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Jan 2025
20m 57s

Monday, January 27, 2025

LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS
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Trump administration steps up immigration enforcement; Justice Department fires federal prosecutors who worked on Trump prosecutions; After California's wildfires, mounting concerns about rebuilding; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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