National & World

• Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda
• Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
• Weeks of unexplained drone sightings raise fears and frustrations in New Jersey
• Hannah Kobayashi ‘has been found safe,’ family says in new statement after police declared her voluntarily missing
• House passes defense policy bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children
• The gun CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione had upon arrest matches shell casings from the crime scene, police say
• 20,000 Malibu area residents face evacuation over wildfire as weather conditions improve
• Luigi Mangione, suspect in health care CEO’s killing, charged with murder
• University of Michigan regent’s home vandalized in antisemitic attack
• Trump expresses confidence in Hegseth and says he can be confirmed to lead Pentagon
• South Korea president survives impeachment but party will seek his resignation
• Syrian rebels claim to take control of Daraa, birthplace of the 2011 uprising, inching closer to Damascus
• How do you feel about your health insurer? Share your story with CNN
• California town prays for recovery of 2 kindergartners in critical condition after gunman opened fire at Christian school
• A visual timeline of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
• Lawmaker accuses acting Secret Service director of 9/11 publicity stunt and ‘auditioning’ to keep his post in tense exchange
• Tsunami warning issued in Northern California after 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast
• Trump’s pick for DEA administrator withdraws from consideration
• Gunman at large after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in ‘brazen targeted attack,’ police say
• Search for Pennsylvania grandmother is now a recovery mission as crews say they’ve found no signs of life inside sinkhole
• South Korea martial law ‘a painful reminder of how easily democracy can be threatened,’ protesters say
• Hannah Kobayashi declared a voluntary missing person after video shows her crossing into Mexico, police say
• Israel threatens to ‘go deeper’ into Lebanon as strikes strain ceasefire
• How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide
• French lawmakers push through no-confidence motion that could topple government
• American-Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza was ‘killed on October 7,’ Israel says
• Dozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
• Putin approves record defense spending — a third of Russia’s budget