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Are changes at the Social Security Administration concerning you? Share your story with us | CNN Politics
There are a lot of changes underway at the Social Security Administration. The agency’s staff is being cut and local offices may be closed, but more people will have to go to offices to apply for benefits or switch their bank accounts if they can’t verify their identity online. Are you worried that these changes could affect your benefits? Are you seeing any changes in customer service? Tell us about it.
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Cornell University student’s visa revoked by the State Department | CNN
Attorneys for a Cornell graduate student whose student visa was recently revoked and has been targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said the case will be a test to determine whether the US government can target people for expressing views that are critical of the government.
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Trump stands by Waltz as the president and his allies deploy a familiar playbook | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump not only stood by his embattled national security adviser, amid fever-pitch conversations about Mike Waltz’s fate in the wake of an extraordinary security breach; he invited him for a seat at the table in the Cabinet Room to send an undeniable message of support.
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World Athletics plans pre-clearance testing of female category track and field athletes | CNN
World Athletics plans to introduce biological pre-clearance tests for track and field athletes before they can compete in the female category, the sport’s governing body announced.
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Doctor arrested after attempting to kill his wife while on Oahu hiking trial, police say | CNN
Gerhardt Konig, who is an anesthesiologist, was hiking with his wife near Pali Lookout when he “attempted to push her off a hiking trail and struck her in the head with a rock,” police said in a statement.
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Connecticut stepmother accused of holding stepson captive for 20 years to appear in court | CNN
A Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning her stepson for nearly two decades and subjecting him to starvation and relentless abuse is set to appear in court to face charges including assault, kidnapping and cruelty.
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A misinformation expert encouraged picket lines at Tesla sites to protest DOGE cuts. Then came the online threats
Shortly after midnight Tuesday, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk reposted her message with a raised-eyebrow emoji.
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Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward.
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Kenyan officer killed in Haiti after gang ambush, as Rubio visits Caribbean to discuss Haitian security crisis
A member of the international force battling gangs in Haiti has been killed, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio launches a tour of the Caribbean with Haiti’s security crisis high on the agenda.
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Russian court hands long jail terms to Ukrainian fighters who defended Mariupol
A Russian military court has handed down long prison sentences to several members of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, which led the defense of the key city of Mariupol during the early months of the war.
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