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Leaked audio and video show Border Patrol agents confronting Homeland Security secretary at meetings

By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was met with concern and frustration during meetings with US Border Patrol agents at several locations along the southern border last week, according to sources familiar with the discussions and leaked audio and video. Frustrations ranged from the Covid-19 pandemic to immigration policy and at points

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NSA watchdog finds ‘concerns’ with searches of Americans’ communications

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The National Security Agency failed to follow both court-approved and internal procedures designed to prevent officials from using a controversial foreign surveillance law to inappropriately monitor Americans’ communications, the NSA inspector general found in a semi-annual report released on Monday. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the

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The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and warned American citizens against travel there.

US State Department orders families of government personnel to leave Belarus amid ‘unusual and concerning Russian military buildup’

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and warned American citizens against travel there due to an “unusual and concerning Russian military buildup” along Belarus’ border with Ukraine. The developments come as US officials warn that Russia

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Former President Donald Trump continued to entertain some of the same core elements of those executive orders

Exclusive: Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN

By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines — one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security — as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources

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Fact check: Quote tweeted by GOP congressman came from neo-Nazi convicted for child porn, not Voltaire

By Daniel Dale, CNN Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, has been a vocal critic of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, who also serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser. On Sunday, Massie sarcastically tweeted, “You mustn’t question Fauci, for he is science.” Under those words, Massie

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Newsom and other Democratic leaders seen maskless at Rams game despite LA restrictions

By Devan Cole, CNN Three leading California Democratic officials were photographed maskless at the National Football Conference title game on Sunday despite a sweeping mask mandate for Los Angeles County. In photos posted online by NBA legend Magic Johnson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and San Francisco Mayor London Breed are

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President Joe Biden's administration reversed a Trump-era rule dictating what kind of art can be commissioned for federal buildings.

Biden reverses Trump rule that limited what kind of public art could be commissioned for federal buildings

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday reversed a Trump-era rule dictating what kind of art can be commissioned for federal buildings as part of an effort to have public art better reflect America’s diversity. The new rule removes content and style restrictions that Biden administration officials say excluded many artists from consideration

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