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Trump's 'Golden Dome': The president insists America needs a missile defense system like Israel's Iron Dome. The Pentagon is scrambling to make it happen: cnn.it/4iQqMa4

Trump admin has asked DoD officials for “credible military options” to ensure unfettered US access to Panama Canal, 1 of several new directives outlined in what amounts to a major overhaul of strategic priorities, per new memo reviewed by us. w/ @orencnn.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – is now anticipating that talks aimed at rebuilding the US-Russia relationship will continue, even accelerate, in the weeks ahead. | Analysis cnn.it/4imGnhb

NEWS: US intel shows foreign adversaries -- including Russia & China -- are attempting to recruit federal employees fired by the Trump administration or feel they could be soon, four sources tell me & my colleagues. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

ICYMI: A 23-year-old representative from Elon Musk’s DOGE was granted access to the Energy Department’s IT system on by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, sources told CNN. This despite objections from people in the agency, which largely controls access to info about the US nuclear weapons stockpile.

NEW: How mutual distrust between Trump's FBI director pick & intel officials came to a head in 2020 when CIA referred Kash Patel to DOJ for criminal investigation. Previously unreported details on that referral & more: www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/p...

Social media posts by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy arguing in favor of expanding the visa program for highly skilled workers have set off a debate among supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over how the program should fit into the incoming administration’s aggressive immigration agenda.

‘Someone who sees enemies everywhere’: How Kash Patel’s years as a government lawyer fueled his disdain for Washington elites www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/p...

While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to undergo an FBI background check, the intensive process may not provide the answers that either Democrats or Republicans are seeking.

Pretty interesting to watch in real time how much Elon Musk is putting his finger on the scale as far as Twitter/X is concerned.

NEW on CNN: We uncovered that Trump's incoming-White House press secretary purged tweets from her timeline praising Pence for certifying the election on January 6 and praising Capitol police . Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results. www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...

President-elect Donald Trump announces he intends to replace current FBI director with loyalist Kash Patel

Breaking: Trump says he will tap Kash Patel to serve as the next FBI Director. The President-elect will still have to fire the current FBI Director, Chris Wray, who he previously appointed & is still serving out a 10-year term. Previous reporting: www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...

Donald Trump has selected his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, to serve as the next US ambassador to France, the president-elect announced Saturday.

I defer any questions about the Georgia Supreme Court’s ability to intervene, proactively, at this stage to @anthonymkreis.bsky.social. Also, a recent DOJ indictment linked Benny Johnson to Russian operation that involved covertly paying US influencers to peddle misinformation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Trump as an “intelligent & experienced” politician capable of finding “solutions,” as tensions between Moscow and the West ramp up over the war in Ukraine. Putin also castigated Biden for creating “additional difficulties” for incoming admin ...

The US announced new individual sanctions on more than 20 officials aligned with Venezuela’s authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, to put pressure on Maduro to accept the results of Venezuela’s July presidential election, senior administration officials said in a briefing with reporters.

New: Trump’s soon-to-be national security adviser Mike Waltz has been weighing several proposals in recent days for ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, per sources. Includes one via Gen. Kellogg who Trump announced as pick for special envoy to Ukraine & Russia. www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/p...