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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast here with our weekly roundup of political news.

Cambridge Analytica is at the center of a growing controversy over how it obtains the private data of millions of Facebook users,

and how it may have used that data in its work for the Trump campaign in 2016.

Congress unveiled a $1.3 trillion spending bill less than two days before government funding runs out.

It's more than 2000 pages long.

And John Dowd, who had been leading President Trump's outside legal team, has resigned.

I'm Tamar Keith, I cover the White House for NPR.

I'm Scott Detero, I cover Congress.

I'm Tim Mc, political reporter, and I'm Dominican Montenoro, political editor.

And Tim, this is your first time on the podcast, how does it feel?

I'm so excited to be here. Welcome.

Yeah.

That's a lot of clap.

No, actually, we really are excited that you're here just like this.

I'm super, I'm super excited to be here.

Dominican Montenoro, we're ready to keep that slow clap going and gradually build,

but I think we have other things.

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