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Month: July 2022

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is pictured. The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 -- months earlier than previously known and more than a year before he alerted the House select committee investigating January 6

Exclusive: DHS inspector general knew of missing Secret Service texts months earlier than previously known

By Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 — months earlier than previously known and more than a year before he alerted the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, that

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Then-US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on September 18

Kushner recounts Jeff Sessions’ attempts to block Trump’s landmark criminal justice reform bill

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Recounting his yearlong effort to pass the First Step Act, Jared Kushner in his forthcoming memoir describes the numerous and ultimately unsuccessful efforts by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to thwart the landmark criminal justice reform legislation. In his upcoming book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” Kushner details several efforts by

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Wastewater COVID detection efforts extended to look for monkeypox; ‘Frequency of detection is increasing’

By Max Darrow Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — A project monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in the Bay Area via wastewater is now expanding its efforts to also watch the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, a team of researchers at Stanford University have conducted extensive surveillance of

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White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is staying on in her role

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield makes ‘last-minute’ decision to stay in her role

By MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz, Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is staying on in her role, a surprise decision coming after the White House announced she would be leaving, multiple sources told CNN. Bedingfield shared her decision in an email sent to her colleagues Friday afternoon. Bedingfield wrote

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg

US announces new sanctions targeting Russian global influence and election interference operations

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration announced sanctions targeting Russia over its global “malign influence” and election interference operations on Friday. In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new tranche of sanctions “is separate and distinct from the broad range of measures the United States and its allies and partners continue

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