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    Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller

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    President makes unusual acknowledgement that one of the defining policies of his second administration had become a political liabilityDonald Trump has admitted that his deportation policy was “too tough” and has offered to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in a concession following the Republicans’ disastrous defeat in the midterm elections.In an interview on the CBS network’s 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, the president acknowledged that the aggressive crackdown had hurt him politically and said he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US. Continue reading… More

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      Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary

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      President says it was ‘just a little fun’ to picture White, UFC boss and Trump’s friend, in briefing room with fightersDonald Trump said on Sunday that he “was only kidding” when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).Speaking to reporters on his way back the White House from his beach club in Florida, Trump explained the premise of his joke, that if the UFC boss, who is a devoted fan of the president, took over the briefing room, flanked by six fighters, reporters “wouldn’t mess around with him so much”. Continue reading… More

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      Abdul El-Sayed’s victory has laid bare a truth about America’s view on Israel | Peter Beinart

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      In Michigan, support for Israel was a kind of political hologram. But the media often made it seem realAmong the things that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Michigan Senate race revealed is this: the debate over US policy toward Israel does not primarily pit the left versus the right. It pits the top versus the bottom.There was no grassroots enthusiasm in the state for maintaining US military aid and weapons sales to Israel. That view no longer commands support even among ordinary Republicans. There was instead a massive infusion of pro-Israel money, mostly from extremely wealthy people. Continue reading… More