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US announces major bust as efforts to crack down on Chinese money launderers working with drug cartels ratchet up

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US prosecutors on Tuesday touted a major breakthrough in a crackdown against Chinese money laundering networks they say are working with Mexican drug cartels, announcing charges against 24 people for allegedly taking part in a scheme to launder more than $50 million in drugs. It’s one of the biggest busts

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shake hands at the conclusion of a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington on June 18.

Blinken confirms US is still pausing a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel as Netanyahu increases pressure on admin

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday confirmed an ongoing pause on a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to ratchet up public pressure on the Biden administration over “withholding weapons.” The Biden administration is “continuing to review one shipment that President

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House Ethics Committee continues investigating Matt Gaetz but closes some portions of its probe

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it will continue to investigate certain allegations surrounding Rep. Matt Gaetz, including whether the Florida Republican engaged in sexual misconduct, while ending other portions of the probe. In a rare statement updating its work, the bipartisan committee stated some of the allegations against Gaetz

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Biden announces new executive action protecting some undocumented immigrant spouses and children of US citizens

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced an executive action allowing certain undocumented spouses and children of US citizens to apply for lawful permanent residency without leaving the country – a sweeping election-year move that could offer deportation protections to hundreds of thousands of people. The action will provide

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Judge pauses federal rule requiring employers give abortion-seekers time off in Louisiana, Mississippi

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A judge paused in two Southern states a new federal mandate that employers give workers seeking elective abortions time off to obtain and recover from the procedure. US District Judge David C. Joseph in a Monday order partially halted the new rule being implemented by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon won’t be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped

Steve Bannon won’t be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say

CNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Instead of a minimum-security prison camp, where many nonviolent

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Steve Bannon won’t be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Instead of a minimum-security prison camp, where many nonviolent offenders serve

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Biden set to announce sweeping action shielding undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation

By Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing to announce sweeping executive action Tuesday that would shield select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally in the country as they seek citizenship, according to people familiar with the plans. The policy would

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More than 20 of 32 NATO allies spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, Stoltenberg says

By Kayla Tausche and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The United States and NATO are expected to announce Monday that the number of allied countries spending at least 2% of their country’s economic output on defense has doubled during President Joe Biden’s term. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Washington and meeting with Biden

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