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Jim Sciutto
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CNN Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst, NYT bestselling author, Jackson School teaching fellow at Yale
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There are facts and there is hope and I plan to deliver both here.

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Trump is now pressuring Ukraine to give up twenty percent of its sovereign territory taken by Russia by force in two separate invasions with no apparent concessions by Russia - this has been Kyiv’s nightmare scenario.

Here’s what he said tonight:
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
After his call with Putin, Trump says the U.S. needs the Tomahawk missiles he had previously said he might send to Ukraine *and* that “it may not be perfect timing” for the Russia sanctions bill the senate is preparing to move on. What concrete concession did Putin make or suggest in return, if any?
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Breaking: A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in the state of Illinois for 14 days.
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Breaking: The Israeli government has approved the ceasefire resolution, which includes the release of all hostages held in Gaza, the prime minister’s office says.
The government met late on Thursday evening to vote on the proposal.
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The #InsurrectionAct requires a violent rebellion trying to take over the government that does not exist, doesn't exist in Portland, DC, Chicago, L.A., anywhere. But they like the power that these emergency, laws provide to them…And so they lie about the factual circumstances” - CA AG Bonta to me
October 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Jim Sciutto
Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.
🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Yes, it’s significant that the president is repeatedly discussing invoking the #InsurrectionAct
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New: Suspected Chinese govt operatives used ChatGPT for tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “extremist speech,” @OpenAI found in new threat intel report. I spoke with their head of investigations.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...
Suspected Chinese government operatives used ChatGPT to shape mass surveillance proposals, OpenAI says | CNN Politics
Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and to help promote another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “...
www.cnn.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Pay attention: So what, if not the courts, would be the remaining check on presidential power?

New: Trump says he could use Insurrection Act to bypass court rulings blocking use of troops in US cities

www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: National Guard deployments and Trump administration lawsuits | CNN
The state of Illinois and Chicago on Monday sued the Trump administration over its move to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. Follow here for the latest.
www.cnn.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hi folks, Check out the new promo for our show “The Brief”. As I say here, in a world packed with noise, facts matter.
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Some of us saw this coming:
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Breaking: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted | CNN Politics
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies.
www.cnn.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Breaking down the takeaways from #unga on #ukraine #palestinianstatehood and Trump’s #maga pitch to the world.
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Breaking: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement. -@CNN reporting
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Failing to reference the broad bipartisan assessment TikTok is a national security threat, Trump expresses his interest: “I like TikTok. TikTok helped get me elected.”
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New: Sen Chris Van Hollen accuses Israel of “a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza” with two consecutive US admins complicit, adding that Israelis who served in Gaza told him “how one of their jobs was to blow up houses so that nobody would have a house to come back to.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/w...
US Sen. Van Hollen defends Gaza report accusing Netanyahu of ‘ethnic cleansing’ | CNN
After visiting the region, Democratic US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley issued a report, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was “implementing a plan to ethnically c...
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New: On Senate floor today, Sen. Mark Warner to accuse DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the Trump admin of “going to war” with intelligence professionals and sacrificing the integrity of US intelligence “on the altar of partisan convenience.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...
Sen. Mark Warner to call out Tulsi Gabbard in floor speech for ‘going to war’ with intelligence community | CNN Politics
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is escalating his criticism of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, accusing her and the Trump administration of “going to war” with intelligence professionals...
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What a Russian drone strike on Ukraine looks and sounds like from the ground - this one in Kharkiv. Frightening.
September 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New conditions for US allies, no new conditions for Moscow, and so another delay in Trump’s long-threatened Russia sanctions.
📢 Trump tells NATO members they need to cut off Russia energy purchases before he will take bigger steps to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Trump tells NATO members they must move first on Russia sanctions over Ukraine
www.npr.org
September 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Trump keeps saying Putin would not have invaded if he were president but… “Russia has significantly escalated strikes on Ukraine since President Trump took office, data show, defying his call for peace by increasing the range of buildings hit, including civilian ones.” www.wsj.com/world/these-...
These Charts Show How Putin Is Defying Trump by Escalating Airstrikes on Ukraine
Russia has significantly stepped up its drone and missile strikes this year.
www.wsj.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
—>> “A Palestinian state will not be established. This entire place is ours. We will preserve it – for our heritage, for our land, and for our security,” said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as he signed a ceremonial West Bank settlement expansion plan.
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New: First-time applications for unemployment benefits surged to a level not seen in nearly four years. There were an estimated 263,000 initial filings for unemployment 
insurance made during the week ended September 6, according to Department of Labor data.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Breaking: Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport shut after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/e...
Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport shut after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland | CNN
Polish authorities have closed Warsaw International Airport and Polish and NATO aircraft have been scrambled as reports have surfaced of Russian drones over the country.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Breaking: US job growth through March was significantly weaker than previously thought, according to a preliminary report released today. The US economy added about 911,000 fewer jobs than initially estimated for the year ending in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics report suggests.
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM