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Arizona Safeway Shootings Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the January 8, 2011, shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13 were wounded including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Shooter Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Victims Christina Taylor Green, 9Born on

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Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad

Trump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee US forces

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Monday that then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were injured after hitting their heads as they were fleeing US forces trying to arrest them, sources familiar with the briefing told CNN. Maduro and Flores ran

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NYPD stand guard on a blocked road outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn on January 5.

What it’s like inside the infamous jail where Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro is being held

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A federal jail with a documented history of power outages, staffing shortages and detainee complaints just got two more high-profile detainees. Former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were moved into the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn on Saturday following their US military

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Children play at the Branford Childcare Center in Arleta on Monday

Trump administration freezes billions in social services funding to five Democratic states

By Alex Stambaugh, Tami Luhby, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is freezing $10 billion in funds for social services and child care in five Democratic-led states, according to a Department of Health and Human Services official, with the agency suggesting without evidence that the funding has been used fraudulently. The freeze, first

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill

Even after Maduro’s capture, Democrats try to keep their focus on affordability

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are grappling with how best to respond to the Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela, as the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro highlighted foreign policy differences within the party and distracted from its focus on affordability issues. Maduro’s capture has forced Democrats to consider how much to criticize

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