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Biden orders airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria following attacks near base holding US troops last week

By Oren Liebermann, Hamdi Alkhshali, Natasha Bertrand, Devan Cole, Ellie Kaufman and Michael Callahan, CNN President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria on Tuesday, a little over a week after a number of rockets struck near a military base in northeastern Syria housing US troops. The airstrikes conducted by the US military

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Nadler wins Democratic primary for New York’s redrawn 12th District in clash between incumbents, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Rep. Jerry Nadler will win the Democratic nomination in New York’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, unseating Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a clash of longtime Upper Manhattan incumbents. Nadler and Maloney were drawn into the same district by an independent mapmaker after state Democrats’ proposed lines were thrown

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Democrats turn to Charlie Crist to try to slow Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ahead of 2024

By Steve Contorno, CNN To take on the herculean task of challenging Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall, Florida Democrats are going with someone familiar over “something new.” For the second time in eight years, Democratic voters will elect Charlie Crist as their nominee for governor, CNN projects, choosing the seasoned veteran over Agriculture Commissioner

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Twitter whistleblower will take part in Capitol Hill briefings

By Donie O’Sullivan and Brian Fung, CNN Twitter’s former head of security will take part in closed-door briefings this week on Capitol Hill following his explosive whistleblower report alleging serious and widespread security vulnerabilities at the company, according to the group representing him. The expected appearance by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko comes as Twitter faces increasing

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Former Trump national security adviser O’Brien scheduled to meet with January 6 committee on Tuesday

By Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, was scheduled to meet Tuesday with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the meeting tells CNN. A select committee aide declined to comment. NBC was first to

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National Archives wanted to share classified docs from Mar-a-Lago with FBI and intel community for damage assessment months ago

By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Kristen Holmes, CNN The National Archives told former President Donald Trump‘s legal team in May that it was sharing hundreds of pages of classified material it had retrieved in January with the FBI and other entities in the intelligence community so that an assessment could be done

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Herschel Walker knocks new health care and climate law: ‘Don’t we have enough trees around here?’

By Michael Warren, CNN Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, criticized the spending provisions in the newly passed health care and climate law, including money allocated for an urban forestry program which he dismissed as unnecessary. “[A] lot of money it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?” Walker said

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