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Dustin Thompson has been charged in connection with the Capitol riot. In an affidavit

‘I had to do something to gain his respect’: January 6 defendant testifies he believed Trump sent him to attack on US Capitol

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Alleged rioter Dustin Thompson took the stand in his trial on Wednesday and told a Washington, DC, jury that he believed he had received “presidential orders” to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. “Besides being ordered by the President to go to the Capitol, I don’t know what

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Wes Moore is a leading Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland.

A rising Democratic star told his origin story. But did he allow a narrative to take hold that didn’t match the facts?

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Wes Moore, a leading Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland, first became famous for his 2010 bestselling memoir, “The Other Wes Moore,” an inspirational story of two boys with the same name and ties to the rough streets of Baltimore. While the author became a Rhodes scholar, an Army captain and

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DeSantis had demanded lawmakers dismantle Florida's 5th Congressional District

DeSantis proposes new Florida congressional map that could wipe out Democratic redistricting gains

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday proposed an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional boundaries that could help his party pick up four seats in the US House of Representatives this November. If the proposed map is enacted and survives a legal challenge, the result could lead to “entirely wiping

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US officials warned Wednesday that unnamed hackers have developed tools designed to "gain full system access" to the sensitive computer systems used to operate energy facilities. Signage stands outside the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington

US officials warn of new hacking tools that could be used to target energy facilities

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials warned Wednesday that unnamed hackers have developed tools designed to “gain full system access” to the sensitive computer systems used to operate energy facilities. The tools could help a hacker burrow into an industrial computer network and “disrupt critical devices or functions,” said the Department of Energy, the FBI,

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