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President Trump says the U.S. is going to start work on a new missile defense shield.
He's calling it the Golden Dome.
Once fully constructed,
the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from...
Trump claims the project will cost around $175 billion and can be finished in three years.
Experts say that's unlikely.
They doubt it will be limited to that price.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates a missile shield program for the U.S. could cost at a minimum half a trillion dollars.
A federal judge held a hearing late yesterday on a case involving the federal government's deportation of migrants.
This time,
the case involves migrants from one country who came to the U.S. illegally but are deported to a third country that's not their own.
And Pierce Human of Bustillo explains.
Massachusetts federal judge Brian Murphy held an emergency hearing on Tuesday night over these third country deportations,
this time to South Sudan.