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What happens next to Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has served as a flashpoint in the debate over Trump’s deportation push, was taken into custody by ICE this morning shortly after turning himself in. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez reports on what's next for Abrego Garcia as the Department of Homeland Security says they are processing his deportation.

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What happens next to Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has served as a flashpoint in the debate over Trump’s deportation push, was taken into custody by ICE this morning shortly after turning himself in. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez reports on what's next for Abrego Garcia as the Department of Homeland Security says they are processing his deportation.

01:19 - Source: CNN
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Illinois AG reacts to Trump admin making plans to send National Guard

CNN's Isabel Rosales speaks to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on the Trump administration making plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago as the president expands anti-crime agenda.

00:50 - Source: CNN
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Jeffries calls out Trump over his attacks on Smithsonian museums

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reacts to President Donald Trump launching a review into slavery exhibits in Smithsonian museums.

00:44 - Source: CNN
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Trump boasts about photo sent to him by Putin

On Friday, President Donald Trump took a moment in the Oval Office to show off a photograph of him and President Vladimir Putin that he says the Russian president sent to him from their Alaska summit.

00:46 - Source: CNN
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Shouting erupts after Texas GOP approve new congressional maps

Early Saturday morning, the Texas Senate approved new congressional maps designed to help Republicans win up to five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. This marked the final legislative hurdle for the redistricting plan endorsed by President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott.

00:37 - Source: CNN
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'Never inappropriate': Maxwell, eyeing a pardon, defends Trump

CNN's Erin Burnett reacts to the release of the long-awaited transcripts of a weeks-old Department of Justice interview with convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

02:54 - Source: CNN
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Why now? DOJ releases Maxwell interview transcript

CNN Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes explains why the Department of Justice is now releasing transcripts and audio from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

02:07 - Source: CNN
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Former aide to NYC mayor gives reporter cash in bag of chips

An indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ former top advisor came a day after another member of Adams’ inner circle became embroiled in a bizarre apparent bribery attempt involving a news reporter and an empty bag of potato chips. CNN’s Gloria Pazmino reports on the back-to-back incidents as Adams seeks reelection.

01:53 - Source: CNN
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Trump and Bolton have been at odds for years

John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, was fired in 2019 and has clashed with him since.

01:06 - Source: CNN
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal custody. The Maryland father was unlawfully deported to El Salvador in March and is facing human smuggling charges and allegations of being a part of MS-13.

00:32 - Source: CNN
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FBI conducts search at John Bolton’s home

The FBI conducted a court-authorized search at John Bolton’s home as part of a national security investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter.

00:28 - Source: CNN
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Trump: ‘I know more about grass than any human being’

At a meet-and-greet with law enforcement in Washington, DC, Trump vowed to re-turf the capital’s parks, declaring that no one knows more about grass than him.

00:21 - Source: CNN
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Trump doubles down on call to end mail-in voting that helps him win

CNN senior data analyst Harry Enten shows how President Donald Trump benefitted from mail-in voting in the 2024 election, despite his recent efforts to curtail the process in future elections.

02:19 - Source: CNN
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Newsom’s message after CA approves redistricting plan

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spoke to reporters after California Democrats passed a trio of redistricting bills, a day after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

01:34 - Source: CNN
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Democrats vow to fight back against TX GOP redistricting effort

Texas Republicans are poised to pass a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump that will create five more GOP-leaning House districts in time for next year’s midterm elections. CNN's Arlette Saenz reports from Austin about how Gov. Gavin Newsom is vowing to fight back.

01:35 - Source: CNN
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NY appeals court voids nearly $500m penalty against Trump

A New York appeals court has thrown out the roughly half-billion dollar judgment against President Donald Trump in the civil fraud case brought by the state’s attorney general. CNN's Elie Honig reports.

01:25 - Source: CNN
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Vance, Miller and Hegseth face loud protests during visit with National Guard

Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were met with loud protests while they were chatting with more than a dozen National Guard troops at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

00:41 - Source: CNN
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'This is absolutely overreach': Black mayors criticize Trump's troop deployment in DC

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson joins other Black mayors criticizing the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard in Washington, DC.

01:27 - Source: CNN
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Mexican brothers arrested, one tased by federal agents

Two brothers from Mexico were arrested by federal agents on Friday in Norwalk, Connecticut. Video shows two officers aggressively tugging Leonel Chavez’s arm while he sits inside a car before saying he is under arrest. A second video filmed by a passerby shows Chavez's brother, Ricardo, running away from an agent before getting tased, prompting him to suddenly collapse on the ground. The DHS told CNN in a statement that ICE agents were operating in Norwalk last week, but they did not specify whether it was ICE officers who arrested the Chavez brothers.

01:58 - Source: CNN
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MAGA merch stocked in room near Oval Office

President Donald Trump was seen in a social media video and photo showing off "Trump 2028" hats and a wall stocked with merch to the leaders of foreign countries at the White House.

01:13 - Source: CNN
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Forty-day Target boycott leader seeks changes of ‘substance’

CNN Senior National Correspondent Ryan Young speaks to Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Rev. Jamal Bryant, who earlier this year led a boycott of Target stores for the forty-day Christian season of Lent. Bryant says the retailer's reversal of DEI policies is a "stark betrayal" of its Black customers, and simply replacing the CEO is not enough.

03:14 - Source: CNN