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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Virginia’s largest public universities have dropped their Covid-19 vaccination requirement for students to attend in person or to enroll in light of last week’s legal opinion issued by state Attorney General Jason Miyares. Virginia Tech, George Mason University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University announced updates in their policies

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed the objections of seven Republican governors to the National Guard vaccine mandate, asserting his authority to set military medical requirements for the entire armed forces, including guard units. In nearly identical letters sent to the governors late last week, Austin wrote that their concerns “do not

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not give an indication that Moscow will de-escalate from the border with Ukraine in a call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday, a senior State Department official said following the latest diplomatic effort between the two sides amid the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior White House official will meet with European allies this week to discuss ways to support Ukraine’s digital defenses in the event of Russian cyberattacks, a senior Biden administration official told CNN. The trip to Brussels and Warsaw by Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology,

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

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

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Former President Donald Trump suggested he would pardon January 6 rioters if he wins the White House again. He encouraged mass protests if investigations into him and his businesses don’t shake his way. And he falsely claimed that the vice president has the power turn to overturn an

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday lashed out at those who called on him to condemn Nazi demonstrations that had taken place over the weekend near Orlando, accusing his political opponents of trying to “smear me as if I had something to do with it.” DeSantis was responding to a question

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States “will know sooner rather than later” whether it is possible to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, a senior State Department official said Monday, adding that some of the “most critical decisions” have yet to be made. “We will know sooner rather than later whether we