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Then-President Donald Trump is shown speaking on a monitor in the White House briefing room about the violence during the ratification of the 2020 election on January 6

Trump’s presidential diarist tells Jan. 6 committee White House officials provided less detail about his activities days before riot

By Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN Just days before the US Capitol riot, White House officials started providing fewer details about then-President Donald Trump‘s calls and visits, the person in charge of compiling those activities for the official record told the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021,

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Mike Gibbons

Fact check: Ad from Ohio Republican Josh Mandel falsely claims party rival Mike Gibbons said military service isn’t real work

By Daniel Dale, CNN A new television ad from Ohio Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel is centered on a false claim that Republican primary rival Mike Gibbons, a businessman, said that military service isn’t “real work.” The Mandel ad features a direct-to-camera appeal from Sheila Nowacki, the mother of a Marine who was killed in

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The acting DHS intelligence chief steps down as Biden appointee still awaits confirmation.

Acting DHS intelligence chief steps down as Biden appointee still awaits confirmation

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The temporary head of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence division, John Cohen, is stepping down this month as President Joe Biden’s appointee awaits confirmation, according to an internal memo sent to the workforce and obtained by CNN. Cohen assumed the role last July after a series of controversies embroiled the

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The Biden administration announces official end to Title 42

Biden administration announces official end to Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic restrictions at the US border

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will end Trump-era pandemic restrictions that effectively blocked migrants from entering the United States on May 23, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. Former President Donald Trump invoked a public health authority, known as Title 42, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a

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Safiullah Rauf and his brother Anees Khalil

Exclusive: Biden administration secures release of Afghan-American Naval reservist who was held by Taliban

By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent The Biden administration on Friday secured the release of Safi Rauf, 27, an Afghan-American Naval reservist who was doing humanitarian work in Kabul and who had been in captivity under the Taliban since December. Rauf and his brothers, all former Afghan refugees, founded the Human First Coalition,

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The US and its allies are weighing security guarantees for Ukraine

The US and its allies are weighing security guarantees for Ukraine, but they’re unlikely to give Kyiv what it wants

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US and its allies have been weighing how the West could provide Ukraine with alternative security guarantees should it forgo its NATO membership bid as a concession to Russia to end the war, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The discussions, which have included the Ukrainians directly, are

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