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Obama's final controversial moves

9 years 9 months ago
A flurry of actions from the President Barack Obama's White House, first noted by CNN in late December, seem designed specifically to help enshrine his legacy and potentially foil some policy priorities of his successor. And the outgoing Democrats have not slowed down as they get ready to hand over the keys of the White House to Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday at noon.

Fun facts from past inaugurations

9 years 9 months ago
Sometimes presidential inaugurations are full of pomp and circumstance. Sometimes they end with the newly sworn-in president jumping out of a White House window. Intrigued yet?

Suspect in Orlando cop killing captured

9 years 9 months ago
Suspected cop killer Markeith Loyd has been captured and is in custody, according to a tweet from the Orlando Police Department's verified Twitter account. Media has been told to stand by for a press conference. Loyd is suspected of killing police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton last week when she tried to approach him at an Orlando-area Walmart.

Inauguration security may top $100M

9 years 9 months ago
The full force of the US domestic security apparatus will be deployed to stand guard as President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Friday, with an estimated 900,000 people expected to gather in Washington for the inauguration and related activities.

Texas police detective shot dead

9 years 9 months ago
A Little Elm, Texas, police detective died from injuries sustained in a fire fight with an armed man barricaded inside a residence, the town's police chief said at a news conference Tuesday night. The suspected gunman was later found dead after the hours-long standoff.

GOP excited about Trump, worried about what he'll say

9 years 9 months ago
President-elect Donald Trump's foray into health policy was perhaps best described by a senior Republican congressional aide with a long history of working through the complexities of the issue as "not helpful."

Obama commutes sentence of FALN member

9 years 9 months ago
President Barack Obama's commutation of the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, who was convicted for his role in a Puerto Rican nationalist group linked to bombings in US cities, ends a decades-long fight to free a man who supporters call a "political prisoner."

Snowden's asylum in Russia extended

9 years 9 months ago
Edward Snowden's leave to remain in Russia has been extended until 2020, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has confirmed to CNN.

Grandmother recalls 1998 kidnapping of baby

9 years 9 months ago
Relatives of Kamiyah Mobley, who was snatched from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital room just hours after she was born 18 years ago, are still celebrating the news that she was found alive a few hours away, living with a woman she thought was her real mother.

The difference between Snowden and Manning

9 years 9 months ago
Journalist Glenn Greenwald advocated for Chelsea Manning's release and counts himself as a friend. CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with him about who should receive clemency.

DeVos: Grizzlies can determine school gun laws

9 years 9 months ago
Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's education secretary nominee, said it should be up to states whether guns are allowed in schools. She cited grizzly bear protection as part of her answer.
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