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A photo posted by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office shows Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, in law enforcement custody on Sunday.

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For Subscribers From sermons in the Congo to funeral home jobs, Minnesota suspect’s life took a strange turn in recent years

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For Subscribers Less than 10% of immigrants taken into ICE custody since October had serious criminal convictions, internal data shows

This image provided by the FBI shows Vance Boelter.

What we know about the Minnesota shooting suspect

TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 13: People look over damage to buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's three top military generals were killed in the attacks that also targeted nuclear and military facilities, according to published reports. Israel described the strikes as preemptive to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the reports said. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

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How Israel’s campaign to wipe out Iran’s nuclear program unfolded

Los Angeles, CA - June 06: ICE officers form a barrier to block protesters after performing a raid in Chinatown on Friday, June 6, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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For Subscribers As ICE stages raids across L.A., local police and officials say they are left in the dark

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‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting

US President Donald Trump gestures before signing an executive order to boost coal mining and production in the United States, in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Coal miners backed Trump. He’s dismantled their safety net

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What we know about Colorado suspect’s life leading up to antisemitic attack

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For Subscribers A trip to Rome for state officials. Paid for in part by companies they regulate.

US President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC.

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For Subscribers Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and cryptocurrency: The Trump family’s rapidly expanding Middle East business

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 6: Planes are parked at Terminal C in Newark Liberty International Airport, on May 6, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Passengers traveling to, from, or through Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) have experienced several days of delays and cancellations caused by air traffic control staffing shortages and equipment malfunctions.(Photo by Andres Kudacki/Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Internal FAA report downplayed risks of data outage affecting Newark air traffic controllers

United Airline planes are seen at the gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 7, 2025. Regulators have been slowing arrivals and departures at one of the United States' busiest airports following a 90-second traffic control system outage last week that has industry experts sounding alarm bells. (Photo by kena betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Air traffic controllers warned of ‘incredibly dangerous’ safety incidents months before latest Newark system failure

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) nominee Terry Cole meets with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) inside of his office at the Hart Senate Office Building on April 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. Cole is currently Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and has worked at the DEA for the past 22 years.

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Ex-agents question role of Trump’s DEA pick in violent overseas incidents

President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting in Washington, DC, on February 26.

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For Subscribers Trump staffed his Cabinet with wealthy advisers. Some stand to gain even more from recent policy shifts

People walk through campus at Harvard University on April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Trump administration announced that it would block Harvard University from receiving $2.2 billion in federal grants and $60 million in contracts after the school refused demands to adopt new policies relating to student and faculty conduct, admissions, anti-semitism on campus and DEI.

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Harvard is relying on its billionaire alums as it faces down the White House

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US President Donald Trump gestures before signing an executive order to boost coal mining and production in the United States, in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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In just 5 months, President Trump has dismantled the safety net that for years protected miners from injury and disease. CNN’s Kyung Lah traveled to coal country where miners fear the impact of the cuts.

<p>Floyd Brown, who lamented the legality of homosexuality and spread false conspiracies about President Obama, says he was fired from the Kennedy Center after CNN asked questions about his previous statements. CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski details the far-right political activist’s past. </p>

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Floyd Brown, who lamented the legality of homosexuality and spread false conspiracies about President Obama, says he was fired from the Kennedy Center after CNN asked questions about his previous statements. CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski details the far-right political activist’s past.

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Video A trip to Rome for state officials. Paid for in part by companies they regulate. 3:59

A group of US state officials flew free to Italy and stayed in a five-star Rome hotel thanks to a group funded by corporate interests. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports.

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Video ‘They all have radio failure’: Hear air traffic controllers in another Newark outage 3:31

Air traffic controllers reported critical safety incidents and communications outages months before the latest Newark system failure. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports

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Video Living close to family should be a blessing. In the Eaton Fire, it turned into a curse 3:24

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Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, is seen ahead of a meeting with Senator Tommy Tuberville in Washington DC on December 2, 2024.

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Video KFILE: Hegseth was harshly critical of Trump and mocked him in the past 4:13

In this 2016 photo, Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with Trump at Trump Tower in New York.

