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Russian government-backed hackers have managed to acquire sensitive information on the development and deployment of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years

US says Russian hackers have collected intelligence from American defense contractors

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian government-backed hackers have acquired sensitive information on the development and deployment of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years, US security agencies said in a public advisory on Wednesday. The information gathered is unclassified, but offers “significant insight into US weapons platforms development and deployment

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A US Navy aircraft had an "extremely close" encounter with multiple Russian military jets over international waters in the Mediterranean this weekend

US Navy aircraft had an ‘extremely close’ encounter with multiple Russian military jets over the Mediterranean

By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN A US Navy aircraft had an “extremely close” encounter with multiple Russian military jets over international waters in the Mediterranean this weekend, according to multiple US officials directly familiar with the US military reports of the incident. The sources would not detail precisely how close the Russian aircraft

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San Francisco voters oust three school board members in recall vote, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Three San Francisco School Board members were removed from their positions by voters on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a tough recall campaign that pitted Democrats against Democrats as interlocking controversies over school closings and renamings fueled a well-funded backlash. The successful effort in one of the country’s most liberal cities is

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The United States has not seen evidence that Russia is pulling back troops from the Ukraine border

Blinken says US has seen ‘no meaningful pullback’ of Russian forces from the Ukraine border

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States has seen “no meaningful pullback” of Russian forces from the border with Ukraine, despite Moscow’s claims, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “On the contrary, we continue to see forces, especially forces that would be in the vanguard of any renewed aggression against

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Biden rejects Trump’s attempt to shield White House visitor logs, including for day of January 6 attack

By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to shield White House visitor logs from the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including appointments for individuals granted entry to the White House complex that day. In

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President Joe Biden has rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to shield White House visitor logs from the committee investigating the January 6

Biden rejects Trump’s attempt to shield White House visitor logs, including for day of January 6 attack

By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to shield White House visitor logs from the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including appointments for individuals granted entry to the White House complex that day. In

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Exclusive: Experts say the term ‘drought’ may be insufficient to capture what is happening in the West

By Ella Nilsen, CNN As the American West continues into its 22nd year of a parching megadrought, officials at the federal government’s top water resource management agency are trying to plan for an uncertain and unprecedented time for the nation’s largest reservoirs. “When [the system] was built 100 years ago, you could look outside your

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Roger Wong is seen wearing a pin in support of the San Francisco School Board recall during a rally in the Sunset District of San Francisco on Saturday

San Francisco voters oust three school board members in recall vote, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Three San Francisco School Board members were removed from their positions by voters on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a tough recall campaign that pitted Democrats against Democrats as interlocking controversies over school closings and renamings fueled a well-funded backlash. The successful effort in one of the country’s most liberal cities is

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President Joe Biden's administration announced last year it would start the process of putting California's emissions waiver back in place.

Biden administration is finalizing a waiver for California to set its own vehicle emissions standards

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing a waiver to allow California to adopt its own, stricter vehicle emission standards, reversing yet another Trump-era rollback. Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson Nick Conger confirmed the EPA’s final decision on the waiver is expected soon. “We are working to finalize a decision on the California waiver

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DC Superior Court Judge Yvonne Williams on Monday reversed an earlier decision to dismiss the case against Trump's business.

Trump Organization reinstated as defendant in DC AG’s case against Trump’s inaugural committee

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Washington, DC, court reinstated the Trump Organization as a defendant in a lawsuit the DC attorney general brought against former President Donald Trump‘s 2017 inaugural committee. DC Superior Court Judge Yvonne Williams on Monday reversed an earlier decision to dismiss the case against Trump’s business. On Thursday, the court is

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