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‘We fight or we die’: How days of frantic diplomacy and dire warnings culminated with Israel’s attack on Iran

By Betsy Klein, Sarah Ferris, Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum this spring to Iran’s Supreme Leader: Strike a nuclear deal in 60 days, by mid-June, or face consequences. He urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on attacking Iran to give

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Protesters are detained after breaking through barrier fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington

Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday evening after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda, according to the Capitol Police. The group, made up of veterans and military family members, planned a

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With bibles, tokens and watches, Trump made millions, new disclosures show

By Fredreka Schouten, Kit Maher and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon. One of the

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is seen in this handout image obtained by Reuters on April 9.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to federal human smuggling charges

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported from the US three months ago, pleaded not guilty Friday to federal human smuggling charges. But at the end of an all-day hearing, a federal magistrate judge didn’t decide whether Abrego Garcia’s alleged smuggling of undocumented immigrants through Tennessee

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President Donald Trump speaks as first lady Melania Trump listens during the congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on June 12 in Washington.

Appeals court pauses ruling requiring Trump to return control of California National Guard to state

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state. Senior US District Judge Charles Breyer had ruled that Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard and must return control

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Tensions rising in GOP over Trump border plan as Rand Paul squares off with Stephen Miller

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month. Key Trump adviser Stephen Miller came to Capitol Hill to meet with

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DHS posted an image calling for help locating ‘all foreign invaders.’ It was previously circulated by far-right accounts

By Clare Duffy, Sean Lyngaas and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a striking graphic on its official X account. Uncle Sam, a symbol of American patriotism, is depicted nailing a poster to a wall that reads, “Help your country… and yourself.” Written underneath the poster

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Democratic governors slam Trump’s military deployment in California as ‘flagrant abuse of power’

By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic governors on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to California amid protests over the administration’s immigration enforcement policies. “As we speak, an American city has been militarized over the objections of their governor,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul began

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Venezuelans walk to a US Border Patrol processing center after they crossed the Rio Grande river and over the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass

Exclusive: Trump administration will tell migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela their legal status is terminated

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will tell hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked and they should leave the country, according to a copy of the notice obtained by CNN. The termination notice will be

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US Sen. Rand Paul speaks to reporters at the US Capitol Building on June 4 in Washington

Trump says ‘of course’ Rand Paul invited to congressional picnic at White House after dispute over invitation

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Rand Paul is “of course” invited to the annual congressional picnic Thursday, President Donald Trump said after a dispute with the Kentucky Republican over his invite to the long-held bipartisan gathering. “Of course Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White

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Rand Paul attacks ‘immaturity’ of White House after rescinded picnic invitation, says he’s lost a ‘lot of respect’ for Trump

By Manu Raju, Alison Main and Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Rand Paul is accusing the White House of “immaturity” and engaging in “petty vindictiveness” after he and his family were disinvited from the annual White House picnic long held with members of both parties. Paul, a libertarian-minded deficit hawk who has been

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