Brianna Keilar
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CNN Anchor, Mom, stepMama, #veteranspouse, @BlueStarFamily board member. My column, Home⭐️Front - https://t.co/0aablkrRqg
Washington, DC
Joined June 2009
CNN Home⭐️Front: I spoke with a veteran in Kansas, Trump voter, fired from USDA. He describes the firings of federal employees as a sudden drawdown, poorly executed — “I’m sorry to put it like this: it was like the pull out of Afghanistan.”
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When the Department of Government Efficiency swings an axe, it’s bound to hit a veteran who voted for President Donald Trump.
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When Ben Gillenwater, “The Family IT Guy,” registered as an 8-year-old on Roblox - with max parental controls on - he was allowed in a game called "public bathroom" where people were “humping each other in the bathroom.” What he says about Florida’s new Roblox law suit:
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New reporting from @NatashaBertrand: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
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CNN HOME⭐️FRONT: Military children are slipping through the cracks in schools. https://t.co/5eVmg0uACf
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A few years ago, when my husband was still in the army, we went to a semi-regular parent and staff meeting at our kids’ school.
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Hollywood icon Glenn Close joined us to reflect on the passing of her friend and co-star Robert Redford:
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HOME⭐️FRONT: The Travis Manion Foundation kicks off its annual 9/11 Heroes Run to ensure the nation fulfills its promise to never forget. We spoke with the sister of USMC 1st Lt. Travis Manion, killed in Iraq in 2007 about why post-9/11 unity is needed more than ever.
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West Point Cadet Larry Pickett Jr. and his dad pulled a man out of a car just before it caught fire. He credits his upbringing and values learned at USMA: "selfless service, willingness to serve & help others - that definitely took action on Saturday night."
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Parkland dad @manueloliver00: "We have a president that has been able to do things without asking anyone. So I have a message for the president this time. You can make things happen. You can actually stop this from happening."
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Fmr Sec Alex Acosta is not on the House Oversight subpoena list - despite negotiating Epstein's 2007 deal. @Rep_Stansbury (D-NM) says Oversight Dems have been working with GOP counterparts "to try to add him to the list" but she understands "they are resistant to adding him."
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I spoke with @kabarkoff & @lanheechen about the redistricting fight in California, Newsom uno reverse carding Trump, and... perhaps Newsom 2028?
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BREAKING: Erik Menendez is denied parole after a yearslong fight for release. I spoke with @JamesQueallyLAT – the only reporter given access to today’s hearing:
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On today's HOME⭐️FRONT: The DOD's hiring freeze has upended military child care - America's largest employer-sponsored child care system - according to the military news site @TheWarHorseNews. I spoke with Kayla Corbitt - Founder & CEO of Operation Child Care Project:
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CA GOP State Sen Suzette Valladares tells me she just learned the California Supreme Court will NOT take up the petition she and fellow Republicans filed to try to halt CA Dems’ redistricting efforts – but says “this is going to be the first of many”
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reacts to Trump's claim Smithsonian too focused on 'how bad slavery is' https://t.co/UjLOs1lHrJ
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In an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reacts to President Donald Trump’s escalation to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political...
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Israel’s security cabinet voted to expand the war in Gaza, approving plans to fully occupy Gaza City - despite widespread internal and external warnings not to. We spoke to @EliseLabott and @CedricLeighton:
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"You don't need to try to look into the brain of [Netanyahu] to understand everything that he's done has kept the war going." @EvelynNFarkas is "afraid that there are political motivations here" for the PM and he's "doing what his far right wants, which is to continue the war."
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Has your house also been infected by KPop Demon Hunter-mania? 6 of the movie’s songs are on Billboard’s Hot 100. It’s Netflix’s most-watched original animated film of all time. I spoke to executive music producer Ian Eisendrath:
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David Schoen was Epstein’s lawyer when he died. He later was Steve Bannon’s lawyer in an unrelated criminal fraud case. I asked about the 15 hours of taped Epstein interviews Bannon says he has – Schoen says he’s heard the story and “believe[s] it to be true.”
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HOME⭐️FRONT: Today is Purple Heart Day, when we honor the bravery and sacrifice of service members who were wounded or killed in action. The nation’s oldest military decoration dates back to 1782, when it was first ordered by General George Washington.
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It's not just you, parents. Your kids *ALSO* want to get off their phones, according to a new poll. Hear what you can do to make all their old school play dreams come true. We talk to Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids) who’s part of the poll.
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