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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 30: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump acknowledges his audience at the conclusion of a campaign event at the Rocky Mount Event Center on October 30, 2024 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Wisconsin on Wednesday.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
DONALD’S DISCIPLES

Team Trump Has Ramped Up Loyalty Tests Ahead of Inauguration

Some workers have even decided to jump ship after being asked a series of questions about their personal positions.

Amethyst Martinez

Freelance journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria in 2012 and has not been heard from since.
BRING HIM HOME

Kidnapped Journalist Austin Tice Is Believed Alive in Syria

The FBI has since offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to Austin Tice’s safe location, recovery, and return.

Lily Mae Lazarus

U.S. Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) speaks during a foreign policy panel at the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit, held at the Sheraton New York Times Square.
SYNCHED UP

Trump's NSA Pick Says He's in Lockstep With Biden's Adviser

The Florida representative was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be his national security advisor on Nov. 11.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Donald Trump at the Atlanta rally
‘F***ING TRAITOR’

Trump Congratulates Putin For ‘Another Great Deal’

The former president claimed he was the only person who could secure the freedom of journalist Evan Gershkovich.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Jake Sullivan speaks to reporters inside the White House press room.
PUT ON HOLD

Jake Sullivan Postpones Saudi Arabia Trip After ‘Accident’

The White House didn’t detail what happened, but said the accident was of Sullivan’s own doing.

Josh Fiallo

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, R-Ohio,
ALARMING

Intel Chair Warns of ‘Serious National Security Threat’

Rep. Mike Turner has cited unspecified “information” about a threat and called on the president to declassify it so that “our allies” can help.

Allison Quinn

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‘THE LABEL IS LESS IMPORTANT’

Tapper Grills Biden Adviser: ‘How Is This Not Genocide?’

“I read these statements from world leaders that say ‘never again.’ What exactly are they saying never again to?” Tapper asked the national security adviser on Sunday.

Justin Baragona

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HOT SEAT

CNN Host Grills Jake Sullivan on Biden’s Afghanistan Claims

Keilar pressed the national security advisor on Biden”s comments about Al Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan and Americans struggling with Taliban checkpoints.

Justin Baragona

Image of Joe Biden speaking, with American flag in the background.
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A-TEAM

Joe Biden’s National Security Picks Are the Best in Decades

Biden will quarterback his own team, working with superb picks who are at once a symbolic rebuke to Trump and capable of the tough work of repairing the damage that Trump has done.

David Rothkopf

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