Video CNN reporter details past sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth 1:54

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Little Chute High School, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Video Hear the different messaging on Israel and Gaza from the Harris campaign commercials depending on where you live 3:08

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Video New KFile report: Trump’s campaign manager at one time pushed posts calling Jan 6 ‘sickening’ 2:45

Richard Benjamin, right, and his son Jason look at bank statements showing more than 100 donations that Benjamin made to WinRed in a single day. (CNN)

Video Elderly Americans exploited by political fundraising tactics 7:21

Video GOP governor nominee responds to CNN report about his disturbing comments on porn forum 3:03

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Video ‘Ticking time bomb’: A nurse who met Ryan Routh says he was ‘dangerous’ 4:28

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Power in chaos: Steve Bannon is disrupting democracy. This is how.

Alex Jones, conservative conspiracy theorist host of Infowars.com, is briefed by Matt Weber as he prepares to host his live show in his studio in Austin, Texas, Feb. 17, 2017. Jones seems to be taking on a unique new role as occasional information source and validator for the president of the United States, with whom, Jones says, he sometimes speaks on the phone. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

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From fringe to frontline: How Alex Jones stoked many of the conspiracy theories taking hold in today’s Republican party

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Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’: Alabama’s largest utility plans to bury a heap of toxic coal waste in one of North America’s most biodiverse river systems. Experts say it will put one of the nation’s most pristine wetlands at risk.

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Police officers convicted of rape, murder and other serious crimes are collecting tens of millions of dollars during retirement

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How marginalized communities in the South are paying for ‘green energy’ in Europe

Protesters seen all over Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters rioted and breached the Capitol.

Assault on democracy: Paths to insurrection

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High ground, high prices: How climate change is speeding gentrification in some of America’s most flooding-vulnerable cities

One gun’s path to destruction: They were a farming family, a young hothead, and an aspiring engineer with nothing in common – except a weapon that reached the San Francisco streets through unlicensed gun dealing.

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A gym built on fear: Larry Nassar molested them. Now gymnasts describe a different kind of abuse by famed Olympic coach John Geddert

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Dozens of patrol vehicles, including a forensics van, are stationed outside of Florida State University’s student union building, the scene of a shooting, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

What we know about the Florida State University shooting suspect

Cody Balmer is escorted from court after his preliminary arraignment on Monday, April 14, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

Shapiro arson suspect’s family had sought help for days from authorities before attack

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the governor's official residence about a suspected arson fire that forced him, his family and guests to flee in the middle of the night on the Jewish holiday of Passover, on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Shapiro arson suspect faced charges in domestic violence case, financial and legal turmoil

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump answers a reporters question during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed

FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

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‘A betrayal of the government’: Congressional leaders say VA needs to better serve families of veterans who die by suicide

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy participates in a news conference about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Officials believe that all 64 people on the commercial jet and the three service members on the U.S. Army helicopter died when they collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River airport outside Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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For Subscribers Red states could benefit as Trump’s transportation secretary prioritizes funds based on birth and marriage rates

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For Subscribers Corporate interests pay for luxury foreign trips. State attorneys general join for free

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For Subscribers Insulting, exhausting, traumatic: The death benefits battle between the VA and families of vets who die by suicide

Daniel Oropeza, an immigrant from Venezuela, at the restaurant El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, last month. Oropeza is facing potential deportation after the Trump administration revoked protections for Venezuelans.

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For Subscribers This South Florida suburb swung to Trump. Now many of its residents are facing deportation

This still from video originally posted to Instagram shows Office of Personnel Management spokesperson McLaurine Pinover as she films fashion content in her office.

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Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office

Ruth Garfinkel, a laid-off employee of a USAID contractor in Durham, prepares dinner for her family.

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For Subscribers ‘They are harming ordinary people’: Trump’s funding cuts are taking a toll in North Carolina

Elon Musk looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.

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Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee

Elon Musk speaks to reporters alongside President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11.

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DOGE’s claim that it saved $8 billion by canceling an $8 million contract raises questions about its ‘wall of receipts’

Attorney Matt Boles, 27, with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, heads to immigration court at the Stewart Detention Center, Friday Nov. 15, 2019, in Lumpkin, Ga. Visitors to the immigration court pass through two sliding gates set into chain link fencing topped by loops of razor wire, the first gate closing behind them before the second opens. "When you go to court, it's not very welcoming because of the security measures. It's in so many ways a reminder of why I want to win so badly," says Boles. "I think that walking into that environment reinforces the desire to give hope to people and get them free to be with their families." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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For Subscribers Group that defended undocumented migrants cuts dozens of attorneys and staff

The entrance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Atlanta. A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate for public transportation across the U.S. created a confusing patchwork of rules for passengers. The CDC recently extended the mandate, but the court decision put the mandate on hold. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

‘Suppressing essential health information’: Some officials frustrated by Trump administration’s limits on health agencies

FILE - Detainees talk on telephones at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., Aug. 28, 2019. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, agreed to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

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For Subscribers Biden promised but failed to end federal use of private prisons. That’s left the industry ready to cash in big under Trump

Elon Musk at Donald Trump's inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20.

