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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deplanes upon arrival at Subang Air Base

Rubio relayed Trump’s ‘disappointment and frustration’ during meeting with Russia’s Lavrov

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio relayed President Donald Trump’s “disappointment and frustration” during a “frank conversation” with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia on Thursday but new ideas to drive an end to the conflict were also discussed, the top US diplomat told reporters. The

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Conservative political commentator Rogan O'Handley

What to know about the Jeffrey Epstein saga

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, his Justice Department has promised, reneged, and then promised again to deliver new and potentially explosive evidence on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged underworld of pedophilia. The flip-flopped strategy has his allies and his detractors desperate for new

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President Joe Biden speaks with White House Physician Kevin O'Connor as he arrives back at the White House in Washington

Biden’s physician refuses to answer questions from Republicans in House probe of former president’s mental fitness

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s White House physician on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as the Republican-led panel pushes forward in its probe of the former president’s mental fitness and decline. While Dr. Kevin O’Connor appeared on Capitol

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Protesters rally in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in March in New York.

Pro-Israel website was used to find names of student protesters to investigate, senior ICE official says

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — “Most” of the names of student protesters Immigration and Customs Enforcement was asked to investigate earlier this year were plucked from a pro-Israel website that aims to blacklist pro-Palestinian students and academics, an agency official told a federal court Wednesday. The testimony from Peter Hatch, a senior official in

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AB Hernandez stands on the podium during a medal ceremony for the triple jump at the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis

Trump administration sues California over law allowing transgender students to play on sports teams of their choice

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration filed another lawsuit Wednesday challenging state policies that allow transgender students to play on sports teams of their choice – this time against California. The lawsuit against the state board of education and the state’s governing body for school sports, alleges that a state law violates

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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington

Frustration grows inside the White House after DOJ’s Epstein review comes up empty

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Many of President Donald Trump’s close advisers, both inside and outside the White House, have grown increasingly frustrated with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, following days of intense criticism from some of the president’s

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