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Could the gains President Trump made with Latino voters be slipping away? After making steady improvements with Latinos the last three presidential elections, Texas Republicans redrew congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms to strengthen that support. But in Texas House District 34, some Latino voters told CNN’s John King that while they back tougher border policies, they feel recent ICE enforcement and deportations go too far.

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Could the gains President Trump made with Latino voters be slipping away? After making steady improvements with Latinos the last three presidential elections, Texas Republicans redrew congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms to strengthen that support. But in Texas House District 34, some Latino voters told CNN’s John King that while they back tougher border policies, they feel recent ICE enforcement and deportations go too far.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) shouted “you have killed Americans” as President Donald Trump slammed Democrats for demanding reform before funding the Department of Homeland Security. Omar was referring to the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to the deaths of two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House chamber just minutes into President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address after holding up** **a sign reading “Black people aren’t apes.” Earlier this month, Trump shared and then deleted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls, including from within his own ranks, to pressure Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign amid allegations he had an affair with a district staffer who later died by suicide, telling reporters he wants investigations to play out first. CNN’s Manu Raju reports.

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Speaking with CNN’s Clarissa Ward at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky said the United States is far too big and too important to walk away from the conflict. Zelensky hopes that President Trump, during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, will back Ukraine as it fights back against the Russia of President Vladimir Putin.

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