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**2/10/22**: [Biden Approves Pentagon Plan to Help Americans Fleeing Ukraine if Russia Invades][1] [1]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781365?e=e63fb8d00a **2/9/22**: [Europe Pursues Diplomacy Amid Mixed Signals on Russian Aims in Ukraine][2] [2]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781357?e=e63fb8d00a **2/8/22**: [Biden Says Pipeline Won't Go Forward if Russia Invades Ukraine][3] [3]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781353?e=e63fb8d00a **2/7/22**: [Panel Backs Transfer of Mentally Ill Guantánamo Detainee Suspected of 9/11 Role][4] [4]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781345?e=e63fb8d00a **2/4/22**: [U.S. Says Russia Planning Fabricate Pretext for Ukraine Invasion][5] [5]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781333?e=e63fb8d00a **2/3/22**: [U.S. Raid in Syria Kills ISIS Leader; at Least a Dozen Civilians Reported Killed ][6] [6]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781329?e=e63fb8d00a **2/2/22**: [Biden Administration Rejects Use of Testimony Obtained From Torture in Guantanamo Trial][7] [7]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781321?e=e63fb8d00a **2/1/22**: [U.S., UK Threaten Sanctions For Russian Elite if Moscow Invades Ukraine][8] [8]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781317?e=e63fb8d00a **1/31/22**: [Zubaydah Describes Torture in CIA Custody][9] [9]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781301?e=e63fb8d00a **1/28/22**: [Austin Orders Military to Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Civilian Harm][10] [10]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781297?e=e63fb8d00a **1/27/22**: [U.S. and Allies Discuss Deploying More Troops to Eastern Europe][11] [11]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781293?e=e63fb8d00a **1/26/22**: [DHS Warns Domestic Extremists Could Attack Power Grid][12] [12]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781289?e=e63fb8d00a **1/25/22**: [DHS Warns of Potential Russia Cyberattacks Amid Tensions][13] [13]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781285?e=e63fb8d00a **1/24/22**: [Biden Weighs Deploying Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics][14] [14]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781277?e=e63fb8d00a **1/21/22**: [Blinken and Lavrov Meet Over Ukraine-Russia Crisis][15] [15]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781273?e=e63fb8d00a **1/20/22**: [Biden Predicts Putin Will Order Ukraine Invasion][16] [16]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781269?e=85abb75bb3 **1/19/22**: [Watchdog Predicted Collapse of Afghan Air Force Months Before U.S. Withdrawal][17] [17]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781253?e=e63fb8d00a **1/18/22**: [FBI Investigating Texas Hostage Standoff as 'Terrorism-Related' Incident][18] [18]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781233?e=e63fb8d00a **1/14/22**: [Oath Keepers Founder Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in January 6 Attack][19] [19]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781229?e=e63fb8d00a **1/13/22**: [Russia, NATO Appear So Far to Be at an Impasse After Ukraine Talks][20] [20]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781225?e=e63fb8d00a **1/12/22**: [Justice Department Forms New Domestic Terrorism Unit to Address Growing Threat][21] [21]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781217?e=e63fb8d00a **1/11/22**:[ Guantanamo Panel Approves Transfer of First High-Value Detainee][22] [22]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781209?e=e63fb8d00a **1/10/22**: [U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine As Talks Begin ][23] [23]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781201?e=e63fb8d00a **1/7/22**: [Supreme Court to Consider Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Requirements][24] [24]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781194?e=e63fb8d00a **1/6/22**: [Garland Pledges Accountability as Nation Marks One Year Since Capitol Riot][25] [25]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781186?e=809e798106 **1/5/22**: [Biden Administration Announces Plans to Speak on January 6 Anniversary as Trump Cancels Event][26] [26]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781182?e=e63fb8d00a **12/16/21**: [Senate Passes $768 Billion Defense Bill, Sending It to Biden][27] [27]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781178?e=e63fb8d00a **12/15/21**: [Waterboarded Guantanamo Prisoner Has Drowning Nightmares Two Decades Later, Doctor Testifies][28] [28]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781174?e=e63fb8d00a **12/14/21**: [No U.S. Troops Will Be Punished for Botched Kabul Drone Strike][29] [29]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781162?e=e63fb8d00a **12/13/21**: [Secret Military Cell Killed Dozens of Civilians in Attempt to Destroy ISIS][30] [30]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781154?e=e63fb8d00a **12/10/21**: [Trump White House Records Can Be Released in January 6 Probe, Appeals Court Rules][31] [31]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781150?e=e63fb8d00a **12/9/21**: [Mark Meadows suing Nancy Pelosi, January 6 Committee][32] [32]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781146?e=e63fb8d00a **12/8/21**: [Senate Panel Hears Frustrations Over Failure To Close Military Prison at Guantanamo][33] [33]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781142?e=e63fb8d00a **12/7/21**: [Biden to Warn Russia Against Invasion of Ukraine in Call With Putin][34] [34]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781134?e=e63fb8d00a **12/6/21**: [Defense Secretary Outlines Plan to Counter China ][35] [35]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781126?e=e63fb8d00a **12/3/21**: [Biden Administration to Restart ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy][36] [36]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781122?e=e63fb8d00a **12/2/21**: [Blinken to Meet Lavrov to Warn of Sanctions over Ukraine][37] [37]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781118?e=e63fb8d00a **12/1/21**: [Mark Meadows Agrees to Cooperate in Capitol Attack Investigation][38] [38]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781106?e=e63fb8d00a **11/30/21**: [Iran Insists on Immediate Lifting of Sanctions as Nuclear Talks Resume][39] [39]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781098?e=e63fb8d00a **11/29/21**: [Omicron Variant Poses ‘Very High’ Global Risk; Biden Imposes Travel Ban][40] [40]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781090?e=e63fb8d00a **11/23/21**: [House Panel Subpoenas Roger Stone and Alex Jones in Capitol Riot Inquiry][41] [41]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781086?e=e63fb8d00a **11/22/21**: [U.S. Intel Shows Russia Planning Potential Ukraine Invasion][42] [42]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781074?e=e63fb8d00a **11/19/21**: [U.S. Indicts Two Iranian Hackers over 2020 Election Misinformation Campaign][43] [43]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781070?e=e63fb8d00a **11/18/21**: [Accused 9/11 Mastermind Seeks Access to Secret Testimony][44] [44]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781062?e=e63fb8d00a **11/17/21**: [Facebook Details Recent Hacking Campaigns in Afghanistan, Syria][45] [45]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781054?e=e63fb8d00a **11/16/21**: [Biden and China’s Xi Hold ‘Substantive’ Virtual Meeting][46] [46]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781046?e=e63fb8d00a **11/15/21**: [FBI Email Server Compromised by Hackers][47] [47]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781038?e=e63fb8d00a **11/12/21**: [Court Temporarily Delays Release of Trump's January 6 Records][48] [48]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781034?e=e63fb8d00a **11/11/21**: [U.S. and EU Prepare Sanctions on Belarus Over Migrant Crisis][49] [49]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781026?e=e63fb8d00a **11/10/21**: [January 6 Committee Issues 10 More Subpoenas][50] [50]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781022?e=e63fb8d00a **11/9/21**: [January 6 Committee Issues 6 Subpoenas to Top Trump Campaign Associates][51] [51]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781018?e=e63fb8d00a **11/8/21**: [Guantanamo Bay Prosecutors Agree to Review Classified CIA Documents][52] [52]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781006?e=e63fb8d00a **11/5/21**: [U.S. Authorities Arrest Russian Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier][53] [53]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-781002?e=e63fb8d00a **11/4/21**: [Pentagon Report Says China’s Nuclear Arsenal Expanding Faster Than Expected ][54] [54]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780990?e=e63fb8d00a **11/3/21**: [Facebook to Shut Down Facial Recognition System][55] [55]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780982?e=e63fb8d00a **11/2/21**: [Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Seeking Seeking More Transparency From FISA Court][56] [56]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780954?e=e63fb8d00a **11/1/21**: [U.S. Military Jury Condemns Detainee’s Torture and Urges Clemency][57] [57]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780942?e=e63fb8d00a **10/29/21**: [Guantanamo Detainee Publicly Describes Torture at CIA Black Sites for First Time ][58] [58]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780934?e=e63fb8d00a **10/28/21**: [Iran to Return to Nuclear Deal Talks in Vienna Next Month][59] [59]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780926?e=e63fb8d00a **10/27/21**: [ISIS Affiliate in Afghanistan Could Launch International Attacks in 6-12 Months][60] [60]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780914?e=e63fb8d00a **10/26/21**: [Biden Rejects Trump’s Latest Claim of Executive Privilege Over January 6 Documents ][61] [61]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780906?e=e63fb8d00a **10/25/21**: [Sudan’s Military Detains Prime Minister and Dissolves Government in Apparent Coup][62] [62]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780898?e=e63fb8d00a **10/22/21**: [Intel Community, Pentagon Warn of Climate Change Threats to National Security][63] [63]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780894?e=e63fb8d00a **10/21/21**: [Detention of Afghan at Guantánamo Bay Ruled Unlawful][64] [64]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780890?e=e63fb8d00a **10/20/21**: [Congressman Indicted for Lying to the FBI][65] [65]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780878?e=e63fb8d00a **10/19/21**: [Trump Files Lawsuit to Keep January 6 documents from Congress][66] [66]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780874?e=e63fb8d00a **10/18/21**: [UK Police Investigating Assassination of MP as Terror Attack ][67] [67]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780866?e=e63fb8d00a **10/15/21**: [Leader of Islamic State West Africa Is Dead, Nigeria Says][68] [68]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780858?e=e63fb8d00a **10/14/21**: [Two More Detainees Approved for Transfer Out of Guantánamo][69] [69]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780854?e=e63fb8d00a **10/13/21**: [G-20 Emergency Meeting on Afghanistan Yields $1.5 Billion in Aid From EU][70] [70]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780850?e=e63fb8d00a **10/12/21**: [China Says it Carried Out Beach Landing Drills in Province Opposite Taiwan][71] [71]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780842?e=e63fb8d00a **10/8/21**: [U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed to Taiwan for At Least One Year][72] [72]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780838?e=e63fb8d00a **10/7/21**: [Supreme Court Justices Consider Whether A Guantanamo Detainee Can Testify][73] [73]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780830?e=e63fb8d00a **10/6/21**: [Facebook Whistleblower Criticizes Company, Urges More Oversight][74] [74]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780826?e=e63fb8d00a **10/5/21**: [War Crimes Committed in Libya Since 2016, UN Report Says][75] [75]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780822?e=e63fb8d00a **10/4/21**: [China Marks National Holiday With Mass Air Incursions Near Taiwan][76] [76]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780814?e=e63fb8d00a **10/1/21**: [Watchdog Finds ‘Significant Lapse’ in FBI’s Management of FISA Warrants][77] [77]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780810?e=e63fb8d00a **9/30/21**: [Appeals Court to Examine Whether Guantánamo Detainees Have Due Process Rights][78] [78]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780806?e=e63fb8d00a **9/29/21**: [Military Leaders Say Troop Withdrawal Led to Afghanistan’s Collapse][79] [79]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780802?e=e63fb8d00a **9/28/21**: [North Korea Launches Short-Range Missile as Country's Envoy Speaks at