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Jill Biden expresses disappointment with Pelosi: ‘We were friends for 50 years’

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden expressed her disappointment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post, providing rare public comments about the fractured relationship between her husband, Joe Biden, and Pelosi following the president’s departure from the 2024 race. “We were friends for

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Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded in a report released on Wednesday. The nearly year-long review — which the IG says examined more than 56 million

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Trump and Biden national and homeland security staff will meet Wednesday for threat exercises

By Sean Lyngaas, Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and top national security staff are expected to meet Wednesday with President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in the White House to walk through how the US government responds to a range of homeland security threats and

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Michelle Obama speaks at the Wings Event Center on October 26

Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, her office said Tuesday, without providing an explanation for her decision. “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration,”

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Mitt Romney Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mitt Romney, former US senator from Utah. Romney is also a former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1947 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Willard Mitt Romney Father: George W. Romney, former governor of Michigan

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Takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith’s report on January 6 and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election

By Dan Berman, Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The evidence was there to convict Donald Trump. That’s the simple and powerful conclusion from former special counsel Jack Smith in his final report on Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election culminating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the

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