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The Department of Education has been inundated with approximately 100,000 public comments on its proposed new rules for how campuses handle cases of sexual assault. Secretary Betsy DeVos opened the public comment period two months ago, after unveiling her plan to replace Obama-era rules with regulations that, she says, would better protect the accused.

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President Trump's administration wants to detain migrant children for longer than is currently allowed. The administration proposed new rules today.

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President Trump is celebrating a new North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada last night joined the United States and Mexico in this new trade deal.

Rachel Martin talks to Cristina Jiménez of United We Dream, who says she is opposed to President Trump's offer to extend protections for some immigrants to end the partial government shutdown.

Attorney General William Barr says Russia interfered in the 2016 election and they did it without the help of any one on the Trump Campaign or any American.

President Trump has responded to Michael Cohen's testimony. The former Trump lawyer called the president a "con man" and a "racist."