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Month: January 2026

The Washington Post building is pictured on March 21

Possible leaker to Washington Post told officers he ‘mishandled classified information,’ DOJ says

CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The longtime government contractor whose activity prompted the controversial search of a Washington Post reporter’s home acknowledged he mishandled classified information, prosecutors said, according to a court hearing transcript obtained by CNN. Aurelio Perez-Lugones told federal investigators he was angry about “recent government activity,” Assistant US

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington

DOJ wants interviews with Democrats as part of investigation into lawmakers’ ‘illegal orders’ video

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — At least four Democratic lawmakers have been contacted by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office for interviews following their involvement in a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders. The contact signals Justice Department has not let up on its investigation into the “illegal orders”

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An observer is detained after ICE agents made arrests on January 13

Minnesota and Illinois invoke the 10th Amendment in lawsuits to block federal agents in their cities. Here’s why that matters

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits within hours of each other Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in their states. Although the lawsuits are separate and nuanced, both states cited the 10th Amendment to back their claim that the surge of Immigration and Customs

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EE.UU. suspenderá el procesamiento de visas de inmigrante para ciudadanos de 75 países

Por Jennifer Hansler, CNN Estados Unidos suspenderá de forma indefinida el procesamiento de visas de inmigrante para ciudadanos de 75 países, en una nueva ampliación de la ofensiva del Gobierno de Trump contra la inmigración. La pausa en el procesamiento se aplicará a países como Brasil, Colombia, Egipto, Haití, Somalia y Rusia. La suspensión afecta

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield addresses community at Bend town hall

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins 11 states in suing HHS, lawsuit claims billions are tied to discriminatory policy against transgender people

(Update: Video Added) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins Attorneys General from 11 states in suing the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuit claims the HHS is unlawfully tying billions in federal funding to a HHS policy discriminatory against transgender people.  Read the full release from the

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Vaccine exemptions for nonmedical reasons have surged among children in the US since the Covid-19 pandemic

Patches of low vaccination in the US are becoming bigger, riskier holes

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Opting out of childhood vaccines is becoming more common across most of the United States, leaving larger shares of the population vulnerable to preventable diseases like measles, which is continuing its record-breaking spread across the country. Exemption rates for vaccines that are typically required to attend school have increased

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Former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales leaves the courtroom during a short break in his trial at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi

Teacher tells court she saw officer accused of failing to delay Uvalde school massacre: ‘He just stayed there’

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — A school employee testified Wednesday she saw both a teenage gunman and a police officer responding to an emergency before the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Melodye Flores, a teaching aide who helped children with special needs, said she ran

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House Oversight Chairman James Comer speaks to the press after Hillary Clinton failed to appear for a scheduled deposition on Capitol Hill in Washington

House Oversight moves forward on contempt against both Clintons after Hillary Clinton is a no-show in Epstein probe

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Contempt proceedings will officially move forward against both Clintons on Capitol Hill after Hillary Clinton failed to appear for a deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe. Republican Chairman James Comer said Wednesday that the panel will meet in a week to consider contempt of

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Newly appointed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov attends a session of Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are dodging draft

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament ahead of the vote that confirmed him as

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Tras las declaraciones de Trump sobre el T-MEC, Sheinbaum dice que está “convencida” de que la relación comercial va a seguir

Por Sol Amaya, CNN en Español Luego de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dijera que el tratado comercial entre su país, México y Canadá (T-MEC) era “irrelevante”, Claudia Sheinbaum se mostró “convencida” de que las relaciones comerciales con EE.UU. se mantendrán. “Estoy convencida de que va a seguir la relación comercial con

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