to July 24 https://t.co/7oinvot7Po pic.twitter.com/KFQXQTgNph — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 12, 2019

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Trump backs off his plan to add a census citizenship question and directs agencies to hand over data on noncitizens in the US to the Commerce Department https://t.co/zgzpURsIL6 pic.twitter.com/pSUtBjiltX — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 11, 2019

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The President is expected to issue an executive action ordering data on citizenship to be collected by means other than the US census, two sources say https://t.co/LGgBYKyrHh pic.twitter.com/ddK3vxOuux — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 11, 2019

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A House panel authorizes subpoenas for Jared Kushner and other Trump officials as it broadens its probe into possible obstruction of justice https://t.co/bP0P5rjUlD pic.twitter.com/B7EZWLn9lW — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 11, 2019

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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta publicly defends his role in securing a sweetheart plea deal for alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 case https://t.co/tef7CBoHXM pic.twitter.com/TkJ6nJuiz6 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 10, 2019

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Kim Darroch, UK ambassador to the US, resigns after a series of leaked diplomatic cables labeled the Trump administration “inept” and “clumsy” https://t.co/6GAt84chuO pic.twitter.com/KBSHJ2NFpr — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 10, 2019

RIP Ross Perot

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He used to be a thing. The self-made billionaire ran for president in 1992 and 1996. As a disruptive third-party candidate for president, Perot ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and protectionism. He won nearly 19% of the vote in the 1992 race — by far the biggest slice of the electorate for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt’s … Read More