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Mar 2025
43m 18s

Battle of the Branches

CNN
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First: Trump administration lawyers will be in a Washington courtroom this afternoon to defend the president's deportation powers. Will three appeals court judges hit the brakes on the president's relentless push to redefine the limits of executive power? 


Plus: The biggest election since November is just days away. Wisconsin voters will elect a new judge for the supreme court. We'll tell you why Elon musk is spending millions to push the Republican candidate over the line. 


And: Mirror, mirror on the wall. What happened to Snow White's box-office haul? Not even that first kiss of love could lift the spell of political controversy that's cursed Disney's new film. 

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