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Artists continue to cancel shows after Trump’s name added to Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center has been hit with a string of abrupt cancellations in the wake of its board of trustees’ adding President Donald Trump’s name to the landmark performing arts institution.

01:18 • Source: CNN
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Artists continue to cancel shows after Trump’s name added to Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center has been hit with a string of abrupt cancellations in the wake of its board of trustees’ adding President Donald Trump’s name to the landmark performing arts institution.

01:18 • Source: CNN
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DHS & FBI focus resources on Minnesota childcare fraud investigation

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say they are surging resources into Minnesota to investigate allegations of fraud there, including at child care centers, days after YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim videos in the past, posted a viral video in which he claimed to find widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers. CNN's Holmes Lybrand reports.

01:45 • Source: CNN
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CIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. CNN's Zachary Cohen reports.

00:55 • Source: CNN
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The art of the Capitol Hill chase with Manu Raju

CNN's Manu Raju has perfected the art of chasing down officials at the Capitol to get answers to tough questions. Take a look at his 2025 year in asking tough questions of lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

02:14 • Source: CNN
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How social media ‘unredacted’ one of the Jeffrey Epstein files

CNN senior reporter Marshall Cohen shows how social media users uncovered a botched redaction from an old lawsuit against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which the Justice Department re-published last week.

02:35 • Source: CNN
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Trump says disagreements remain with Netanyahu over West Bank

President Trump hailed a productive meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu but acknowledged their differing views on how to approach growing settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

00:30 • Source: CNN
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Reporter asks Trump about reconstruction of Gaza

President Donald Trump told reporters Hamas must disarm to move quickly to the second phase of his Gaza peace plan. Pressed by reporters Monday when the reconstruction in Gaza could begin, the president suggested that it is “going to begin pretty soon.”

00:35 • Source: CNN
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Analysis: 2025, a year of trade and tariffs

CNN’s Anna Cooban analyzes a year of trade from the moment President Donald Trump took office in January.

01:24 • Source: CNN