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In an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) avoided calling the Iran war a "war," but instead a “military conflict."

Corie Walsh, the 40-year-old Illinois woman with a reported interest in Lindsay Clancy’s case was ordered to be held in jail Tuesday morning. Walsh is facing three counts of first-degree murder of her 2-year-old son, who was discovered in the basement of the family home on September 1. CNN’s Whitney Wild reports from outside the courthouse in Joliet, Illinois.

The head of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch III has announced he will retire — the role placed him at the very center of President Trump’s effort to re-shape the world’s largest museum institution. CNN's René Marsh reports.

Tilly Norwood has been billed as the first AI "actor.” During Tilly’s first on-camera “interview,” CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister takes a look at whether the controversial creation can actually act. Watch the full report on CNN.com .

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s interview with ABC’s "Good Morning America" has some scratching their heads over his public comments over a possible plea deal and an appeal to President Donald Trump for a pardon. CNN’s Jean Casarez reports.

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of more than 170,000 pages of undisclosed records showing city officials at the time knew the conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faces amplified political backlash over a report that the president of the UAE warned him of a major Hamas operation days before the October 7, 2023 attack. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports.

A thunderstorm over South Carolina turned the sky into nightclub. But what makes lightning flash like a strobe light?

ICE agents clashed with protesters after they locked arms to prevent officers from entering a home in Frederick, Maryland.

The Trump administration plans to reinstall Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial, defying a congressionally mandated commission, while removing language explaining how the monument romanticizes the Confederacy and sanitizes slavery. CNN's Jake Tapper reports. This story was first reported by the Washington Post.

President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to hero Welles Crowther at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, quipping that he didn't like that Crowther has become "much more famous than me." Known as the “Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther led people to safety at the World Trade Center’s South Tower before he died in its collapse.

在接受 CNN 记者 Kaitlan Collins 的采访时，德克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹避免将伊朗战争称为“战争”，而是称之为“军事冲突”。

据报道，与林赛·克兰西案有关的40岁伊利诺伊州女子科里·沃尔什于周二上午被下令关押。沃尔什面临三项一级谋杀指控，受害者是她两岁的儿子，9月1日，孩子被发现死于家中地下室。CNN记者惠特尼·怀尔德在伊利诺伊州乔利埃特市法院外报道了此事。

史密森学会会长朗尼·邦奇三世宣布即将退休——这一职位使他成为特朗普总统重塑世界最大博物馆机构计划的核心人物。CNN记者雷内·马什报道。

蒂莉·诺伍德被誉为首位人工智能“演员”。在蒂莉的首次镜头前“采访”中，CNN记者伊丽莎白·瓦格迈斯特将探究这位备受争议的人工智能是否真的具备表演能力。请访问CNN.com观看完整报道。

辩护律师凯文·雷丁顿接受美国广播公司（ABC）“早安美国”节目采访时，就可能的认罪协议以及向唐纳德·特朗普总统请求赦免一事发表了公开评论，这让一些人感到困惑。CNN记者吉恩·卡萨雷斯报道。

在 9·11 袭击事件 25 周年纪念日到来之际，纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼宣布公布超过 17 万页未公开的记录，这些记录显示，尽管市政府官员一再向公众保证安全，但他们当时明知世贸中心遗址周围的环境不安全，甚至无法呼吸。

据报道，阿联酋总统在2023年10月7日袭击事件发生前几天曾警告以色列总理内塔尼亚胡，哈马斯将发动一次大规模行动。此消息一出，内塔尼亚胡面临更大的政治反弹。CNN记者奥伦·利伯曼报道。

南卡罗来纳州的一场雷暴将天空变成了夜总会。但是什么让闪电像频闪灯一样闪烁呢？

在马里兰州弗雷德里克，美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的执法人员与抗议者发生冲突，抗议者手挽手阻止执法人员进入一处住宅。

特朗普政府计划重新竖立阿灵顿国家公墓的邦联纪念碑，此举公然违抗国会授权委员会的决定，同时还将删除纪念碑上解释其如何美化邦联和粉饰奴隶制的文字。CNN记者杰克·塔珀报道。此消息最初由《华盛顿邮报》报道。

在纪念9·11事件25周年的活动上，唐纳德·特朗普总统追授英雄韦尔斯·克劳瑟总统自由勋章，并打趣说他不喜欢克劳瑟“比我出名得多”。克劳瑟被称为“红头巾侠”，在世贸中心南塔倒塌前，他带领人们安全撤离，最终不幸遇难。