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Trump administration highlights drug cartels as major national security threat but omits climate change

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment led with the threat from drug cartels for apparently the first time in the report’s nearly 20-year history, according to Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton and a CNN review of previous assessments, highlighting a top agenda item for President Donald Trump. The

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks into the White House from Pebble Beach after finishing a talk with Fox TV in Washington DC

Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending potentially classified information that appeared in a group chat about US military strikes in Yemen that a

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Federal judge issues temporary restraining order stopping federal agents from detaining Columbia University student

By Taylor Romine, Shimon Prokupecz and Linh Tran, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge Tuesday temporarily stopped federal agents from detaining 21-year-old Yunseo Chung, a US permanent resident and Columbia University junior, following her participation in pro-Palestinian protests. Chung sued the Trump administration Monday to stop removal proceedings. The lawsuit is also looking to stop

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