UN][80] [80]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780790?e=e63fb8d00a **9/27/21**: [WHO Seeks to Revive Stalled Inquiry into COVID-19 Origins][81] [81]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780782?e=e63fb8d00a **9/24/21**:[ House Panel on January 6 Subpoenas Trump Advisers, Associates][82] [82]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780778?e=e63fb8d00a **9/23/21**: [Biden Administration Seeking Contract Renewal for Migrant Facility at Guantanamo][83] [83]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780770?e=e63fb8d00a **9/22/21**: [U.S. Officials Express Concern About Terror Threats Tied to Afghanistan][84] [84]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780766?e=e63fb8d00a **9/21/21**: [Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge's Ruling on Torture ][85] [85]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780746?e=e63fb8d00a **9/20/21**: [Biden Administration Deporting Haitians from South Texas ][86] [86]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780734?e=e63fb8d00a **9/17/21**: [French Strike Kills ISIS Leader in Sahara ][87] [87]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780730?e=e63fb8d00a **9/15/21**: [Intelligence Officials Warn Al-Qaeda Could Rebuild in Afghanistan Within 1-2 Years][88] [88]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780710?e=e63fb8d00a **9/14/21**: [Judge at Guantánamo Says 9/11 Trial Start is at Least a Year Away][89] [89]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780702?e=e63fb8d00a **9/13/21**: [Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals’ Connections to 9/11][90] [90]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780694?e=e63fb8d00a **9/10/21**: [Biden Announces New Vaccine Mandates Affecting 100 Million Americans][91] [91]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780686?e=e63fb8d00a **9/9/21**: [Taliban to Allow 200 Americans, Other Foreigners to Fly Out of Kabul][92] [92]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780678?e=e63fb8d00a **9/8/21**: [New Afghan Government Includes Former Guantanamo Detainees and Others Sanctioned by U.S.][93] [93]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780666?e=e63fb8d00a **9/3/21**: [Member of ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell Pleads Guilty in Hostage Cases ][94] [94]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780654?e=e63fb8d00a **9/2/21**: [Pentagon Leaders Wary of Working With Taliban to Counter ISIS Affiliate][95] [95]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780650?e=e63fb8d00a **9/1/21**: [Three Guantánamo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombing][96] [96]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780646?e=e63fb8d00a **8/31/21**: [U.S. Completes Departure from Afghanistan, Ending America's Longest War][97] [97]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780642?e=e63fb8d00a **8/30/21**: [Rockets Fired on Kabul Airport; U.S. Conducts Drone Strikes Against ISIS-K Targets][98] [98]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780630?e=e63fb8d00a **8/27/21**: [Biden Vows to Retaliate after Kabul Explosions Kill 13 U.S. Troops][99] [99]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780626?e=e63fb8d00a **8/26/21**: [Security Threats at Kabul Airport Prompt Multiple Warnings as Withdrawal Deadline Nears][100] [100]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780622?e=e63fb8d00a **8/25/21**:[ Two Diplomats Evacuated from Vietnam after ‘Havana Syndrome’ Incidents][101] [101]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780614?e=e63fb8d00a **8/24/21**: [CIA Director Held Secret Meeting in Kabul with Taliban Leader][102] [102]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780594?e=e63fb8d00a **8/23/21**: SPECIAL EDITION: [Biden Says Evacuation from Kabul Is Accelerating; May Extend Withdrawal][103] This Morning Brief is a special edition focusing on news and commentary regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. [103]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780586 **8/20/21**: [State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse][104] [104]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780582?e=e63fb8d00a **8/19/21**: [Biden Says Troops May Stay in Kabul Past August 31 to Evacuate Americans][105] [105]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780574?e=e63fb8d00a **8/18/21**: [Taliban Vow No Safe Haven for Terrorists, Promise Women’s Rights][106] [106]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780570?e=e63fb8d00a **8/17/21**: [Biden Defends U.S. Exit from Afghanistan][107] [107]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780558?e=e63fb8d00a **8/16/21**: [Afghanistan Falls to Taliban][108] [108]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780550?e=e63fb8d00a **8/14/21**: [U.S. Deploys Thousands of Troops to Evacuate Afghan Embassy Staff][109] [109]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780546?e=e63fb8d00a **8/13/21**: [U.S. Deploys Thousands of Troops to Evacuate Afghan Embassy Staff][110] [110]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780546?e=e63fb8d00a **8/12/21**: [Biden Administration Working to Mobilize International Support to Halt Taliban Advance ][111] [111]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780542?e=e63fb8d00a **8/11/21**: [Taliban Overrun Three More Provincial Capitals][112] [112]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780538?e=e63fb8d00a **8/10/21**: [DOJ Pledges to Review Evidence Related to 9/11 Attacks][113] [113]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780534?e=e63fb8d00a **8/9/21**: [Taliban Seize Three Major Cities in Northern Afghanistan][114] [114]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780526?e=e63fb8d00a **8/6/21**: [DOJ Inspector General Did Not Find FBI Leaks Prior to 2016 Election][115] [115]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780514?e=e63fb8d00a **8/5/21**: [Senate Panel Votes to Repeal 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force in Iraq][116] [116]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780510?e=e63fb8d00a **8/4/21**: [Lawmakers Debate Repealing 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs][117] [117]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780498?e=e63fb8d00a **8/3/21**: [Biden Administration to Keep Using Title 42 Public Health Rule at Southern Border][118] [118]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780494?e=e63fb8d00a **8/2/21**: [Justice Department says Russians Hacked Federal Prosecutors][119] [119]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780486?e=e63fb8d00a **7/30/21**: [Congress Passes Bill to Fund Capitol Security, Afghan Visas ][120] [120]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780485?e=e63fb8d00a **7/29/21**: [Biden Administration Issues New Sanctions on Syrian Prisons, Officials][121] [121]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780481?e=e63fb8d00a **7/28/21**: [Drone Warfare Whistleblower Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison] [121] [121]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780461?e=e63fb8d00a **7/27/21**: [January 6 Committee to Hold First Hearing on Capitol Riot][122] [122]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780457?e=e63fb8d00a **7/26/21**: [U.S. to Continue Airstrikes on the Taliban in Support of Afghan Forces] [123] [123]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780449?e=e63fb8d00a **7/23/21**: [U.S., Iraq Agree Combat Troops Should Leave by End of Year] [123] [123]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780445?e=e63fb8d00a **7/22/21**: [Pelosi Bars Trump Loyalists From January 6 Inquiry, Prompting GOP Boycott] [123] [123]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780437?e=e63fb8d00a **7/21/21**: [Freed Guantánamo Bay Detainee Reunited With Family][123] [123]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780429?e=e63fb8d00a **7/20/21**: [DOJ Curtails Seizure of Reporters’ Phone, Email Records in Leak Investigations][124] [124]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780421?e=e63fb8d00a **7/19/21**: [Biden Administration Transfers First Detainee From Guantánamo; Prosecutors Ask to Strike Information Gained From Torture][125] [125]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780413?e=e63fb8d00a **7/16/21**: [Surgeon General Calls COVID-19 Misinformation an ‘Urgent Threat’][126] [126]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780409?e=e63fb8d00a **7/15/21**: [U.S. to Begin Evacuating Eligible Afghans at End of July] [126] [126]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780405?e=e63fb8d00a **7/14/21**: [Attempt to Seize Post Reporters’ Email Data Came Day Before Barr Left Office] [126] [126]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780393?e=e63fb8d00a **7/13/21**: [Defense Lawyers Move to Block Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoner] [127] [127]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780389?e=e63fb8d00a **7/12/21**: [Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Announces Retirement Ahead of 9/11 Trial][127] [127]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780381?e=e63fb8d00a **7/9/21**: [Biden Says U.S. War in Afghanistan Will End August 31][128] [128]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780373 **7/8/21**: [Biden Weighs U.S. Response to Growing Ransomware Threat][129] [129]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780365 **7/7/21**: [Russian State Hackers Breached Republican National Committee][130] [130]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780357 **7/6/21**: [Taliban to Present Peace Plan for Afghanistan as Soon as Next Month][131] [131]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780349 **7/1/21**: [House Votes to Create Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Attack][132] [132]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780345?e=e63fb8d00a **6/30/21**: [NSA Surveillance Program Still Raises Privacy Concerns Years After Exposure, Member of Privacy Watchdog Says][133] [133]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780333?e=e63fb8d00a **6/29/21**: [U.S. Warns ISIS Is Still a Threat, Calls for Repatriating Fighters ][134] [134]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780325 **6/28/21**: [U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Against Iranian-Backed Militias][135] [135]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780313?e=e63fb8d00a **6/25/21**: [Former Saudi Officials Face Questioning about Alleged Links to 9/11 Attackers][136] [136]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780301?e=e63fb8d00a **6/24/21**: [Biden Administration to Evacuate Afghans Who Worked with U.S.][137] [137]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780297?e=e63fb8d00a **6/23/21**: [Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S.][138] [138]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780285?e=e63fb8d00a **6/22/21**:[ Judge Dismisses Most Claims Over Clearing of Protesters in Lafayette Square][139] [139]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780277?e=e63fb8d00a **6/21/21**:[ Taliban Enters Key Afghan Cities in Ongoing Offensive; Ghani to Meet Biden][140] [140]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780269?e=e63fb8d00a **6/18/21**: [House Votes to Repeal 2002 Authorization of Military Force in Iraq ][141] [141]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780265?e=e63fb8d00a **6/17/21**: [Biden and Putin Agree to Steps on Cybersecurity, Arms Control][142] [142]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780261?e=e63fb8d00a **6/16/21**: [White House Unveils Strategy to Combat Domestic Extremism][143] [143]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780249?e=e63fb8d00a **6/15/21**: [Senate Begins Investigation Into DOJ Subpoenas to Lawmakers][144] [144]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780233?e=e63fb8d00a **6/14/21**: [Apple Turned Over Data on White House Counsel McGahn after DOJ Subpoena][145] [145]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780225?e=e63fb8d00a **6/11/21**: [Trump DOJ Seized Records on House Intel Committee Democrats in Search of Leaks][146] [146]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780221?e=e63fb8d00a **6/10/21**: [Biden Aiming For Progress on Closing Guantánamo Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary][147] [147]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780217?e=e63fb8d00a **6/9/21**: [Senate Approves $250 Billion Tech and Manufacturing Bill to Compete with China][148] [148]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780213?e=e63fb8d00a **6/8/21**: [DOJ Recovers Most of Ransom From Colonial Pipeline Attack][149] [149]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780205?e=e63fb8d00a **6/7/21**: [Vice President Harris Visits Guatemala, Mexico to Address Migration ][150] [150]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780197?e=e63fb8d00a **6/4/21**: [Judge Permits Information from CIA Torture in USS Cole Bombing Case ][151] [151]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780193?e=e63fb8d00a **6/3/21**: [UN Warns of the Taliban’s Ties to al-Qaeda ][151] [151]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780189?e=e63fb8d00a **6/2/21**: [White House Contacts Russia After Hack Of World’s Largest Meatpacking Company][151] [151]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780177?e=e63fb8d00a **6/1/21**: [Biden Calls For Defense Of Democracy On Memorial Day][151] [151]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780169?e=e63fb8d00a **5/27/21**: [Biden Orders Intelligence Community to Report on COVID-19 Origins][152] [152]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780165?e=e63fb8d00a **5/26/21**: [Pentagon Accelerates Withdrawal from Afghanistan][153] [153]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780161?e=e63fb8d00a **5/25/21**: [Iran Agrees to Extend IAEA Nuclear Monitoring Deal for One Month][154] [154]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780149?e=e63fb8d00a **5/24/21**: [Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident ][155] [155]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780133?e=e63fb8d00a **5/21/21**: [Israel, Hamas Agree To Ceasefire][156] [156]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780125?e=e63fb8d00a **5/20/21**: [House Approves Jan 6. Commission as McConnell Voices Opposition][157] [157]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780117?e=e63fb8d00a **5/19/21**: [EU, U.S. Press for Ceasefire in Israeli-Palestinian Fighting][158] [158]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780105?e=e63fb8d00a **5/18/21**: [Biden Administration Clears 3 Guantánamo Detainees for Release][159] [159]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780093?e=e63fb8d00a **5/17/21**: [Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for CIA Testimony][160] [160]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780085?e=e63fb8d00a **5/14/21**: [Colonial Pipeline Operational After Paying Hackers $5 Million ][161] [161]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780081?e=e63fb8d00a **5/13/21**: [ Israel Steps Up Gaza Offensive as U.S. Calls for End to Fighting][162] [162]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780065?e=e63fb8d00a **5/12/21**: [DHS Stands Up Domestic Terror Intelligence Team][163] [163]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780061?e=e63fb8d00a **5/11/21**: [FBI Blames ‘DarkSide’ Criminal Group for Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack][164] [164]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780053?e=e63fb8d00a **5/10/21**: [Bombing Targeting Schoolgirls Near Kabul School Kills At Least 50][165] [165]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780045?e=e63fb8d00a **5/7/21**: [Nuclear Talks with Iran Could Reach Agreement within Weeks, U.S. Says][166] [166]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780041?e=e63fb8d00a **5/6/21**: [Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network’s Ban of Trump][167] [167]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780033?e=e63fb8d00a **5/5/21**: [Justice Department Seeks Funding To Fight Domestic Extremism And Inequality][168] [168]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780025?e=e63fb8d00a **5/4/21**: [U.S. Starts Reuniting Separated Migrant Children with Parents][169] [169]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780013?e=e63fb8d00a **5/3/21**: [Trump’s Secret Rules for Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed][170] [170]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780005?e=e63fb8d00a **4/30/21**: [Congress Briefed On Domestic Terrorism And Potential Legislation][171] [171]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-780001?e=e63fb8d00a **4/29/21**: [Biden Declares America’s Democracy is ‘Rising Anew,’ Calls Insurrection an ‘Existential Crisis’][172] [172]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779997?e=e63fb8d00a **4/28/21**: [D.C. Police Department Data Leaked in Cyberattack][173] [173]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779989?e=e63fb8d00a **4/27/21**: [Supreme Court to Rule on Whether CIA Black Sites Are State Secrets][174] [174]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779977?e=e63fb8d00a **4/26/21**: [U.S. Military Begins Final Withdrawal from Afghanistan][175] [175]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779969?e=e63fb8d00a **4/23/21**: [Russia Orders Troops to Withdraw From Ukraine Border][176] [176]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779965?e=e63fb8d00a **4/22/21**: [Biden’s Plan To End Afghanistan War Gives Some Detainees Hope For Release][177] [177]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779961?e=e63fb8d00a **4/21/21**: [Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murder and Manslaughter][178] [178]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779953?e=e63fb8d00a **4/20/21**: [Judge Revokes Bail For Proud Boy Leaders][179] [179]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779945?e=e63fb8d00a **4/19/21**: [‘Progress’ at Nuclear Talks as Iran and Saudis Meet to Reduce Tensions][180] [180]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779937?e=e63fb8d00a **4/16/21**: [U.S. Imposes Stiff Sanctions on Russia in Response to Hacking, Election Interference][181] [181]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779929?e=e63fb8d00a **4/15/21**: [CIA Director Warns Afghanistan Withdrawal Will ‘Diminish’ U.S. Intelligence; NATO To Match U.S. Troop Pullout][182] [182]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779925?e=e63fb8d00a **4/14/21**: [Biden to Withdraw U.S. Troops from Afghanistan By September 11, 2021][183] [183]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779917?e=e63fb8d00a **4/13/21**: [U.S., Iran To Continue Indirect Talks After Sabotage Attack On Nuclear Site][184] [184]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779909?e=e63fb8d00a **4/12/21**: [Iran Condemns Blackout at Iran Nuclear Facility as Terrorism][185] [185]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-7798897?e=e63fb8d00a **4/9/21**: [U.S. Considering Sending Warships to Black Sea Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions][186] [186]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779885?e=e63fb8d00a **4/8/21**: [Lawmakers Join Suit Accusing Trump, Extremist Groups Of Capitol Riot Conspiracy][187] [187]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779881?e=e63fb8d00a **4/7/21**: [U.S., Iran Agree on Nuclear Deal Roadmap][188] [188]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779877?e=e63fb8d00a **4/6/21**: [U.S. Begins Indirect Talks With Iran Today On Reentering Nuclear Deal][189] [189]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779869?e=e63fb8d00a **4/5/21**: [U.S. Shuts Once-Secret Guantánamo Prison Unit, Moves Prisoners][190] [190]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779853?e=e63fb8d00a **4/1/21**: [DHS Outlines Actions to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Wake of Major Hacks][191] [191]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779841?e=e63fb8d00a **3/31/21**: [Russia Suspected of Stealing Thousands of State Department Emails][192] [192]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779829?e=e63fb8d00a **3/30/21**: [Trial of Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s Death Opens With Clash Over Evidence][193] [193]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779821?e=e63fb8d00a **3/29/21**: [Former U.S. Military Translator Pleads Guilty to Espionage][194] [194]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779817?e=e63fb8d00a **3/26/21**: [Biden Signals Short Delay In Withdrawal Of Forces From Afghanistan][195] [195]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779813?e=e63fb8d00a **3/25/21**: [Blinken Warns of Chinese Threat to NATO, Calls for Joint Approach][196] [196]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779809?e=e63fb8d00a **3/24/21**: [Democrats Push Bills on Hate Crimes, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Control After Shootings][197] [197]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779797?e=e63fb8d00a **3/23/21**: [Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case On Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber][198] [198]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779789?e=e63fb8d00a **3/22/21**: [Defense Secretary Austin Makes Unannounced Afghanistan Visit][199] [199]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779781?e=e63fb8d00a **3/19/21**: [Biden Administration Plans to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Canada and Mexico][200] [200]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779769?e=e63fb8d00a **3/18/21**: [New Report Warns of Rising Threat of Domestic Terrorism][201] [201]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779765?e=e63fb8d00a **3/17/21**: [Russia, Iran Attempted to Influence 2020 Election, Intelligence Report Says][202] [202]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779749?e=e63fb8d00a **3/16/21**: [Two Arrested In Assault On Police Officer Who Died After Capitol Riot][203] [203]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779741?e=e63fb8d00a **3/15/21**: [Afghan Government Accepts U.S. Invitation to Peace Conference with Taliban][204] [204]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779733?e=fed028ce52 **3/12/21**: [Biden Directs States to Make All Adults Eligible for Vaccine by May 1 ][205] [205]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779729?e=fed028ce52 **3/11/21**: [Congress Clears $1.9 Trillion Aid Bill; Biden To Announce Next Phase of COVID-19 Response][206] [206]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779713?e=fed028ce52 **3/10/21**: [Pentagon Extends National Guard Deployment at Capitol][207] [207]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779445?e=fed028ce52 **3/9/21**: [Biden Extends Protective Status to Thousands of Venezuelan Migrants][208] [208]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779701?e=e63fb8d00a **3/8/21**: [White House Will Work with Congress to Replace AUMFs][209] [209]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779689?e=e63fb8d00a **3/5/21**: [Biden Administration Moves to Shorten Detention of Migrant Families][210] [210]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779681?e=809e798106 **3/4/21**: [House Cancels Thursday Session After Security Agencies Cite Risk of New Violence][211] [211]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779677?e=e63fb8d00a **3/3/21**: [Rockets Hit Iraqi Air Base Hosting U.S. Forces][212] [212]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779657?e=e63fb8d00a **3/2/21**: [Proud Boys Nominated Man to Lead January 6 Attack, Justice Department Says][213] [213]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779649?e=e63fb8d00a **3/1/21**: [White House Defends Decision Not to Punish Saudi Crown Prince, Says U.S. Does Not Sanction Foreign Leaders][214] [214]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779637?e=e63fb8d00a **2/26/21**: [U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Militia Site in Syria][215] [215]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779633?e=e63fb8d00a **2/25/21**: [FBI, DHS, and Pentagon Officials to Testify on Capitol Riot ][216] [216]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779625?e=e63fb8d00a **2/24/21:** [Former Capitol Security Officials Blame Intelligence Failures for Riot][217] [217]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779609?e=e63fb8d00a **2/23/21**: [Senate Inquiry on Capitol Riot to Begin Today With Scrutiny of Security Failures][218] [218]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779597?e=e63fb8d00a **2/22/21**: [In Confirmation Hearing, AG Nominee Garland Vows to Fight Domestic Terrorism][219] [219]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779581?e=e63fb8d00a **2/19/21**: [Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks with Iran][220] [220]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779577?e=e63fb8d00a **2/18/21**: [Justice Department Charges 3 North Korean Hackers for Global Cyberattacks][221] [221]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779569?e=e63fb8d00a **2/17/21**: [House Homeland Security Chairman sues Trump and Giuliani over Capitol Riot][222] [222]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779557?e=e63fb8d00a **2/16/21**: [Pelosi Announces 9/11 Commission-style Panel to Examine Capitol Riot After Senate Acquits Trump][223] [223]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779537?e=e63fb8d00a **2/12/21**: [Oath Keepers Plotting Capitol Attack ‘Awaited’ Direction from Trump, DOJ Says][224] [224]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779521?e=e63fb8d00a **2/11/21**: [GOP Senators Signal They Plan to Acquit Trump Despite Visceral Presentation by House Democrats][225] [225]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779513?e=e63fb8d00a **2/10/21**: [Senate Votes to Proceed with Impeachment][226] [226]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779505?e=e63fb8d00a **2/9/21**: [Senate Sets Stage For Rapid Trump Impeachment