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President Trump's declaration that the closure had hurt his party on Tuesday appeared to have stiffened Democrats' resolve and put at least a temporary damper on talks to end the crisis.
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Voters in California approved a redistricting plan intended to partially neutralize a push by President Trump to draw up more safe Republican House seats before next year's election. Kellen Browning, a political reporter for The New York Times based in San Francisco, explains how it happened and what's next.
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It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was also released from prison by mistake.
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At Zohran Mamdani's victory party at the Brooklyn Paramount on Tuesday night, Democracy Now! spoke with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "We're not going to be intimidated," Ocasio-Cortez said. "We're going to fight for working families. We're going to stand with immigrants. We're going to stand with the diversity of this city."
Brad Lander, former mayoral candidate who cross-endorsed with Mandani in the Democratic primary, commented on the power of having a "Muslim New Yorker and a Jewish New Yorker say we are not going to allow Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams or Donald Trump or Elon Musk or Stephen Miller to weaponize fear and pit us against each other."
"This is such an incredible proof of concept of how to fight fascism," added the Canadian journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein.
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The program was first authorized for South Sudanese nationals in 2011. The Department of Homeland Security said that "renewed peace in South Sudan" and "improved diplomatic relations" justified the move.
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The plan, which officials said was intended to help air traffic controllers, would force the cancellation of thousands of flights as the administration seeks to pressure Democrats to end the shutdown.
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State and local election results cast hope for Democratic ambitions in next year's midterms.
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