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Year: 2024

FBI and DHS warn of potential ‘follow-on or retaliatory attacks’ following Trump assassination attempt

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned about the potential for violent “follow-on or retaliatory attacks” in response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, the agencies said in a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN. “Individuals in some online communities” have threatened or encouraged violence in

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Usha Vance is the 4th person of South Asian descent to be part of the 2024 presidential campaign. Why that matters

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar was filled with pride Monday night as Donald Trump made his highly anticipated announcement of who would be his running mate in the 2024 election. But it wasn’t Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s name alone that elicited the reaction for the founder of the Republican Hindu Coalition and the

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90 giant African snails ‘intercepted’ at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

By Lauren Rapp and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month, the agency said in a news release Tuesday. An “odd odor” coming from a passenger’s bag tipped off agriculture specialists, officials said in the release. The passenger, who was arriving from

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An order blocking a rule to help LGBTQ+ kids applies to hundreds of schools. Some want to block more

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S. A group that opposes the rule now hopes to extend it further. Kansas-based U.S. District Judge John Broome, an appointee of then-President Donald Trump,

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Appeals court won’t hear arguments on Fani Willis’ role in Georgia Trump case until after election

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has set a December hearing for arguments on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. Trump and other defendants had asked the Georgia Court

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