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House Republicans are pushing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package as soon as Wednesday, grinding out last-minute deal-making to shore up wavering GOP support and deliver on President Donald Trump\u2019s top legislative priority. The Trump administration acknowledged in court that it deported eight migrants after being called to answer questions Wednesday about a deportation flight of Asian migrants to the African nation of South Sudan that potentially violated a judge’s order. Immigration authorities told the judge that their home countries would not take them back. They refused to say what the migrants\u2019 final destinations would be. And Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House after accusing the country\u2019s government of allowing a \u201cgenocide\u201d to take place against minority white farmers. Afrikaner farmers in the… <\/p>\n

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House Republicans are pushing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package as soon as Wednesday, grinding out last-minute deal-making to shore up wavering GOP support and deliver on President Donald Trump\u2019s top legislative priority. The Trump administration acknowledged in court that it deported eight migrants after being called to answer questions Wednesday about a deportation flight of Asian migrants to the African nation of South Sudan that potentially violated a judge’s order. Immigration authorities told the judge that their home countries would not take them back. They refused to say what the migrants\u2019 final destinations would be. And Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House after accusing the country\u2019s government of allowing a \u201cgenocide\u201d to take place against minority white farmers. Afrikaner farmers in the... <\/p>\n

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