Trial][227] [227]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779497?e=e63fb8d00a **2/8/21**: [Biden Says Trump Should Not Receive Intelligence Briefings; White House Changes Briefing Format][228] [228]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779485?e=e63fb8d00a **2/5/21**: [Biden Announces End to U.S Support in Yemen Conflict][229] [229]: 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Nuclear Pact As Biden Holds First Phone Call with Putin][236] [236]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779425?e=e63fb8d00a **1/26/21**: [Lawmakers Reportedly Threatened Ahead of Impeachment Trial][237] [237]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779421?e=e63fb8d00a **1/25/21**:[ Trump and DOJ Lawyer Plotted to Oust Acting AG to Overturn Election Results][238] [238]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779405?e=e63fb8d00a **1/22/21**: [Biden Unveils National COVID-19 Strategy with Slate of Executive Orders][239] [239]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779401?e=e63fb8d00a **1/21/21**: [Biden Signs 17 First-Day Executive Orders after Inauguration][240] [240]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779397?e=e63fb8d00a **1/20/21**: [12 National Guard Members Removed From Duty in Inauguration Day Preparations][241] [241]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779389?e=e63fb8d00a **1/19/21**: [Acting Defense Secretary Says 'No Intelligence Indicating An Insider Threat' To Inauguration][242] [242]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779373?e=e63fb8d00a **1/15/21**: [FBI Says Over 200 Suspects Identified in Capitol Riots as Inauguration Security Ramps Up][243] [243]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779369?e=e63fb8d00a **1/14/21**: [House Impeaches Trump for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’][244] [244]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779361?e=e63fb8d00a **1/13/21**: [House Urges Pence To Remove Trump; Republicans Express Support for Impeachment][245] [245]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779341?e=e63fb8d00a **1/12/21**: [Two Capitol Police Officers Suspended, Others Investigated for Possible Involvement in Riot][246] [246]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779333?e=e63fb8d00a **1/11/21**: [House to Move on Impeachment If Other Efforts to Remove Trump Fail][247] [247]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779321?e=e63fb8d00a **1/8/21**: [Trump Faces Possible Charges Amid Calls for Removal][248] [248]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779313?e=e63fb8d00a **1/7/21**: [Pro-Trump Mob Storms Capitol Building; Congress Later Confirms Biden Win][249] [249]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-1?e=e63fb8d00a **12/17/20**: [Alleged Al-Shabaab Operative Charged with Plotting 9/11 Style Attack on U.S.][250] [250]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779285?e=e63fb8d00a **12/16/20**: [McConnell Congratulates Biden, Urges Republicans Not To Overturn Election On January 6][251] [251]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779281?e=e63fb8d00a **12/15/20**: [Attorney General William Barr Resigns][252] [252]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779273?e=e63fb8d00a **12/14/20**: [COVID-19 Vaccinations En Route to Every State After FDA Authorization][253] [253]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779265?e=e63fb8d00a **12/11/20**: [U.S. Military Flies Bombers over Middle East as Show of Force Against Iran ][254] [254]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779261?e=e63fb8d00a **12/10/20**: [FDA Panel to Consider Pfizer Vaccine as U.S. Sets New Daily Virus Death Records][255] [255]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779257?e=e63fb8d00a **12/9/20**: [Top Cybersecurity Firm Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State][256] [256]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779241?e=e63fb8d00a **12/8/20**: [Biden Picks Retired General Lloyd Austin to Run Pentagon ][257] [257]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779233?e=e63fb8d00a **12/7/20**: [U.S. Diplomats and Spies Likely Targeted by Microwave Attacks, Report Determines][258] [258]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779225?e=e63fb8d00a **12/4/20:** [Biden’s Pick for CIA Director Uncertain Amid Concerns from Lawmakers][259] [259]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779217?e=e63fb8d00a **12/3/20**: [Biden Plans to Keep Wray as FBI Director, Cohen is Top Choice for CIA][260] [260]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779213?e=e63fb8d00a **12/2/20**: [Justice Department Investigating Potential Presidential Pardon Bribery Scheme][261] [261]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779197?e=e63fb8d00a **12/1/20**: [Saudi Arabia Allows Israeli Use of Airspace as Kushner Tours Region][262] [262]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779185?e=e63fb8d00a **11/30/20**: [Iran Says Its Top Nuclear Scientist Killed In Attack; Contemplates Response][263] [263]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779177?e=e63fb8d00a **11/24/20**: [Trump Administration Formally Authorizes Biden Transition][264] [264]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779137?e=e63fb8d00a **11/23/20**: [Biden to Name Longtime Aide Blinken as Secretary of State][265] [265]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779125?e=e63fb8d00a **11/20/20**: [Trump to Meet with Michigan GOP Leaders in Bid to Overturn Election Loss][266] [266]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779121?e=e63fb8d00a **11/19/20**:[U.S. Imposes New on Sanctions Iran as Pompeo Defends ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign ][267] [267]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779113?e=e63fb8d00a **11/18/20**: [Trump Fires Christopher Krebs, Official Who Disputed Election Fraud Claims][268] [268]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779105?e=e63fb8d00a **11/17/20**: [Trump Said to be Preparing to Withdraw Troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia ][269] [269]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779089?e=e63fb8d00a **11/16/20**: [U.S., Israel Worked Together To Track And Kill Al-Qaeda No. 2][270] [270]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779077?e=e63fb8d00a **11/13/20**: [Officials Say U.S. Election Most Secure in History as CISA Prepares for Shakeup][271] [271]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779069?e=e63fb8d00a **11/12/20**: [IAEA Says Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile Is 12 Times Nuclear Deal Cap][272] [272]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779065?e=e63fb8d00a **11/11/20**: [Biden Moves Ahead With Transition As Trump Vows New Legal Action][273] [273]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779049?e=e63fb8d00a **11/10/20**: [Defense Secretary Esper Fired by Trump; Replaced by NCTC Head ][274] [274]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779033?e=e63fb8d00a **11/9/20**: [Biden Wins Election, Plans For Day One As Trump Refuses To Concede][275] [275]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779025?e=e63fb8d00a **11/6/20**: [Trump Campaign Loses Legal Fights in Georgia and Michigan, Vows Nevada Lawsuit][276] [276]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779021?e=e63fb8d00a **11/5/20**: [Trump Sues to Stop Ballot Counts in 3 States, Calls for Wisconsin Recount][277] [277]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779009?e=e63fb8d00a **11/4/20**: [Counting Continues In Key Battlegrounds][278] [278]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-779001?e=e63fb8d00a **11/2/20**: [National Guard and DHS Agents Poised to Respond to Potential Election Day Unrest][279] [279]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778981?e=e63fb8d00a **10/31/20**: [French Authorities Identify Nice Church Attacker as Tunisian National][280] [280]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778977?e=e63fb8d00a **10/29/20**: [Court Rejects Appeal of Guantanamo Convict Who Rejoined Al-Qaeda ][281] [281]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778973?e=e63fb8d00a **10/28/20**: [Trump Questions Counting Late Ballots As State Courts Limit Early Voting][282] [282]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778957?e=e63fb8d00a **10/27/20**: [Senate Confirms Barrett to Supreme Court][283] [283]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778941?e=e63fb8d00a **10/26/20**: [Members Of Pence’s Inner Circle Test Positive, His Attendance at Barrett Confirmation Remains Unclear][284] [284]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778933?e=e63fb8d00a **10/23/20**: [U.S. Officials Say Russian Hackers Targeted State and Local Governments ][285] [285]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778929?e=e63fb8d00a **10/22/20**: [Iran and Russia Seek to Influence Election in Final Days, U.S. Officials Warn ][286] **10/21/20**: [U.S., Russia Appear Set To Extend Last Remaining Nuclear Pact][287] [286]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778925?e=e63fb8d00a [287]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778909?e=e63fb8d00a **10/20/20**: [U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Several High-Profile Cyberattacks][288] [288]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778897?e=ce51042d81 **10/19/20**: [Military Names Air Force Judge for Guantánamo Bay 9/11 Trial][289] [289]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778877?e=e63fb8d00a **10/16/20**: [Oakland, Portland Sue Over Use of Federal Agents at Protests][290] [290]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778869?e=e63fb8d00a **10/15/20**: [Americans Held Hostage by Iran-Backed Forces in Yemen Freed in Trade][291] [291]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778861?e=e63fb8d00a **10/14/20**: [‘Unmasking’ Probe Commissioned By Barr Concludes Without Charges][292] [292]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778849?e=e63fb8d00a **10/13/20**: [Microsoft Takes Down Massive Hacking Operation that Could Have Affected the Election][293] [293]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778829?e=e63fb8d00a **10/9/20**: [FBI Says Militia Plotted to Kidnap Michigan Governor][294] [294]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778821?e=e63fb8d00a **10/8/20**: [Two ISIS Militants Charged in Deaths of American Hostages in Syria][295] [295]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778809?e=e63fb8d00a **10/7/20**: [Joint Chiefs Quarantine After Admiral Tests Positive For COVID-19][296] [296]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778805?e=e63fb8d00a **10/6/20**: [Trump Returns to White House, Tells Americans Not to Fear COVID-19][297] [297]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778797?e=e63fb8d00a **10/5/20**: [White House Sows Confusion about Trump’s COVID-19 Condition][298] [298]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778785?e=e63fb8d00a **10/2/20**: [President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus][299] [299]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778777?e=e63fb8d00a **10/1/20**: [Comey Defends Russia Inquiry, Acknowledges Surveillance Problems in Senate Testimony][300] [300]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778733?e=e63fb8d00a **9/30/20**:[ Judge Suggests He is Not Ready To Throw Out Michael Flynn Case][301] [301]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778725?e=e63fb8d00a **9/29/20**: [Pompeo Warns Iraq U.S. Plans to Pull Out of Baghdad Embassy][302] **9/25/20**: [U.S. Surpasses 7 Million Cases of COVID-19][303] [302]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778705?e=e63fb8d00a [303]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778685?e=e63fb8d00a **9/24/20**: [DHS Chief Denies Downplaying White Supremacist Threat][304] [304]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778665?e=e63fb8d00a **9/23/20**: [Agencies Warn Against Foreign Disinformation Regarding Election Results][305] [305]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778661 **9/22/20**: [U.S. Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions on Iran][306] [306]: https://mailchi.mp/law.fordham.edu/cns-morning-brief-778641 **9/21/20**: [U.S. Says Iran Sanctions Restored Despite Lack of International Support][307] [307]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778621?e=e63fb8d00a **9/18/20**: [FBI Chief Testifies on Russian Interference in U.S. Elections, Domestic Extremism Threats][308] [308]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778617?e=e63fb8d00a **9/17/20**: [Officials Stockpiled Munitions, Sought 'Heat Ray' Device for Lafayette Square][309] [309]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778589?e=e63fb8d00a **9/16/20**: [Israel And Two Arab States Establish Formal Ties At The White House ][310] [310]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778569?e=e63fb8d00a **9/15/20**: [Court Allows Trump to End Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Immigrants][311] [311]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778561?e=e63fb8d00a **9/14/20**: [UN General Assembly Approves Pandemic Resolution; U.S., Israel Object][312] [312]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778553?e=e63fb8d00a **9/11/20**: [Afghan Government and Taliban Set to Start Talks in Doha ][313] [313]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778541?e=e63fb8d00a **9/10/20**: [Whistle-blower Says DHS Downplayed Threats From Russia, White Supremacists][314] [314]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778529?e=e63fb8d00a **9/9/20**: [Vaccine CEOs Issue Safety Pledge Amid Trump’s Quest For Pre-Election Approval][315] [315]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778517?e=e63fb8d00a **9/8/20**: [FISA Court Approves Warrantless Surveillance Program Despite Violations][316] [316]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778505?e=e63fb8d00a **9/4/20**: [DHS Assesses Russia is Trying to Undermine Confidence in Mail-in Voting][317] [317]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778501?e=e63fb8d00a **9/3/20**: [Court Rules NSA’s Bulk Phone Data Collection Illegal][318] [318]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778489?e=e63fb8d00a **9/2/20**: [Facebook Removes Russian Network Targeting Americans With Disinformation][319] [319]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778469?e=e63fb8d00a **9/1/20**: [Appeals Court Rejects Effort by Flynn, DOJ to Force Dismissal of Criminal Case][320] [320]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778449?e=e63fb8d00a **8/31/20**: [U.S. Intelligence Will Cease In-Person Briefings to Congress on Election Security][321] [321]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778441?e=e63fb8d00a **8/28/20**: [Putin Says Russian Forces Prepared to End Belarus Unrest][322] [322]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778437?e=e63fb8d00a **8/27/20**: [DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation into Blake Shooting][323] [323]: 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**8/17/20**: [Pelosi to Call House Back From Recess for Vote to Block Postal Service Changes][330] [330]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778309?e=e63fb8d00a **8/13/20**: [Trump Releases New Recommendations on Reopening Schools][331] [331]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778305?e=e63fb8d00a **8/12/20**: [Joe Biden Announces Kamala Harris As Running Mate][332] [332]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778281?e=e63fb8d00a **8/11/20**:[ Lebanon's Leaders Warned in July About Explosives at Port ][333] [333]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778273?e=e63fb8d00a **8/10/20**: [U.S. Intelligence Assesses Russia, China Attempting to Influence 2020 Election][334] [334]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778265?e=e63fb8d00a **8/6/20**: [Facebook, Twitter Remove Trump Post Containing Misinformation on Coronavirus][335] [335]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778257?e=e63fb8d00a **8/5/20**: [Powerful Explosions in Beirut Kill Over 100, Injure Thousands][336] [336]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778241?e=e63fb8d00a **8/4/20**: [House Panel Launches Investigation Into DHS Intelligence Office][337] [337]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778226?e=e63fb8d00a **8/3/20**: [DHS Removes Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence on Journalists][338] [338]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778218?e=e63fb8d00a **7/31/20**: [U.S. Appeals Court Will Reconsider Dismissal of Case Against Flynn][339] [339]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778214?e=e63fb8d00a **7/30/20**: [Federal Agents Agree To Withdraw From Portland, With Conditions][340] [340]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778210?e=e63fb8d00a **7/29/20**: [Barr Defends Federal Response to Protests in Contentious Hearing][341] [341]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778194?e=e63fb8d00a **7/28/20**: [Barr to Testify on Capitol Hill Today for First Time in More Than a Year][342] [342]: 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Trump Order Gave CIA More Powers to Launch Cyberattacks][349] [349]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778122?e=e63fb8d00a **7/16/20**: [Prominent Twitter Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam ][350] [350]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778114?e=e63fb8d00a **7/15/20**: [Trump Administration Backs Down on Restrictions for International Students][351] [351]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778098?e=e63fb8d00a **7/14/20**: [California Reverses Reopening as Covid-19 Cases Surge][352] [352]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778094?e=e63fb8d00a **7/13/20**: [Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison Sentence Against Advice of White House Officials][353] [353]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778082 **7/10/20**: [In Trump Financial Records Case, Supreme Court Says ‘No Citizen, Not Even the President’ Is Above the Law][354] [354]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778078?e=e63fb8d00a **7/9/20**: [Key Impeachment Witness Vindman Retires Citing Trump ‘Retaliation’ ][355] [355]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778074?e=e63fb8d00a **7/8/20**: [Trump Leans on Schools to Reopen as U.S. Tops 3 Million Cases][356] [356]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778058?e=809e798106 **7/7/20**: [U.S. to Force Out Foreign Students Taking Classes Fully Online][357] [357]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778046?e=e63fb8d00a **7/6/20**: [Intelligence Memo Highlights Gaps in Evidence on Russia Bounties][358] [358]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778034?e=e63fb8d00a **6/26/20**: [Barr Says DOJ Acts Independently of Trump’s Interests][359] [359]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778026?e=e63fb8d00a **6/25/20**: [Appeals Court Panel Orders Judge to End Flynn Case][360] [360]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-778022?e=e63fb8d00a **6/24/20**: [Roger Stone Sentencing Was Politicized, Prosecutor Plans to Testify][361] [361]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777998?e=e63fb8d00a **6/23/20**: [Trump Suspends Work Visas Through End of Year][362] [362]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777985?e=e63fb8d00a **6/22/20**: [U.S. Attorney in Manhattan Agrees to Step Down After Trump Fires Him][363] [363]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777977 **6/19/20**: [Trump Can't Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules][364] [364]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777973 **6/18/20**: [Bolton Says Trump Asked China to Help Him Win Reelection][365] [365]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777961?e=e63fb8d00a **6/17/20**: [Trump Administration Sues to Try to Delay Publication of Bolton’s Book][366] [366]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777953 **6/16/20**: [UN Human Rights Council to Debate U.S. Racism, Police Brutality][367] [367]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777937 **6/15/20**: [Pentagon Denies Spying on Americans Protesting Police Killings][368] [368]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777925?e=e63fb8d00a **6/12/20**:[ Trump Authorizes Sanctions over ICC Afghanistan War Crimes Case][369] [369]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777913 **6/11/20**: [Ex-Judge Calls Push to Dismiss Flynn Case Abuse of Power][370] [370]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777901 **6/10/20**: [White House Looks to Unveil its Police Reform Proposals Soon][371] **6/9/20**: [Democrats Unveil Police Reform Bill][372] [371]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777893 [372]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777889 **6/8/20**: [Lawmakers Criticize Pentagon Leaders' Refusal to Testify on Protest Response][373] [373]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777877 **6/5/20**: [Chinese Hackers Target Biden Campaign Email Accounts][374] [374]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777873 **6/4/20**: [James Mattis Denounces Trump, Esper Breaks With Trump Over Use of Troops][375] [375]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777853 **6/3/20**: [Pentagon Distances Leaders From Trump Photo Op, Crowd Dispersal][376] [376]: 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Treaty][383] [383]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777785 **5/21/20**: [Documents Reveal Numerous Barr-Durham Meetings in Final Days of Mueller Probe ][384] [384]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777765 **5/20/20**: [DHS Watchdog to Investigate ICE and Border Patrol COVID-19 Response ][385] **5/19/20**: [FBI Finds Links Between Pensacola Gunman and al-Qaeda ][386] [385]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777761 **5/18/20**: [Targeting Watchdogs, White House Fires State Department Inspector General][387] [386]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777753 [387]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777733 **5/15/20**: [Ousted HHS Whistleblower Warns Administration Lacks Coronavirus Plan][388] [388]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777717 **5/14/20**: [Senate Votes on FISA Amendments, Delaying Renewal][389] [389]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777701 **5/13/20**: [House Democrats Unveil $3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Proposal][390] [390]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777697 **5/12/20:** [U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top 80,000 as States Move to Reopen][391] [391]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777685 **5/11/20**: [U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data][392] [392]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777653 **5/8/20**: [Justice Department Drops Case Against Michael Flynn][393] [393]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777649 **5/7/20**: [DOJ Declassifies Memo Outlining Scope of Mueller Probe][394] [394]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777633 **5/6/20**: [White House Plans to Scale Back Coronavirus Task Force][395] [395]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777629 **5/5/20**: [2 Americans Captured in Failed Plot to Oust Maduro][396] [396]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777625 **5/4/20**: [Trump Warns Death Toll From Coronavirus Could Reach 100,000][397] [397]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777605 **5/1/20**: [Trump Undercuts Intelligence Community on Coronavirus Origins][398] [398]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777593 **4/30/20**: [Administration to Fast Track Promising Coronavirus Treatment, Vaccine Development][399] [399]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777573 **4/29/20**: [Pentagon Pulls Money from Overseas Projects to Pay for Border Wall ][400] **4/28/20**: [Barr Directs Prosecutors to Look for State, Local Orders That Go Too Far][401] [401]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777561 [400]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777569 **4/27/20**: [New Zealand Announces Elimination of Community Spread Cases of COVID-19][402] [402]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777549 **4/24/20**: [House Passes Relief for Businesses and Hospitals, Creates Oversight Committee][403] [403]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777537 **4/23/20**: [First Syria Torture Trial Begins in Germany][404] **4/22/20**: [Senate Passes $484 Billion Aid Package][405] [404]: 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as U.S. Deaths Exceed 22,000][412] [412]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777437 **4/10/20**: [U.S. Death Toll From Coronavirus Now Second Highest in the World][413] [413]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777433?e=e63fb8d00a **4/9/20**: [U.S. Intelligence Warned of Coronavirus Crisis as Early as November][414] [414]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777425?e=e63fb8d00a **4/8/20**: [Trump Removes Independent Watchdog for Coronavirus Funds][415] [415]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777405 **4/7/20**: [Trump's Trade Adviser Warned White House in January of Pandemic Risks][416] [416]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777393?e=e63fb8d00a **4/6/20**: [Trump Fires Inspector General Who Flagged Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint][417] [417]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777381 **4/3/20**: [Navy Relieves Captain Who Raised Alarm About Coronavirus][418] [418]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777377 **4/2/20**: [Trump Claims Iran or Proxies Planning Attack in Iraq][419] [419]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777365 **4/1/20**: [Justice Department Watchdog Finds New Problems in FBI Surveillance Applications][420] [420]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777361 **3/31/20**: [U.S. Death Toll