[Python] My VS Code terminal is acting weird - can't get it to execute code properly

I use VS Code. When I try to run my code, I get this error:

>>> & "C:/Users/David Wang/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.11.exe" "c:/Users/David Wang/Downloads/Python Grind/practice.py"
File "<stdin>", line 1
& "C:/Users/David Wang/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.11.exe" "c:/Users/David Wang/Downloads/Python Grind/practice.py"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


If I close the terminal and then run the code again, it will work. But if I delete the code and write up some new stuff, it'll give me the same error. This is for any code that I write from print("hello, world!") to something more complex.

When I asked copilot what this meant, it just said that there wasn't supposed to be a "&". I'm not sure what I should do, since it runs perfectly in the command prompt.

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