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A new photographic portrait of US President Donald Trump is being featured at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington

Smithsonian takes down details about Trump’s impeachments from presidential portrait exhibition

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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Smithsonian has taken down details about President Donald Trump’s impeachments from an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. The removal occurred last week when the museum installed a black-and-white portrait of Trump in the “America’s Presidents” exhibition with a short label that notes his birth

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An armed Hinds County Sheriff's deputy is seen outside Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson

Suspect arrested after a fire destroys the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, 6 decades after a KKK bombing

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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A fire tore through Beth Israel, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday, leaving the congregation forced to rebuild from the ashes — again. Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the fire, which remains under investigation, but it comes amid a wave of antisemitic attacks in

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A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran

By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying fashion

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Firefighters stand in front of a residential building that was hit during a night of Russian drone and missile attacks in the Ukrainian capital.

‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks

By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees. In Kyiv, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings

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Palm Springs Internal Film Festival screens free family-friendly films

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International Film Festival is hosting “Family Day,” where local families can watch kid-friendly films and also enjoy fun activities, all for free. Screenings of “Zootopia 2,” “Arco” and “Kpop Demon Hunters” will take place at the Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City. The Cathedral City Community Amphitheater

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Demonstrators march through the streets during a demonstration over the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Boston

Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good. In Minneapolis, snow

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Candles flicker on December 15 near framed photos of mass shooting victims MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University.

What 4 videos left by the suspected shooter at Brown University and of an MIT professor confirm – and still don’t answer

By Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — In four short videos on an electronic device found with his body, the suspect in last month’s fatal shootings at Brown University and of an MIT professor laid out a patchwork of details about the attacks. Woven among his confessions to the crimes and winding related thoughts, several nuggets

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‘It could have killed me’: Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE

By Eric Bradner, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — In every city where President Donald Trump’s immigration agents have arrived in force, they’ve been trailed by people who seek to monitor or protest their activities, often in close quarters. At times, those two groups have collided with tragic results — including an Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Peaceful protests planned for weekend in Coachella, Palm Springs: “No ICE in our valley, no war in America”

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calf. (KESQ) – There will be a local protest Saturday morning after two shootings this week involving federal agents. The rally kicks off from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. on the corner of Sixth Street and Cesar Chavez. The rally is being organized by Comité Latino, that’s also raising concerns about immigration enforcement

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The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday

US carries out strikes in Syria as part of ongoing retaliation against ISIS

By Aleena Fayaz, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike.” “Today, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, alongside partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria,”

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