Exceeds 3,000 as USNS Comfort Arrives in New York][421] [421]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777357 **3/30/20**: [Trump Extends Social Distancing, Fauci Predicts Virus Could Kill Over 100,000][422] [422]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777349?e=e63fb8d00a **3/27/20**: [U.S. Indicts Maduro on Narcoterrorism Charges][423] [423]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777345?e=e63fb8d00a **3/26/20**: [UK Broke Law By Sending Evidence on ISIS ‘Beatles’ to the U.S.][424] [424]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777329?e=e63fb8d00a **3/25/20**: [Senators and White House Agree on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill][425] [425]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-777325?e=e63fb8d00a 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Leave][474] [474]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776837?e=e63fb8d00a **01/14/20**: [Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Firm at Center of Impeachment Inquiry][475] [475]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776829 **01/13/20**: [Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted Four Embassies][476] [476]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776805?e=e63fb8d00a **12/20/19**: [Russia Building Local Force in Northeast Syria][477] [477]: https://mailchi.mp/law/ke2n0evcdr-776757?e=e63fb8d00a **12/19/19**: [Trump Impeached by House for Abuse of Power, Obstruction of Congress][478] [478]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776773 **12/18/19**: [FISA Court Orders FBI to Fix National Security Wiretaps After OIG Report][479] [479]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776769?e=e63fb8d00a **12/17/19**: [Qatar Says Talks With Saudi Arabia Have Broken Stalemate][480] [480]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776749?e=e63fb8d00a **12/16/19**: [Judiciary Committee Votes to Advance Articles of Impeachment][481] [468]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776909?e=e63fb8d00a [481]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776733?e=e63fb8d00a **12/13/19**: [House to Vote on Two Articles of Impeachment][482] [482]: https://mailchi.mp/law.fordham.edu/ke2n0evcdr-776725?e=85abb75bb3 **12/12/19**: [House Passes $738 Billion National Defense Authorization Act][483] [483]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776709?e=e63fb8d00a **12/11/19**: [Democrats Unveil Two Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump][484] **12/10/19**: [Inspector General Finds FBI Justified in Opening Trump Inquiry][485] [485]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776673?e=e63fb8d00a **12/9/19**: [FBI Says It Presumes Naval Base Shooting Was Act Of Terrorism][486] [486]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776665?e=e63fb8d00a **12/6/19**: [Pelosi Calls for Drafting of Impeachment Articles][487] [487]: https://mailchi.mp/law/ke2n0evcdr-776661?e=e63fb8d00a **12/5/19**: [Three of Four Legal Scholars Call Trump’s Actions on Ukraine Impeachable][488] [488]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776641?e=e63fb8d00a **12/4/19**: [Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference][489] [489]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776629?e=e63fb8d00a **12/3/19**: [Report by House Republicans Discredits Impeachment Inquiry][490] [490]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776617?e=e63fb8d00a **12/2/19**: [Stabbings Around London Bridge Kill 2 in “Terrorist Incident”][491] [484]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776701?e=e63fb8d00a **11/27/19**: [Judiciary Committee Announces First Impeachment Hearing][491] **11/26/19**: [Judge Rejects White House Claims of Immunity for Close Aides][492] [492]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776597?e=e63fb8d00a **11/25/19**: [Esper Fires Navy Secretary Over Disputed SEAL Case][493] [493]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776581?e=e63fb8d00a **11/22/19**: [Fiona Hill Describes Sondland’s “Domestic Political Errand” in Ukraine][494] [494]: https://mailchi.mp/law/wwyfbj750n?e=e63fb8d00a **11/21/19**: [Sondland Testifies That Trump Directed Ukraine Effort][495] [491]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776601?e=e63fb8d00a **11/20/19**: [Officials Testify That Trump’s Requests on Ukraine Call Were Inappropriate][496] **11/19/19**: [Leaked Iranian Intelligence Reports Expose Tehran’s Influence in Iraq][497] [497]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776541?e=e63fb8d00a **11/18/19**: [Sondland Kept Trump Administration Officials Apprised of Ukraine Push][498] [498]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776529?e=e63fb8d00a **11/15/19**: [Judge Rules Hoda Muthana, U.S.-born Woman Who Joined ISIS, is Not a Citizen][499] [499]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776525?e=e63fb8d00a **11/14/19**: [Public Impeachment Hearings Kick Off With New Disclosure][500] [500]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776513?e=e63fb8d00a **11/13/19**:[Democrats Announce Second Week of Public Impeachment Hearings][501] [501]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776501?e=e63fb8d00a **11/12/19**:[Turkey Begins Repatriating ISIS Fighters to Europe, U.S.][502] [502]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-briefturkey-begins-repatriating-isis-fighters-to-europe-us?e=e63fb8d00a **11/8/19**: [U.S., China Make Progress in Trade Talks][503] [503]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776449 **11/7/19**: [Saudis Recruited Twitter Employees to Spy on Critics, U.S. Charges][504] [504]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776437?e=e63fb8d00a **11/6/19**: [Sondland Changes Quid Pro Quo Story][505] [505]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776413?e=e63fb8d00a **11/5/19**: [House Committees Release First Transcripts of Impeachment Inquiry][506] [506]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776405?e=e63fb8d00a **11/4/19**: [DOJ Releases First Batch of Mueller Memos][507] [507]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776397?e=e63fb8d00a **11/1/19**: [Amid Protests, Iraq Promises New Election Law, PM Willing to Step Down][508] [508]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776393?e=e63fb8d00a **10/31/19**: [House Investigators Seek Bolton's Testimony][509] [495]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776565?e=e63fb8d00a [496]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776549?e=e63fb8d00a **10/30/19**: [White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct “Memo of Telephone Conversation”][510] [510]: https://mailchi.mp/law/13iahpmo6n-776361?e=e63fb8d00a **10/29/19**: [House to Vote Thursday on Next Steps of Impeachment Inquiry][511] [511]: https://mailchi.mp/law/13iahpmo6n?e=e63fb8d00a **10/28/19**: [ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria, Trump Confirms][512] [512]: https://mailchi.mp/law/xr7tt3xncf?e=e63fb8d00a **10/25/19**: [DOJ Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Russia Investigation][513] [513]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-house-republicans-disrupt-impeachment-hearing-776329?e=e63fb8d00a **10/24/19**: [House Republicans Disrupt Impeachment Hearing][514] [514]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-house-republicans-disrupt-impeachment-hearing?e=e63fb8d00a **10/23/19**:[Russia Agrees to Help Turkey Expand Buffer Zone in Syria][515] [515]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-russia-agrees-to-help-turkey-expand-buffer-zone-in-syria?e=e63fb8d00a **10/22/19**: [Russian Hackers Hijack Iranian Cyber Operation to Attack 35 Countries][516] [516]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-russian-hackers-hijack-iranian-cyber-operation-to-attack-35-countries?e=e63fb8d00a **10/21/19**: [U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq][517] [517]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-us-troops-leaving-syria-will-be-assigned-to-iraq **10/18/19**: [Fighting Continues in Syria, Hours After Ceasefire Deal][518] [518]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-fighting-continues-in-syria-hours-after-ceasefire-deal?e=e63fb8d00a **10/17/19**: [House Majority Condemns U.S. Withdrawal From Syria][519] [519]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-house-majority-condemns-us-withdrawal-from-syria?e=e63fb8d00a **10/16/19**: [White House, Pentagon, and Giuliani Reject House Subpoenas][520] [520]: https://mailchi.mp/law/test-2-tmb-vi-776197?e=e63fb8d00a **10/15/19**: [Kurds Announce Deal with Syria as U.S. Withdraws][521] [521]: https://mailchi.mp/law/test-2-tmb-vi-776229?e=e63fb8d00a **10/11/19**: [Iranian Oil Tanker Damaged in Possible Missile Attack][522] [522]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-iranian-oil-tanker-damaged-in-possible-missile-attack?e=e63fb8d00a **10/10/19**: [Turkey Launches Syrian Offensive, U.S. Takes ISIS Detainees][523] [509]: https://mailchi.mp/law/3la9w8dh19-776385?e=e63fb8d00a **10/7/19**: [White House Endorses Turkish Military Offensive in Northeast Syria][524] [524]: https://mailchi.mp/law/test-2-tmb-vi-776133?e=e63fb8d00a **10/4/19**: [Trump Calls on China to Investigate Biden][525] [525]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-trump-calls-on-china-to-investigate-biden?e=e63fb8d00a **10/3/19**: [House Democrats Announce Plans to Subpoena White House][526] [526]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-house-democrats-announce-plans-to-subpoena-white-house?e=e63fb8d00a **10/2/19**: [DOJ Confirms Foreign Outreach in Probe of 2016 Election][527] [527]: https://mailchi.mp/law/morning-brief-doj-confirms-foreign-outreach-in-probe-of-2016-election?e=e63fb8d00a **9/27/19**: [Whistleblower Complaint Says White House Sought to Cover Up Trump-Zelensky Call][528] [528]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-whistleblower-complaint-says-white-house-sought-to-cover-up-trump-zelensky-call?e=e63fb8d00a **9/26/19**: [White House Releases Transcript of Trump-Zelensky Call][529] [529]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-white-house-releases-transcript-of-trump-zelensky-call?e=e63fb8d00a **9/25/19**: [Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump][530] [530]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-pelosi-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-of-trump?e=e63fb8d00a **9/24/19**: [UK, France, Germany Blame Iran for Saudi Oil Attacks][531] [531]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-uk-france-germany-blame-iran-for-saudi-oil-attacks?e=e63fb8d00a **9/23/19**: [Pelosi Calls for Release of Whistle-Blower Complaint][532] [532]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-pelosi-calls-for-release-of-whistle-blower-complaint?e=e63fb8d00a **9/20/19 **: [Pentagon Won’t Blame Iran for Saudi Attack until Assessment Concludes][533] [533]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-pentagon-wont-blame-iran-for-saudi-attack-until-assessment-concludes?e=e63fb8d00a **9/19/19 **: [Trump Appoints Lead Hostage Negotiator Robert C. O’Brien as National Security Adviser][534] [534]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brieftrump-appoints-lead-hostage-negotiator-robert-c-obrien-as-national-security-adviser?e=e63fb8d00a **9/18/19 **: [U.S. Weighing Retaliatory Action Against Iran After Saudi Oil Attack][535] [535]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-briefus-weighing-retaliatory-action-against-iran-after-saudi-oil-attack?e=e63fb8d00a **9/17/19** : [U.S. Intelligence Indicates Attack on Saudi Oil Originated in Iran][536] [536]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-us-intelligence-indicates-attack-on-saudi-oil-originated-in-iran?e=e63fb8d00a **9/16/19**: [Iran Denies Drone Strikes on Saudi Oil Facilities][537] [537]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-iran-denies-drone-strikes-on-saudi-oil-fields?e=e63fb8d00a **9/13/19**: [Israel Denies Reports of Spying Near White House][538] [538]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-israel-denies-reports-of-spying-near-white-house?e=e63fb8d00a **9/12/19**: [Supreme Court Allows Broad Enforcement of Asylum Limits][539] [539]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-briefsupreme-court-allows-broad-enforcement-of-asylum-limits?e=e63fb8d00a **9/11/19**: [Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser][540] [540]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-trump-ousts-john-bolton-as-national-security-adviser?e=e63fb8d00a **9/10/19**: [Judge Reinstates Nationwide Injunction Against Asylum Policy][541] [541]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-judge-reinstates-nationwide-injunction-against-asylum-policy?e=e63fb8d00a **9/9/19**: [Trump Cancels Peace Talks][542] [542]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-trump-cancels-peace-talks?e=e63fb8d00a **9/6/19**: [EU Creates Tool for Easier Prosecution of Foreign Fighters][543] [543]: https://mailchi.mp/law/cns-morning-brief-eu-creates-tool-for-easier-prosecution-of-foreign-fighters?e=e63fb8d00a **9/5/19**: [Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights][544]

