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‘Enemy KIA’: Trump revives playbook from Afghanistan for campaign targeting alleged drug boats. Great reporting by @ZcohenCNN and team https://t.co/toFj86nHNL
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Deep below the US Capitol, in a secure room meant to protect discussions of American secrets, a wave of sarcastic laughter spread among lawmakers and staff members who were assembled to receive a...
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Exclusive: UK stops sharing some intel with US over concerns about legality of US military strikes on alleged drug boats, sources tell CNN's @NatashaBertrand
https://t.co/tOXOOX5Bol
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The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not impact US stockpiles, leaving the final decision in Trump’s hands, sources tell @NatashaBertrand & @ZcohenCNN
https://t.co/LlPn85HDHx
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The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final...
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Exclusive: A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, sources tell @NatashaBertrand & @ZcohenCNN
https://t.co/YAdbeAHg91
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A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people...
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SCOOP: National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026, sources tell @NatashaBertrand
https://t.co/mfYUxKyZGE
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National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026, according to people familiar with the Guard’s orders.
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National Guard troops deployed in DC are expected to have their military orders extended through December, a senior official familiar with the planning told CNN's @halbritz reports https://t.co/BNaQQz3f7D
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National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-crime initiative are expected to have their military orders extended through December, a senior official...
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Frustration boils over as Pentagon faces backlash over slow reinstatement of troops who refused Covid vaccine, @halbritz reports https://t.co/iqU7IU2b5U
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Frustration is boiling over among some members of the military community who are unhappy with the Pentagon’s process for reinstating service members discharged under the Biden administration for...
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NEWS: US deploying over 4,000 additional troops to waters around Latin America as part of Trump’s counter-cartel mission, @NatashaBertrand reports https://t.co/wj1UZ3hxsx
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The US military is deploying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, two US defense officials...
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About 500 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN's @NatashaBertrand & @halbritz
https://t.co/yolGIoh5PT
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Protesters and police are still facing off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests have occurred across the country. Follow for live updates
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NEW: Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut number of senior generals by 20%, @halbritz & @NatashaBertrand report https://t.co/4f539p95vH
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by...
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The Trump admin has tightly restricted the number of people who have access to President Trump’s highly classified daily intelligence report, known as the PDB @KatieBoLillis @kylieatwood & @ZcohenCNN report https://t.co/WRkJ3PhqcA
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The Trump administration has tightly restricted the number of people who have access to President Trump’s highly classified daily intelligence report, five sources familiar with the move told CNN.
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How Trump’s government-cutting moves risk exposing the CIA’s secrets https://t.co/WJsgZEPyCf
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The CIA is conducting a formal review to assess the potential damage caused by an unclassified email sent to the White House in early February identifying some officers by first name and last...
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BREAKING NEWS: Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in final Biden deal delayed until Trump took office, @MarquardtA reports https://t.co/uwP9OzFO5D
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In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one...
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NEW: Trumps intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections @KatieBoLillis @ZcohenCNN & @HolmesLybrand report https://t.co/NLQE2vermf
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Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights...
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Trump’s pick for intel chief has deeply rooted distrust of agencies she would oversee, @KatieBoLillis & @jeremyherb report. https://t.co/OgwJrNByyl
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In 2020, the woman who has become Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top spymaster met with one of the most infamous leakers of all time.
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US fighter pilots tell @NatashaBertrand how they fought an overwhelming Iranian drone swarm in total darkness https://t.co/TaLFGpCbVR
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When F-15 fighter pilot Maj. Benjamin “Irish” Coffey launched his jet one night last spring, he wasn’t expecting to run out of missiles fighting off a massive Iranian attack against Israel.
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NEW: Biden admin to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia’s invasion https://t.co/56mBV5M96p
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The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly...
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A US soldier injured earlier this year on Gaza pier mission has died, @halbritz reports https://t.co/Yq5uxdOG0m
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A US soldier who was critically injured over the summer while on the temporary Gaza pier mission died last week, the Army said Monday.
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Her case began the CIA #MeToo movement. A jury found the man she accused of assault not guilty - @KatieBoLillis reports https://t.co/5B9b0lLYde
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It was the first case in the CIA’s #MeToo moment — when a line of women who came to Capitol Hill beginning in early 2023 to report to Congress that they had been the victims of sexual assault or...
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NEW: Small number of North Korean troops are already inside Ukraine, sources tell @NatashaBertrand
https://t.co/jwhDmggitx
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A small number of North Korean troops are already inside Ukraine, according to two western intelligence officials, and officials expect that number to grow as the North Koreans complete training in...
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