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‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday in Arlington, Va.

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Pilots had reported near-misses with helicopters at Reagan National Airport in the years before the deadly crash

The control tower at the Reagan National Airport after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River.

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Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Trump said he hadn’t read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals

President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20 in Washington, DC.

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Trump’s foreign business partners tout his presidency while promoting projects

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For Subscribers Teacher layoffs, bigger classes: Potential federal education cuts could hit GOP’s base hardest

Firefighters monitor and control the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, North West of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025. US officials warned "dangerous and strong" winds were set to push deadly wildfires further through Los Angeles residential areas January 12 as firefighters struggled to make progress against the flames. At least 24 people have been confirmed dead from blazes that have ripped through the city, reducing whole neighborhoods to ashes and leaving thousands without homes. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

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‘It’s tedious. It’s dirty. It’s not fun:’ Searching for answers in the wildfire wreckage

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter sprays water on a burning apartment complex caused by the rapidly spreading Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

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‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America

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More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire around a burned structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage

Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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New Orleans attacker discussed plans to kill his family and join ISIS in chilling recordings. Here’s what we know

A boat holding a campaign flag is seen near Mar-a-Lago, the residence of US president-elect Donald Trump on November 8 in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers

Adm. Karl Schultz speaks during a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, in June 2018.

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Former US Coast Guard chief reveals why he withheld sexual assault investigation from Congress

NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD - NOV. 24: Morgan Speichinger walks through the backyards of her neighbors' destroyed homes five months after a June 23 flood near McCook Lake in North Sioux City, South Dakota, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rebecca S. Gratz for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Kristi Noem is Trump’s Homeland Security pick, but some South Dakota residents say she neglected her own state

Police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, seen here in an online photo posted in 2019.

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‘I never got the impression he would self-destruct:’ Friends of suspect in fatal CEO shooting left in shock

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth meets with Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 5, 2024. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA

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As Hegseth’s public profile grew, he faced deepening private turmoil

Former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski testified Oct. 24, 2022, at the Wyandotte County courthouse during a hearing for two prisoners who claim they are innocent of a 1997 murder. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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Ex-Kansas detective dies by suicide as long-awaited criminal civil rights trial set to begin, sources say

The Bureau of Land Management headquarters moved from Washington, DC to Grand Junction, CO under the first Trump administration.

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‘Wildly disruptive’: What happened last time Trump moved a federal agency out of DC

Fox anchor Pete Hegseth interviews entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on August 09, 2019 in New York.

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Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was involved in investigation into 2017 sexual assault allegation

‘January 6th is going to be pretty fun’: How MAGA activists are preparing to undermine the election if Trump loses

People line up for early voting at a polling station at the Black Mountain Public Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina on October 21, 2024.

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‘Election integrity’ groups have built digital infrastructure to collect examples of supposed voter fraud

Former President Donald Trump attends a town hall event hosted by Fox News on October 15 in Cumming, Georgia.

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CNN tried to find the makers of Trump’s new ‘Swiss-made’ watches. We ended up at a shopping center in Wyoming

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to media at the Douglas Port of Entry at the US-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27, 2024.

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As Harris makes case for presidency, her record as prosecutor draws fresh scrutiny

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump will attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Senate candidate Dave McCormick led hedge fund that bet against some of Pennsylvania’s most iconic companies

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign event, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply

PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 06: Supporters of President Donald Trump gather to protest the election results at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. The protest was organized by Turning Point Action while ballots continue to be counted in many critical battleground states. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

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As threats grow, funds for election security see a squeeze

This court sketch shows 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, who was detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on the former president, appearing in court at the Paul G Rogers Federal Building and US Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, September 16.

