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Narciso Barranco was detained by US Border Patrol agents while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana

Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was arrested by masked federal agents in Southern California

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was beaten and arrested by masked federal agents while working at his landscaping job, caught up in one of the ongoing ICE workplace raids that advocates say have left immigrant communities terrified and on edge. Alejandro Barranco told

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American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Miami International Airport on February 19.

5 injured due to turbulence on American Airlines flight

By Pete Muntean, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Five people were transported to the hospital Sunday after their American Airlines flight experienced “unexpected turbulence.” American Airlines flight 1286, an Airbus A321, from Miami to Raleigh-Durham landed safely Sunday evening after experiencing the turbulence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A passenger on the flight

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal hangs on a fence at the agency's headquarters in Washington

Iran could ‘target’ US officials if Tehran believes regime’s survival at risk, DHS says

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iran could try to “target” US government officials if Iranian leaders believe “the stability or survivability” of their regime is at risk, according to a new Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by CNN. Other scenarios for potential Iranian targeting of US officials include if Tehran considers them to

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Prosecutor Hank Brennan

Evidence in Karen Read’s case led to ‘only one person,’ prosecutor says in first statement since her acquittal

By Dakin Andone, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The special prosecutor who led the retrial of Karen Read is “disappointed” in the jury’s decision last week acquitting Read of killing her police officer boyfriend – saying Monday in his first statement since the verdict that “the evidence led to one person, and only one person.”

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President Donald Trump in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington

Did Trump violate the Constitution by bombing Iran?

CNN By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of presidential powers to conduct war despite a lack of congressional approval. The administration is relying on the president’s authority

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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: Should the United States continue its attacks on Iran?

The United States has entered the fray against Iran, using B-2 stealth bombers from Missouri to drop the world’s biggest conventional bombs on nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran over the weekend. President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation Saturday night that the strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities. But with the secretive Middle

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A satellite image shows damaged buildings at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility on June 14 after a series of Israeli strikes.

How badly have US strikes damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities? Here’s what to know

CNN By Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Thomas Bordeaux and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Warplanes. Submarines. Cruise missiles. Bombs that weigh 30,000 pounds. After initially favoring diplomacy, US President Donald Trump resorted to an extraordinary use of force against Iran on Saturday night, striking three of the regime’s key nuclear sites. Trump claimed

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Start your week smart: US strikes Iran, Pride rollbacks, Tesla robotaxis, NATO summit, Bezos’ wedding

By Andrew Torgan, Morgan Severson, CNN (CNN) — If everything goes according to plan, Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi service will roll out today in Austin, Texas. Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, who’s been talking about robotaxis for years, has cautioned that the launch date isn’t set in stone. Musk, of course, is also CEO of SpaceX — and has

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These former USAID staff are working to match donors to urgent, lifesaving aid projects that had their funding slashed

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — In a warehouse in northeast Nigeria, a nonprofit’s stocks of food to treat malnourished children and pregnant women are running low. The organization, Action Against Hunger (ACF), is running a project to combat malnutrition that had been relying on funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to

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