9/4/19: [UN Alleges Britain, France, and U.S. May Be Complicit in Yemen War Crimes][545]

9/3/19: [France to Offer $15 Billion to Iran to Save Nuclear Deal][546]

8/16/19: [Israel Grants Access to Tlaib After Blocking Congressional Visit][547]

8/15/19: [U.S. Applies to Seize Iranian Tanker Held in Gibraltar][548]

8/14/19: [California Counties Sue to Block ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule][549]

8/13/19: [Flights Canceled as Chinese Military Assembles in Shenzhen][550]

8/12/19: [Protesters Shut Down Hong Kong Airport][551]

8/9/19: [McConnell Raises Possibility of Senate Action on Gun Laws][552]

8/8/19: [Trump Visits Dayton and El Paso][553]

8/7/19: [‘Red Flag’ Gun Control Bills Gain Momentum in Congress][554]

8/6/19: [Trump Suggests Tying Background Checks to Immigration Reform][555]

8/5/19: [Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton Kill 29 People][556]

8/2/19: [U.S. Formally Withdraws from Nuclear Pact with Russia][557]

8/1/19: [Hamza bin Laden Presumed Dead][558]

7/31/19: [U.S. Expected to Renew Sanctions Waivers for Iran Nuclear Programs][559]

7/30/19: [Trump Supporters Used White House Access to Promote Saudi Nuclear Project][560]

7/29/19: [Trump Announces Asylum Deal with Guatemala][561]

7/26/19: [Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States][562]

7/25/19: [Mueller Testifies as Trump Tweets][563]

7/24/19: [EU Nations Agree on Plan to Redistribute Migrants and Refugees][564]

7/23/19: [ICE Expands Power to Swiftly Deport][565]

7/22/19: [Iran Captures 17 Alleged U.S. Spies, Some Sentenced to Death][566]

7/19/19: [U.S. Navy Ship Destroys Iranian Drone][567]

7/18/19: [Troops Deployed as House Votes to Block Sale of Weapons to Saudi Arabia][568]

7/17/19: [Kushner Proposes New Immigration Bill to Cabinet][569]

7/16/19: [Trump Administration Bars Asylum for Most Central American Migrants][570]

7/15/19: [Pence Defends Conditions at Migrant Detention Centers][571]

7/12/19: [Trump Retreats from Adding Citizenship Question to Census][572]

7/11/19: [U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members][573]

7/10/19: [Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Removing Lawyers in Census Case][574]

7/9/19: [FBI and ICE Use State Driver’s License Database to Scan Photos][575]

7/8/19: [Officials Dismiss Reports of Disease, Hunger in Border Facilities][576]

7/2/19: [Iran Breaches Nuclear Fuel Limit][577]

7/1/19: [Judge Orders Government into Mediation Over Child Detention Facilities][578]

6/28/19: [Yielding to Senate, House Sends Trump $4.6B Border Bill][579]

6/27/18: [Court Case Seeks Inspections of Child Border Facilities][580]

6/26/19: [Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly on July 17][581]

6/25/19: [Trump Signs Order to Impose Sanctions on Khamenei][582]

6/24/19: [Trump Sets Two Week Deadline for Immigration Reform][583]

6/21/19: [Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, Then Abruptly Pulls Back][584]

6/20/19: [U.S. Drone Shot Down as Accusations Against Iran Rise][585]

6/19/19: [ICE Signals Mass Arrests, But Not ‘Millions’ Promised][586]

6/18/19: [U.S. to Send 1,000 Additional Troops to Middle East][587]

6/17/19: [Iran Threatens to Enrich Uranium Stockpile in 10 Days][588]

6/14/19: [U.S. Accuses Iran of Attacking Tankers][589]

6/13/19: [Rise in Migrant Children Prompts New Legislation, Base Housing][590]

6/12/19: [House Approves Lawsuits Against Barr, Clashing with DOJ ][591]

6/11/19: [DOJ Agrees to Provide Key Mueller Evidence to House Democrats][592]

6/10/19: [Immigration Deal Halts Incipient Tariff War][593]

6/7/19: [With Threat of Tariffs, U.S. Pushes Mexico for More][594]

6/6/19: [Border Arrests Surge as Services for Minors Cut][595]

6/5/19: [House Votes to Protect Dreamers Amid White House Opposition][596]

6/4/19: [Focus Remains on Mueller Report][597]

6/3/19: [Pompeo and Trump Skeptical of Middle East Peace Plan][598]

5/31/19: [Trump Weighs New Asylum Plan][599]

5/30/19: [Mueller Resigns, Says Charging Trump Not an Option][600]

5/29/19: [U.S. Sent ISIS Suspects from Syria to Iraq][601]

5/28/19: [Assange's Lawyers Prepare for Legal Fight After Indictment][602]

5/23/19: [Pelosi Accuses President of “Cover-Up,” Trump Denounces Investigations][603]

5/22/19: [John Walker Lindh Set to Leave Prison this Week][604]

5/21/19: [Architects of Enhanced Interrogation Program to Testify Before Military Tribunal][605]

