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Biden warns Putin US will react ‘decisively and impose swift and severe costs’ if Russia invades Ukraine

By Natasha Bertrand, Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the US and its allies will respond “decisively and impose swift and severe costs” on Russia should Putin decide to invade Ukraine. In a roughly hour-long phone call, the White House said Biden made clear

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Colorado county clerk turns herself in to authorities for charges of obstructing a peace officer and obstructing government operations

By Jeremy Harlan and Ashley Killough, CNN Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk Tina Peters turned herself in to local authorities Thursday morning, a day after the Grand Junction Police Department had issued a warrant for her arrest. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office announced that Peters had turned herself in at 10:30 a.m. MST Thursday and posted

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Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger listen during a committee meeting on Capitol Hill on December 1

Cheney vows House January 6 committee ‘won’t be intimidated’ after RNC censure for her involvement

By Simret Aklilu, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday hit back at critics of the House select committee investigating January 6, saying the panel will move ahead with its investigation of the US Capitol attack regardless of criticism or intimidation attempts. Cheney, writing in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Thursday, vowed that the committee,

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Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6

Virginia deputy attorney general resigns after posts emerge of her praising January 6 rioters

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A deputy attorney general in Virginia resigned Thursday after Facebook posts resurfaced in which she called rioters who had stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, “patriots” and made reference to the “deep state.” Monique Miles, a now-former deputy for Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, is the

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Texas national guardsmen say their mission to secure the border is a waste of time and resources

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Since Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott deployed thousands of personnel to the US-Mexico border, the operation has been slammed as overtly political and a waste of resources by Democratic lawmakers and even some of the National Guard members participating in the mission. Last March, Abbott, who’s up for reelection, launched “Operation

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Russia accuses the West of spreading disinformation on Ukraine as Kyiv fortifies evacuation plans

By Darya Tarasova, Sharon Braithwaite, Kara Fox, Katya Krebs and Tim Lister, CNN Russia blasted Western countries and media for spreading a “large-scale disinformation campaign” over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying Friday that they were doing so “to divert attention from their own aggressive actions.” The Russian Foreign Ministry statement comes just hours

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David Ferriero

Outgoing chief archivist at center of ERA fight and Trump documents controversy

By Devan Cole, CNN Recent controversies over the certification of the Equal Rights Amendment and improper record-keeping of Trump-era documents have pushed the nation’s chief archivist, whose typical pro forma responsibilities render him unknown to all but the most knowledgeable Washingtonians, into the middle of several high-profile political dramas. David Ferriero, who’s set to retire

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Protestors against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor

White House warns protests at US-Canada border crossings already causing ‘significant impacts’ to some industries

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is “very closely” monitoring the protests at US-Canada border crossings in which standoffs have emerged over vaccine mandates and other issues, threatening supply chains and other major disruptions, a White House official told CNN. “We know that a number of companies and industries are seeing significant impacts from

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White House warns protests at US-Canada border crossings already causing ‘significant impacts’ to some industries

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is “very closely” monitoring the protests at US-Canada border crossings in which standoffs have emerged over vaccine mandates and other issues, threatening supply chains and other major disruptions, a White House official told CNN. “We know that a number of companies and industries are seeing significant impacts from

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Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says partisan divide could affect perception of Supreme Court

By Chandelis Duster and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday partisan divisions among lawmakers could affect the perception of the Supreme Court and the confirmation process of judicial nominees, adding that she is concerned the country “might be in crisis” because of political polarization. “Surely, it has an effect on

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