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Preservationists sue over Trump’s latest plans to refashion a federal building to match his aesthetic

By Piper HudspethBlackburn, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Historic preservationists sued President Donald Trump over his plans to paint an ornate office building housing his staff next to the White House, warning the structure could be “irreversibly” damaged.” The suit, filed Friday by the DC Preservation League and Cultural Heritage Partners, asks the US District

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The receding waters of Latyan Dam reveal a dry riverbed near Tehran

Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — To combat a severe water crisis, Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid the driest fall in half a century. Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center of the Meteorological Organizations said Saturday that rainfall across the country has decreased

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This screengrab from a video posted by the US Southern Command shows a strike on a vessel on November 15

US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon on Saturday conducted the 21st known strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat, US Southern Command announced Sunday. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” Southern Command posted on social media. “Three male narco-terrorists aboard

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene presides over a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee at the US Capitol in Washington

‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will stop using “toxic” rhetoric, marking what would be a dramatic shift in a political brand hallmarked by derogatory comments. The commitment comes amid a rift with Donald Trump that has spilled into public view, with the president attacking the Georgia

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Ecuador's Minister of the Interior John Reimberg posted this photo after Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barre

Alleged leader of Ecuadorian drug trafficking gang Los Lobos arrested in Spain

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español (CNN) — Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, known as “Pipo,” the alleged leader of drug trafficking gang Los Lobos – Ecuador’s most powerful and violent criminal organization – has been arrested in Spain, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Sunday. “Today we captured ‘Pipo’ Chavarría, the

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9

Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen Sunday, Khatibzadeh said Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program is intact, as we are speaking,”

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President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13

Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the matter said, including a welcome ceremony in the morning and a formal

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Danish police conducting spot checks on incoming traffic from Germany stand at the A7 highway border crossing in 2016.

Britain announces ‘most significant’ change to asylum rules in years, setting Europe’s longest route to settlement

By Christian Edwards, Laura Sharman, CNN London (CNN) — Britain plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum policy in modern times by making refugee status temporary and quadrupling the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years, as the Labour government confronts a “broken” asylum system that has fueled support for right-wing

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Federal immigration crackdown begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, spreading fear and prompting some businesses to shutter

By Associated Press Charlotte (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations. “Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,” Assistant Homeland Security

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