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CNN  —  An armed adult man was shot by US Secret Service personnel on Sunday morning outside the White House, the agency announced shortly after the incident. President Donald Trump was not at the White House Sunday morning. According to Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi, USSS received information about a “suicidal individual” who was traveling to DC from Indiana. Guglielmi said in a statement that USSS members saw a person matching the description near the White House and found their parked car. “As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots…

“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown revealed that the public has never actually known her by her real name.During a conversation with Chris Pratt for Buzzfeed, the 21-year-old British actress surprised her “Electric State” co-star when she admitted that her middle name was not “Bobby.””My middle name is Bonnie,” Brown said. Millie Bobby Brown revealed her real name. ( Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images)”Millie Bobby Bonnie Brown?” Pratt asked.MILLIE BOBBY BROWN LOVES LIVING ON A FARM WITH JON BON JOVI’S SON: ‘THAT IS WHERE I THRIVE'”No Bobby, it’s Millie Bonnie Brown,” she replied. “I’ve never told anyone that,” Brown added. “You heard it…

CNN  —  Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, called for national unity Sunday, describing the outbreak of violence between government forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad as “expected challenges.” Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed, with eyewitnesses accusing government supporters of carrying out execution-style killings. Clashes reportedly continued overnight into Sunday but CNN was unable to determine the full extent of the unrest. “What is happening in the country are expected challenges. We must preserve national unity and civil peace in the country,” Sharaa said at a mosque in Damascus he said he used to pray at…

CNN  —  Usha Vance is a private person in a very public job. With her husband JD Vance’s rapid political elevation to President Donald Trump’s second-in-command, she stepped away from a successful legal career and into an unelected and ceremonial role that comes with no manual, an automatic global platform, and plenty of scrutiny from the American public and the media. She faces her first test this weekend. After not speaking publicly or participating in any media interviews in the seven weeks of the Trump administration, Usha Vance is embarking on her first major solo trip as second lady, leading…

Washington CNN  —  Bad news about the US economy travels fast, but examples of a slowing economy are potentially being blown out proportion. Consumer spending declined in January for the first time in nearly two years, a real-time forecast of economic growth recently turned negative, the housing market was off to a sluggish start this year and the air is rife with uncertainty because of President Donald Trump’s frenetic back-and-forth on tariffs. The Conference Board’s latest consumer survey even showed that the share of respondents expecting a recession in the coming year jumped in February to a nine-month high. But…

CNN  —  The race is underway to replace Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Frontrunners to lead Trudeau’s ruling Liberal Party, including the internationally recognizable Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney, are making the case they can guide Canada through numerous domestic and international issues, including mounting trade tensions with the United States. Following a series of political crises last year, Trudeau announced in January he would resign as Liberal leader once his replacement is chosen – and eventually hand over the Prime Minister’s office as well. This Sunday, Liberals finally tally the votes and announce their new leader, all as Canada’s…

CNN  —  Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with rodents – most commonly through the deer mouse in the United States – especially when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It does not spread from person to person. In the US and other parts of the Western Hemisphere, a hantavirus infection can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease that can…

CNN  —  A day after offering Canada a one-month reprieve on punishing, virtually across-the-board 25% tariffs, President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs as soon as Friday on Canadian lumber and dairy products. It’s yet another twist in a serpentine trade policy that seems to shift on an hourly basis. “Canada has been ripping us off for years on lumber and on dairy products,” Trump said in an Oval Office address Friday, citing Canada’s roughly 250% tariff on US dairy exports to the country. Trump said America would match those tariffs dollar-for-dollar. “We may do it as early as today,…

CNN  —  Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war. Military bloggers from both sides say Ukraine is on the back foot – reports say Russian forces used a gas pipeline to launch a surprise raid in one area. Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday said its forces had captured three more settlements. Ukraine launched its shock incursion into Kursk in August, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II. As well…

(CNN) — Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissioner has acknowledged is being steered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The loss of experienced employees who manage Social Security’s fragile and interdependent web of computer systems will likely leave the agency vulnerable to technical outages and, potentially, interrupt the benefit payments that are sent to more than 73 million retirees, people with disabilities and others, Martin O’Malley, who served as commissioner under the Biden administration, told…