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Border chief disputes DHS has ‘operational control’ of the entire US southern border

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on Wednesday said the US does not have “operational control” of the southern border, contradicting a stance previously taken by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas has previously maintained in testimony before lawmakers that the department has operational control of the border, though

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Chinese billionaire arrested and charged in alleged fraud conspiracy that bilked investors of more than $1 billion

By Kara Scannell, CNN Chinese billionaire and proclaimed dissident Guo Wengui was arrested Wednesday and charged with defrauding thousands of followers out of more than $1 billion through complex investment schemes, US prosecutors announced Wednesday. Guo, a staunch critic of the Chinese government who is exiled in Manhattan and close to former Donald Trump adviser

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Arizona launches hotline for public to report ‘inappropriate’ school lessons

By Eddie Sun, CNN Arizona’s top education official launched a hotline this week for state residents to report K-12 class curriculum and lessons that they deem “inappropriate,” the Arizona Department of Education said in a press release. Championed by state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne, the “Empower Hotline” allows residents to voice their concerns

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Austin says US will continue to fly drones over Black Sea and condemns Russian downing as ‘aggressive’

By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed on Wednesday that US aircraft will continue to “fly and to operate wherever international law allows,” one day after Russian aircraft hit a US drone over the Black Sea, forcing it to be brought down in international waters. “This

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Russian hackers targeted European military and transport organizations in newly discovered spying campaign

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian military-linked hackers targeted — and in some cases successfully infiltrated — the networks of European military, energy and transportation organizations in an apparent spying campaign that went undetected for months as the war in Ukraine raged, Microsoft told its customers in a report obtained by CNN. The report demonstrates how,

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Environmental groups file two lawsuits hoping to stop the Willow Project, citing climate impacts

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Environmental and indigenous groups have filed two separate lawsuits challenging the Willow Project on Alaska’s North Slope after the Biden administration approved the oil drilling venture on Monday. ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project is slated to drill oil in the National Petroleum Reserve, which is owned by the federal government. The area where

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Trump and GOP attempt to reverse course on mail-in voting ahead of 2024

By Fredreka Schouten and Kristen Holmes, CNN After years of claiming mail-in voting is rife with fraud, some Republicans — including former President Donald Trump — are working to reverse course ahead of next year’s consequential presidential and congressional elections. Trump, now waging his third White House bid, told attendees at the Conservative Political Action

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Matthew Kacsmaryk: The Trump-appointed judge overseeing the blockbuster medication abortion lawsuit

By Devan Cole, CNN The federal judge overseeing a high-profile challenge to the FDA’s two-decade-old approval of certain drugs used to terminate a pregnancy is a deeply conservative jurist with a proclivity for siding with plaintiffs looking to roll back reproductive and LGBTQ rights or block key Biden administration policies. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk,

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