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Biden honors 9/11 victims at Pentagon ceremony: ‘This is a day not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve’

By Nikki Carvajal, Jasmine Wright and Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at a remembrance event Sunday at the Pentagon, delivering heartfelt remarks that honored those killed there. “I know for all those of you who lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no

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Border agency chief condemns retweets of ‘offensive’ comments by ex-Trump adviser from official CBP account

By Josh Campbell, CNN The head of US Customs and Border Protection on Saturday condemned several retweets from an official CBP regional Twitter account of “offensive” tweets made earlier that day by a former top adviser in the Trump administration. The official CBP Twitter account for the agency’s West Texas sector retweeted two posts by

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Biden honors 9/11 victims at Pentagon ceremony: ‘This is a day not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve’

By Nikki Carvajal, Jasmine Wright and Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at a remembrance event Sunday at the Pentagon, delivering heartfelt remarks that honored those killed there. “I know for all those of you who lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no

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Republican congressman presents convicted January 6 rioter with flag flown over US Capitol after her release from prison

By Aaron Pellish and Marshall Cohen, CNN Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday. Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies about the January 6, 2021, insurrection, met Dr.

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Republicans have spent the year attacking Democrats on inflation. Some conservatives worry that won’t be enough to win in November

By Gabby Orr, CNN Frustrated by Republicans’ intense focus on inflation and President Joe Biden in the party’s closing pitch to voters, some conservatives want to see the GOP talk more about hot-button cultural issues in the final sprint to Election Day. The thinking among critics of the current approach is that Democrats’ most controversial

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Montana health department adopts rule severely restricting changes of sex on birth certificates

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Health officials in Montana adopted a proposed rule change Friday pertaining to changing the identification of sex on state-issued birth certificates, which now excludes changes following gender confirmation surgeries. The rule change by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, which went into effect Saturday, now makes it virtually

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VP Harris sharpens attacks on Republicans: ‘We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy’

By Sam Fossum and Shania Shelton, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris sharpened her attacks against Republicans on Saturday at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting, while also touting Democratic accomplishments since she and President Joe Biden took office. “We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy,” Harris told attendees in National Harbor, Maryland,

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Republican congressman presents convicted January 6 rioter with flag flown over US Capitol after her release from prison

By Aaron Pellish and Marshall Cohen, CNN Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday. Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies about the January 6, 2021, insurrection, met Dr.

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Trump asks judge to reject DOJ’s request to continue to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal judge to reject the Justice Department’s attempt to continue to review classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as part of its criminal investigation, saying that the materials may not be classified and that his Florida resort is secure.

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Roberts defends Supreme Court’s legitimacy and says last year has been ‘difficult in many respects’

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts — making his first public comments since the US Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last term, triggering demonstrations across the country — defended the legitimacy of the court Friday night while also acknowledging it had been “gut-wrenching” to drive into a barricaded

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DOJ and Trump each propose 2 special masters for Mar-a-Lago probe

By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers proposed two selections each to a federal judge for who should serve as “special master” in the Mar-a-Lago investigation. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the case, earlier this week granted the former

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Trump and Justice Department submit special master nominees to review Mar-a-Lago documents

By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Kara Scannell, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have submitted their respective nominees to serve as the special master reviewing materials seized from Mar-a-Lago and vastly different proposals for how the process should work. Friday night’s joint court filing also stressed the wide

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