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Mar 2025
46m 32s

The Role of the IRS in Mass Deportations

CNN
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The Trump administration may have a new tool to help mass deportations: the IRS. But are undocumented immigrants who pay taxes national security threats? Plus, US negotiators believe President Putin does not want to take all of Europe. But is he just playing the White House? Also: Kamala Harris wanted an "opportunity economy," but some Democrats say a better word is abundance. What's behind the latest movement in the party? 

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