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Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio applied a velvet glove to the Trump administration’s still-clenched fist during his high-profile speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, offering some reassurance to uneasy European leaders that the US remains committed to their long-standing partnership but without backing away from its underlying demand

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Local election authorities say a verification tool used in Missouri flagged citizens for removal from voter rolls

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is asking local election authorities to verify voters’ citizenship status after a federal program flagged people for potential illegal status. However, many county clerks have spotted citizens on the list. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said Hoskins sent her a list of 74 voters in November whose

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Juliana Peres Magalhães is escorted into the courtroom before testifying at Brendan Banfield's double murder trial on January 14.

Au pair who plotted elaborate double murder with Brendan Banfield sentenced to maximum 10 years in prison

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The au pair who crafted an elaborate double murder plot with former IRS agent Brendan Banfield and later testified against him in court was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday, the maximum sentence and well above the joint sentencing recommendation. Juliana Peres Magalhães, 25, pleaded guilty in October

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the opening of the 62nd Munich Security Conference in southern Germany on February 13.

Rubio and European leaders agree on one thing: The old world order ‘no longer exists’

By Sebastian Shukla, Lauren Kent, Laura Sharman, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — European leaders focused on the end of the US-led international order on Friday at a combative Munich Security Conference – one of the few points of agreement between Washington and its NATO allies. German leader Friedrich Merz said the post-1945 settlement “no longer

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