From Ukraine to Hawaii, odd behavior of suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt suggested ‘delusion of grandeur’

Law enforcement and first responders control traffic after a shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. Police took a suspect into custody after the shooting on Wednesday, with students evacuated from the scene and local media reporting fatalities. CNN, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported that four people had been killed and 30 wounded. Other outlets reported two deaths. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Georgia high school shooting suspect referenced Parkland massacre in writings found in his bedroom, source says

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The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb, cops say

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Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own

Russell Vought, then Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, listens during a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing in June 2020.

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Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term

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Workers allege ‘nightmare’ conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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‘Could it have been avoided?’ Local cops detail breakdown in efforts to stop Trump’s would-be assassin

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Senate investigation into Coast Guard finds that sexual misconduct is a ‘pervasive problem’ throughout the service

A voter casts his ballot during election Day on November 3, 2020, in Austin, Texas.

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A half-million records and one app: The group behind a massive effort to ‘clean’ voter rolls

TOPSHOT - Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident that will fuel fears of instability ahead of the 2024 US presidential election.
The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood smeared across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Investigators piece together a puzzling portrait of the shooter who sought to assassinate Trump

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - July 13: Former president Donald Trump walks onstage during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. Trump ducked and was taken offstage after loud noises were heard after he began speaking.
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Trump’s team wasn’t told about reports of suspicious person before rally shooting, sources say

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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A shooting range, a gun store, and a ladder purchase: Tracking the Trump rally gunman’s movements leading up to his attack

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What we know about the Trump rally gunman so far

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Takeaways from CNN’s Investigation: How Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras

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No room for privacy: How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January.

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Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors

Demonstrators hold signs outside the Texas State Capitol during a Women's March in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Women's March and more than 90 other organizations organized a national rally to protect women's reproductive rights ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4.

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Link found in Texas between rising infant mortality and state’s abortion restrictions

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Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Fagan is testifying after Shannon Norenberg, the Coast Guard Academy's sexual assault response coordinator, resigned Sunday and released a statement alleging she was used to lie and discourage victims of sexual assault from coming forward during a coverup of a report known as "Operation Fouled Anchor." (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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‘A deep moral rot’: Coast Guard leader grilled by senators at hearing on sexual assault cover-up

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Coast Guard Academy official resigns, says she was directed to lie to Congress as part of ‘cruel’ sexual assault cover-up

Frontline VA health jobs cut despite officials saying they’d largely be protected

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Retailers use police-like investigation centers to fight theft. Shoppers pay the price

TOPSHOT - A pro-Palestinian demonstrator (C) is beaten by counter protesters attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as clashes erupt, in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Clashes broke out on May 1, 2024 around pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of California, Los Angeles, US television media footage showed, as universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests on dozens of campuses. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment

Emory University economics professor Caroline Fohlin is detained by police on Thursday at Emory University in Atlanta.

Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests

A pro-Palestine rally is held at the steps of Lowe Library on the grounds of Columbia University on April 22, 2024 in New York City. In response to recent campus unrest and anxieties regarding Jewish student safety, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced a shift to online learning for Monday. She further urged faculty and staff to prioritize remote work.

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Inside the tense talks between Columbia protesters and administrators before NYPD moved in

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at a podium. Behind him is a giant banner reading CPAC Hungary.

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American conservatives embrace Hungary’s authoritarian leader at Budapest conference

Former President Donald Trump walks out to speak at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, on February 10.

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What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’

U.S. Coast Guard patrols on Falcon Lake, a lake that straddles the U.S. Mexico border, where where Coloradan David Hartley is still missing, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 in Zapata, Texas. Hartley's wife says her husband was shot to death by Mexican pirates chasing them on speedboats across the lake on Sept. 30 as they returned on Jet Skis from a trip to photograph a historic Mexican church. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Senator says Coast Guard used illegal agreements to silence sexual assault victims

Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions, including one just downstream from Key Bridge

TOPSHOT - The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. The bridge collapsed early March 26 after being struck by the Singapore-flagged Dali, sending multiple vehicles and people plunging into the frigid harbor below. There was no immediate confirmation of the cause of the disaster, but Baltimore's Police Commissioner Richard Worley said there was "no indication" of terrorism. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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‘Absolutely a wake-up call’: Key Bridge tragedy has markings of 1980 Baltimore crash, but worse

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Navy Federal says external review finds ‘non-race factors’ explained mortgage approval disparities

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Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues

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