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The violence in Nigeria that Trump cites as a reason for military strikes is not limited to Christians
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump caused alarm across Nigeria over the weekend when he said he was contemplating military action in Africa’s most populous nation in response to what he claimed was a “mass slaughter” of Christians by Islamist insurgents. The reality on the ground, experts and analysts say, is
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Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’
By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertions. Trump told his usual lie that the free and fair 2020 election was stolen from him. He lied again
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What to know about Justice Department election monitors
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is dispatching federal monitors to polling locations in New Jersey and California, two Democratic states with crucial off-year elections on Tuesday. The announcement put the decadeslong federal monitoring practice under new scrutiny, as some Democrats and voting rights activists worry that this year’s monitors
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‘Heroic’ actions of train employee and driver saved many lives in England stabbing attack, police say
By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — There were just 11 minutes between the moment British police received an emergency call about a stabbing on a train heading to London and the moment the suspect was arrested. Eleven victims were hospitalized in the attack, including one railway worker who is in critical but stable condition,
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This rare ‘mad honey’ is only found in two places in the world. It’s strong enough to fell bears and soldiers
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Kaçkar Mountains, Turkey (CNN) — In the little wooden hut perched high on metal-wrapped stilts, the drone is high, loud and insistent. With his beekeeping suit on, but hands uncovered, Hasan Kutluata squeezes the bellows on his pine-filled bee smoker. Pale wreaths swirl in the air, mirroring the mist that drifts
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As Trump awaits an early verdict with Tuesday’s elections, next year’s midterms are already on his mind
By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Even as Tuesday’s elections hang in the balance, President Donald Trump has bluntly suggested that he is already looking ahead to the 2026 midterm races with a sense of dread. “We’ve had success like nobody, but for some reason, you lose the midterms,” Trump said late last month at
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Why Tuesday’s elections could give Democrats two paths to coming back from Trump
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Ashland, Virginia (CNN) — Only a party going through the Democrats’ identity and existential crises could, nine months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, have Zohran Mamdani and Abigail Spanberger as its front-runners in two of Tuesday’s biggest races. Spanberger is a 46-year-old former CIA officer, the daughter of a nurse and
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 3: Trump’s poll numbers, Flight delays, Health insurance, Foreign policy, UK stabbing attack
By Alexandra Banner, CNN Senators are returning to Capitol Hill today as the government shutdown enters its 34th day — with no end in sight. The record for the longest shutdown in US history is likely to be broken in less than 48 hours as Democrats and Republicans show no signs of reaching an end
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 3: Trump’s poll numbers, Flight delays, Health insurance, Foreign policy, UK stabbing attack
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Senators are returning to Capitol Hill today as the government shutdown enters its 34th day — with no end in sight. The record for the longest shutdown in US history is likely to be broken in less than 48 hours as Democrats and Republicans show no signs of reaching an
Continue ReadingLouvre heist suspects are local petty criminals, Paris prosecutor says
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Four suspects in custody in relation to their alleged involvement in the spectacular heist at the Louvre museum last month are local petty criminals with no association with organized crime, according to investigators. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the quartet, comprising three men and one woman, were living in
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What to know about exit polls and how they’ve changed for this year’s elections
By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — For decades, Americans have relied on exit polls to illuminate the story of what happened on election night. By gathering opinions from voters largely after they’ve cast their ballots, exit polls fill in the details that our secret-ballot elections otherwise leave impossible to know. This year, for the first
Continue ReadingMinneapolis set to vote for mayor, with policing at the crossroads
By Eric Levenson, Ryan Young, and Cynthia Salinas Cappellano, CNN (CNN) — When Brian O’Hara took over the Minneapolis Police Department in 2022, he saw a department in free fall. The murder of George Floyd and the ensuing riots in 2020 had fractured the public’s trust in law enforcement. Crime and shootings were rising at
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Big business sits out the Supreme Court fight over Donald Trump’s tariffs
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most significant economic cases to reach the Supreme Court in years – the blockbuster battle over President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs – but the nation’s largest companies are sitting on the sidelines. The battle to stop Trump’s tariffs is being waged by a group
Continue ReadingJob fairs, hobbies and community conversations: How federal workers are coping with shutdown angst
By Linda Gaudino, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Almost every day, Angela O’Neal sits down in her at-home creator’s studio, either painting, sketching or contemplating her next original piece to add to an abundant collection. In recent weeks, her daily ritual has taken on a new meaning as she faces the same challenges as many
Continue ReadingDemocrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump’s approval hits a second-term low, CNN poll finds
By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The fall of 2025 is not a replay of 2017, the year before the
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Uncertainty persists for SNAP recipients, federal workers as shutdown drags on
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Camila DeChalus, Veronica Stracqualursi, Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Laterese Johnson has roughly a week and a half to two weeks of food benefits left to feed herself and her grandchildren, a reality that sunk in over the weekend when the government shutdown forced delays in payments for food assistance. “With
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Defense expert testifies ex-assistant principal met standards in teacher shooting case
By Chris Boyette, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — An expert for the defense in the $40 million lawsuit filed by a former Virginia elementary school teacher shot by a 6-year-old student with a history of disciplinary problems testified Monday the assistant principal did not breach professional standards or act with indifference. Former Assistant Principal Ebony
Continue ReadingWorst weekend for air traffic controller staffing since start of shutdown
By Aaron Cooper, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Flight delays linked to the ongoing federal government shutdown continue, with this past weekend marking the worst for air traffic control staffing shortages since the shutdown began, according to a CNN analysis of Federal Aviation Administration operations plans. Between Friday morning and Sunday night, there were 98
Continue ReadingJapan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – something no Japanese leader has done in more than 20 years. “We have already conveyed to North Korea our desire to hold a summit meeting,”
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