5/20/19: [Rocket Lands Within One Mile of U.S. Embassy in Iraq][606]

5/17/19: [Trump Proposes Merit-Based Immigration with Civics Test Requirement][607]

5/16/19: [TSA Identifies Hundreds of Agents for Deployment to Southern Border][608]

5/15/19: [House Committee Investigating Trump Attorneys][609]

5/14/19: [Former DHS Officials Blocked Plan to Arrest Thousands of Migrants][610]

5/13/19: [Saudi Arabia, UAE Say Ships Attacked Off Oil Port][611]

5/10/19: [U.S. Seizes North Korean Ship for Violating Sanctions ][612]

5/9/19: [House Votes to Hold Barr in Contempt][613]

5/8/19: [Iran Withdraws from Parts of Nuclear Deal; Pompeo Travels to Iraq][614]

5/7/19: [Former Prosecutors Say Trump Would Face Charges If Not President][615]

5/6/19: [Military Officials Meet About Venezuela][616]

5/3/19: [Military Judge in 9/11 Trial to Step Down][617]

5/2/19: [Barr Declines To Testify Before House Judiciary Committee][618]

5/1/19: [Trump Orders New Restraints on Asylum Seekers][619]

4/30/19: [Trump Orders New Restraints on Asylum Seekers][620]

4/29/19: [Authorities Identify Suspect in Synagogue Shooting][621]

4/26/19: [White House Preparing Push For Arms Control Agreement With Russia and China][622]

4/25/19: [Iran’s Foreign Minister Proposes Prisoner Exchange With U.S.][623]

4/24/19: [ISIS Claims Responsibility For Sri Lanka Attack][624]

4/23/19: [Sri Lanka Says Attack Likely Linked to International Terrorists][625]

4/22/19: [Justice Department Releases Mueller Report][626]

4/17/19: [Barr Rules That Asylum Seekers Must Be Detained][627]

4/16/19: [Justice Department to Release Mueller Report on Thursday][628]

4/15/19: [White House Weighs Broader Immigration Curbs][629]

4/12/19: [White House Proposed Releasing Immigrant Detainees in Sanctuary Cities][630]

4/11/19: [WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested by Police in London][631]

4/10/19: [Trump Administration to Push for Tougher Asylum Rules][632]

4/9/19: [Homeland Security Faces More Uncertainty][633]

4/8/19: [Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Homeland Security Secretary][634]

4/5/19: [House Votes to End U.S. Involvement in Saudi Campaign in Yemen][635]

4/4/19: [First Satellite Images Show Saudi Nuclear Reactor Nearing Finish][636]

4/3/19: [U.S. Expands ‘Catch And Release’ Amid Surge In Migrants][637]

4/2/19: [Whistleblower Says Trump Admin Overturned 25 Security Clearance Denials][638]

4/1/19: [Trump Threatens to Close U.S.–Mexico Border, Cut Aid to Northern Triangle][639]

3/29/19: [DHS to Ask Congress for Authority to Deport Unaccompanied Migrant Children][640]

3/28/9: [U.S. Approved Secret Nuclear Power Work for Saudi Arabia][641]

3/27/19: [Supreme Court Tosses $315 Million Award In USS Cole Lawsuit][642]

3/26/19: [U.S. Said to Have Tapes of Alleged 9/11 Plotters][643]

3/25/19: [Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy][644]

3/22/19: [Trump Wants U.S. to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights][645]

3/21/19: [New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns and Assault Rifles][646]

3/20/19: [Supreme Court Broadens Government's Power to Detain Criminal Immigrants][647]

3/19/19: [ISIS Vows Retaliation for New Zealand Attacks][648]

3/18/19: [Suspect in New Zealand Mosque Attack Charged With Murder][649]

3/15/19: [New Zealand Mosque Shootings Leave 49 Dead][650]

3/14/19: [ICE Agents Using Private License-Plate Database][651]

3/13/19: [U.S., Taliban Peace Talks Produce Draft Deal][652]

3/12/19: [UN Calls Out North Korea Sanctions Violations][653]

3/11/19: [Trump Seeks $750 Billion Defense Budget, Additional Wall Funding][654]

3/8/19: [Manafort Sentenced to Less Than Four Years in Virginia Case][655]

3/7/19: [Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracked Journalists and Immigration Advocates][656]

3/6/19: [North Korea Reportedly Rebuilding Long-Range Rocket Site][657]

3/5/19: [Judge Declines to Expedite Case of U.S.-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS][658]

3/4/19: [Manning Subpoena and Cohen Testimony Put Wikileaks in Spotlight][659]

3/1/19: [Pushback Grows Following Trump’s Claim That Kim Was Unaware of Warmbier Treatment][660]

2/28/19: [North Korea Nuclear Summit Ends Abruptly Over Sanctions Demand][661]

2/27/19: [Pakistan Says it Downed Indian Warplanes][662]

2/26/19: [House to Vote on Trump's Emergency Declaration][663]

2/25/19: [Pence Travels to Colombia as Violence Erupts in Venezuela][664]

2/22/19: [Prosecutors: Coast Guard Lieutenant Was Planning Wide-Scale Domestic Terrorist Attack][665]

2/21/19: [Carol Rosenberg Joins The New York Times][666]

2/20/19: [UK Strips Citizenship from Teen Who Joined ISIS][667]

2/19/19: [Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall, 16 States Sue][668]

2/15/19: [Trump Expected to Sign Budget Deal Before Declaring National Emergency][669]

2/14/19: [House Votes to End U.S. Involvement in Yemen][670]

2/13/19: [U.S.–Led Middle East Summit Begins With Weak EU Support][671]

2/12/19: [Lawmakers Reach Agreement in Principle to Avoid Shutdown][672]

2/11/19: [Talks Over Border Security Break Down][673]

2/8/19: [UN Says Saudi Officials Planned and Carried Out Khashoggi Murder][674]

2/7/19: [U.S. Says Guantanamo an Option for ISIS Foreign Fighters][675]

2/6/19: [Trump Presses on Immigration During SOTU][676]

2/5/19: [Riyadh Transferred U.S. Weapons to Armed Actors in Yemen][677]

2/4/19: [European Leaders Join U.S. In Supporting Guaidó][678]

2/1/19: [Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals][679]

1/31/19: [UAE Used Cyber “Super-Weapon” to Spy on iPhones of Foes][680]

1/30/10: [Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump in “Worldwide Threat Assessment” Report][681]

1/29/19: [U.S. Sanctions Venezuelan State Oil Company][682]

1/28/19: [U.S. and Taliban Agree in Principle to Peace Framework][683]

1/25/19: [Roger Stone Indicted and Arrested in Mueller Probe][684]

1/24/19: [Trump Administration Recognizes Guaido as Venezuelan President][685]

1/23/19: [Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Census Citizenship Question][686]

1/22/19: [Report Identifies Undisclosed North Korean Missile Site][687]

1/18/19: [Watchdog: Thousands More Migrant Families Separated Than Reported][688]

1/17/19: [At Least Four Americans Killed in Attack in Syria][689]

1/16/19: [William Barr Faces Questions on Mueller Investigation During Confirmation Hearing][690]

1/15/19: [Attorney General Nominee Vows to Let Mueller Finish Probe][691]

1/14/19: [Trump Concealed Details of Meetings with Putin][692]

1/11/19: [Unpaid National Security Workers Ramp Up Shutdown Pressure][693]

1/10/19: [American Teen Accused of Fighting with ISIS in Syria as U.S. Plans Withdrawal][694]

1/9/19: [Trump Administration Backs Away From Claim of Terrorists ‘Streaming Over Border’][695]

1/8/19: [Trump Increases Efforts to Garner Support for Border Wall][696]

1/7/19: [Bolton Says U.S. Withdrawal From Syria is Conditional][697]

1/4/19: [American Detained in Russia Charged With Espionage][698]

1/3/19: [Former CIA Officer Indicted for Chinese Spying Had Accomplice][699]

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 Elissa Miller
Morning Brief Senior Editor 

  
Elissa Miller is a Program Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department of Defense. Previously, she was a Research Associate in the Intelligence Analysis Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses, where she focused on defense and security issues on the African continent. She also served as a Program Officer at Strategic Capacity Group, where she supported a Department of State-funded project on strategic planning for security sector reform in Libya. Prior to that, Elissa served as a Rosenthal Fellow in the Office of African Affairs in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Additionally, she was a Nonresident Fellow and an Assistant Director at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Elissa is a finalist in the Presidential Management Fellowhip class of 2020. She holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tufts University. (None of the views expressed here represent those of the Department of Defense or the U.S. government).

 Abigail Kukura
Morning Brief Writer 

  
Abigail Kukura is a 2nd year masters student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she studies international security and foreign policy, with a specific focus on nonviolent resistance movements in the Middle East. Prior to graduate school she worked on Middle East security and intelligence projects at a consulting firm, Command Group, and she previously worked for the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Abigail was awarded the Robert B. Stewart Prize for Outstanding First-Year Student at the Fletcher School in May, 2020 for her efforts supporting the university’s response to COVID-19.

 Nanor Hartounian
Morning Brief Writer

  
Nanor Hartounian graduated in May 2021 with a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She studied international security and negotiation with a focus on ethnic, sectarian, and religious conflict in the Middle East. Throughout her studies, Nanor served as Staff Editor for the Fletcher Security Review, where she solicited and edited articles from scholars, practitioners, and analysts across a broad range of security issues. She was also co-leader of the Gender Initiative, which aims to inspire more critical conversations about working on gender-related issues in development, human rights, technology, business, security, and other fields. Prior to her graduate studies, Nanor worked in both the private sector and media. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media Studies with a concentration in journalism from Fordham University. 

 Amanda Waldron
Morning Brief Writer 

  
Amanda Waldron will graduate in May 2021 with a Master’s in International Affairs (MIA) candidate from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She is concentrating in International Security Policy and specializing in International Conflict Resolution. Before moving to New York, Amanda worked in digital communications at the Brookings Institution and at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, both in Washington, D.C. She recently completed a six-month internship within the Security Council Affairs Division at the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and plans to pursue a career in conflict resolution at the United Nations upon graduation. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and French from Santa Clara University in California.