CNN Reporter Veronica Miracle Hit With Tear Gas Reporting From ICE Protest

Former CNN host Don Lemon got hit with federal charges for reporting from an ICE protest, but he’s getting one-upped by CNN reporter Veronica Miracle … ’cause she just got hit with tear gas during her wild live shot from an ICE protest. Check out…

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Ellen DeGeneres Goes Mansion Shopping Despite Nationwide Protest Call

Ellen DeGeneres’ gander across the pond looks like it hit pause — ’cause she popped up back in Montecito mansion-hunting … the same day of calling for a nationwide shutdown. The ex-talk show host preached in an IG post, “no work, no school, no…

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Senate Funding Vote, ICE Family Detention Protest, Fed Holds Interest Rates

Senate Democrats are threatening a partial government shutdown unless Republicans agree to new limits on immigration enforcement by Friday’s deadline.
A protest at an ICE family detention center in South Texas turned confrontational as demonstrators demanded the release of a five-year-old boy and his father taken from Minnesota and held at the facility hundreds of miles away.
And despite pressure from President Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve is holding steady to fight lingering inflation and rising prices.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Kelsey Snell, Susanna Capelouto, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.

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(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) Senate Funding Vote
(05:41) ICE Family Detention Protest
(10:28) Fed Holds Interest Rates

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