TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Critics call it 'absurd,' but here's why Justices are looking at Trump's immunity claim

CNN's Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explains why the Supreme Court is seriously considering former President Donald Trump’s argument of “total immunity” in the Department of Justice’s federal election case.  

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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Critics call it 'absurd,' but here's why Justices are looking at Trump's immunity claim
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'My mind doesn't want to go there,' Witness recounts deadly ICE shooting
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Federal agents wearing gas masks walk towards protestors with tear gas in the air on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Earlier agents allegedly shot and killed a protestor amid a scuffle to arrest him. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.
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Governor Tim Walz reacts to latest Minneapolis shooting: 'We are creating a log of evidence’
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6 in 10 Americans disapprove of how ICE is doing its job. Will the Trump administration shift its strategy?
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‘F**k yourself’: Ex-officer beaten in Jan 6. riot shouts to GOP lawmaker
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<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vice President JD Vance told the press a 5-year-old boy wasn't arrested by ICE, but taken by federal agents from the driveway after returning from preschool when his father was detained. Vance made these comments during a trip to Minneapolis, which has been at the center of recent unrest tied to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JD Vance reacts to story about 5-year-old detained by ICE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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Vance justifies ICE taking 5-year-old boy after father’s arrest in Minneapolis
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