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By Maegan Vazquez and Devan Cole, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine recently freed after two years imprisoned in Russia, detailed his harrowing experience surviving a psychiatric treatment facility in the country in an exclusive interview with CNN. “The psychiatric treatment facility, I was in there with seven other prisoners in a

By Jessica Schneider, CNN The Justice Department will announce renewed efforts to combat hate crimes across the country Friday, just days after 10 people were killed in a Buffalo supermarket shooting that officials have called a racially motivated hate crime. Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to unveil three new initiatives aimed at deterring and

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN US intelligence officials are skeptical that any change in Russian public opinion against the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — even a dramatic one — would have an effect in persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict, according to multiple sources familiar with the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is announcing that school districts around the nation can apply for the first round of funding to transition to clean, zero emissions buses. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu will announce the first $500 million

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer There was a little-seen warm moment between Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas last November 1, just before the Supreme Court heard arguments on Texas’ abortion ban. Roberts announced that 30 years ago on that exact date, a ceremonial investiture for Thomas had

By Brad Lendon, CNN The US Navy is honoring its only Filipino to be awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s highest decoration for military valor, by naming a new warship after him. A future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad, after Fireman 2nd Class Telesforo De La Cruz Trinidad, Navy Secretary

By Andy Rose and Devan Cole, CNN Oklahoma’s legislature gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would require students at public schools and public charter schools in the state to use restrooms and locker rooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates — the latest anti-transgender bill state lawmakers have sent to

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden formally announced Friday that Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will take on a new position at the White House. Kirby will become the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications. In the new role, he will “coordinate interagency efforts to explain United States policy and will serve as a

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived here Friday on a mission to reaffirm a key alliance at an uncertain moment in East Asia, punctuated by growing warnings from US intelligence that North Korea may conduct a missile test during the President’s visit. Even as the war in Ukraine has preoccupied Washington — and

By Ted Barrett, CNN Several Republican senators told CNN Thursday that despite their votes against a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine, they do intend to vote to admit Finland and Sweden into NATO when and if that question comes before the Senate. But some indicated they have not decided whether to approve the

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden spent her first full day of a trip through South and Central America on Thursday, using a speech at the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, to emphasize the importance of global assistance and building alliances. The first lady used her remarks, made before a speech by

By Jamie Gangel and Evan Perez, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr has “tentatively agreed to give sworn testimony behind closed doors” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. Barr has already talked informally to the committee, including at a meeting at his