Lauren Cone
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Lauren Cone
@laurencone.bsky.social
Senior Director, CNN Communications 🌎
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CNN's David Culver reports from outside El Salvador's Center for Terrorism Confinement, better known as Cecot, after touring the mega-prison. It's where over 275 migrants deported from the US are being held.

Culver's full reporting from El Salvador's Cecot mega-prison is only on CNN. cnn.it/4loZMAu
April 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been detained in Caracas after joining a protest against President Nicolas Maduro.

@stepozzebon.bsky.social reports

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January 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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EXCLUSIVE

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh, Brice Laine and Gul Tuysuz went inside a nondescript state security facility in Jaramana, Syria, alongside a White Helmet unit.

The team discovered a secret lab full of toxic industrial chemicals, and what appeared to be an explosives workshop.
January 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Exclusive: Chatroom messages shared with CNN show Dominique Pelicot’s alleged playbook for the mass rape of his wife.

An investigation by Saskya Vandoorne and team uncovered new online forums where sexual predators could still be operating online and in plain sight
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How Dominique Pelicot is accused of organizing France’s worst sex crime in a generation
CNN gained exclusive access to French police reports containing thousands of the messages exchanged by Pelicot with the men accused of raping his unconscious wife.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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"It's like a dream."

Clarissa Ward hears from Syrians flooding into Umayyad Square in Damascus today to celebrate their freedom from Assad's brutal regime.
December 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Breaking: A man thought to be a missing US citizen has been found in Damascus, Syria, telling reporters he had recently been freed from jail
Man thought to be missing American found in Syria | CNN
A US citizen who went missing in Hungary earlier this year has been found in Syria.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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EXCLUSIVE

CNN's Clarissa Ward is on the streets of Damascus, amongst jubilant crowds celebrating the fall of the Assad regime.

"This is unspeakable. This is us after 50 years of darkness," one Syrian resident tells her.
December 10, 2024 at 1:25 PM
CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from inside Syria's Saydnaya prison, dubbed the 'human slaughterhouse' by Amnesty International, as family members desperately search for records of loved ones.

Watch her full report here cnn.it/4f8aMhd
December 10, 2024 at 2:09 AM
"The road into Damascus was dark and quiet. An abandoned tank below a torn poster of Bashar al-Assad marked the only immediate signs of any struggle to take the Syrian capital."

Read Clarissa Ward's fascinating account of her return to Damascus
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Assad flees to Moscow as Syria rebels capture Damascus | CNN
The long rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over, after rebels swept into the capital Damascus on Sunday. Follow the latest live news updates here.
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December 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Breaking: The Israeli security cabinet has voted in favor of a ceasefire deal to end the fighting with militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, an Israeli official told CNN.

Live updates cnn.it/49g6WBl
November 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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"But then I saw Trump on Theo Von. And he started talking about cocaine and I was like 'uh-oh'......"

Hasan Piker on how Trump dominated the podcast/independent media space and what Democrats need to do to reach young male voters.

Full video here: www.cnn.com/2024/11/26/p...
November 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
"One of the big concerns is looting. It's important to point out this looting takes place in areas under evacuation order that Israel fully controls. We've repeatedly asked for alternative and safe routes."

Arwa Damon tells @biannagolodryga.bsky.social what she's seeing in Gaza w/her charity INARA
November 21, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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NEW on RFK Jr: In audio we uncovered from his radio show he read and praised a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "cowards" and "bootlickers."

He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.

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November 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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JUST IN: ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister | CNN
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas official Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also ...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM