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War criminal: Biden criticizes Putin in harshest terms from any US official so far
• Slovakia preliminarily agrees to send key air defense system to Ukraine • Six takeaways from Zelensky's address to Congress and Biden's response • Opinion: Why the US is flirting with authoritarians in countering Putin
[ cnn.com ]These are the missile defense systems the US sent to Poland
• Opinion: If this isn't a red line on Ukraine, what is?
[ cnn.com ]Ukraine claims kill: Country says Russian general was killed
The Ukrainian defense ministry has claimed that a Russian general was killed in battle near Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv.
[ cnn.com ]Cyberattack hits Ukraine's defense ministry and armed forces
A cyberattack hit the websites of Ukraine's defense ministry and armed forces, and the websites of two Ukrainian banks on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian government agencies' statements.
[ cnn.com ]Here's where NATO forces are deployed across Eastern Europe
The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed heightened importance on the United States' and NATO's defenses across eastern Europe, which for decades have acted as a buffer between Russia and the West.
[ cnn.com ]Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN
Former President Donald Trump's advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines -- one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security -- as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources tell CNN.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: A former defense secretary's stark warning on Russia
Nobody knows for sure exactly what Vladimir Putin is doing with around 100,000 Russian troops parked near the Russia-Ukraine border, but it's making the US and Europe extremely nervous.
[ cnn.com ]US grounded planes after NORAD alerted a North Korean missile launch, official says
A ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday.
[ cnn.com ]Dominick Black, who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the gun used in Kenosha shootings, has taken a plea deal
Dominick Black, the man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the gun he used in deadly shootings during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020 has agreed to a plea deal related to weapons charges, his defense attorney told CNN.
[ cnn.com ]Ahmaud Arbery's mother explains her courtroom response over son's toenails
Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, discusses her reference to the defense attorney's closing argument about his "long, dirty toenails" in her victim impact statement.
[ cnn.com ]Attorneys ask to delay state trial of officers charged in George Floyd's deat
Prosecutors and defense attorneys representing the three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in George Floyd's death filed a joint motion on Friday, asking the court to again delay the start of the state trial for the former officers in March due to the upcoming federal civil rights trial for the former officers set to begin later this month.
[ cnn.com ]Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers say they want new trial after juror says he was sexually abused as a child
Defense attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell said the convicted sex trafficker should get a new trial after a juror said in media interviews that he was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, court documents show.
[ cnn.com ]Defense Secretary Austin says he has tested positive for Covid-19
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for Covid-19 and is exhibiting "mild" symptoms, according to a statement from him released by the Defense Department on Sunday.
[ cnn.com ]This year saw divisions on democracy, vaccines and climate. 2022 is unlikely to be an oasis of calm
A year that began with a chaotic attack on democracy in Washington, DC -- the "insurrection" at the US Capitol -- ended with a more dignified defense of it, President Joe Biden's "Summit for Democracy."
[ cnn.com ]Japan and China agree to set up defense hotline amid territorial tensions
The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan's Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the East Asian neighbors.
[ cnn.com ]Biden calls NORAD and updates children on Santa's progress across the globe
President Joe Biden made a Christmas Eve call to North American Aerospace Defense Command on Friday at the White House, updating children on Santa's progress across the globe as part of what NORAD Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck on the call called "DOD's largest outreach program."
[ cnn.com ]Judge Regina Chu denied a request by Potter's defense lawyers to let her go home before sentencing
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[ cnn.com ]Biden administration finds itself on defense as Omicron races across the US
The Biden administration is once again on the defensive as the pandemic cuts its wildly unpredictable course, upending American lives with the holidays around the corner and the tools that could make for safer gathering -- widespread, easily available testing -- in short supply nearly two years into the crisis.
[ cnn.com ]Closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial focus on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
The jury began deliberating in Ghislaine Maxwell's federal trial Monday afternoon after the prosecution and defense presented closing arguments that focused on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
[ cnn.com ]Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team rests its case as Maxwell declines to testify
• 4 women testified at Maxwell's trial that they were sexually abused. Here's what they said.
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