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'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way' JFK's niece Kerry Kennedy responds to President Trump's mission to put his name on the Kennedy Center and a photo that appears to show the President looking at a poster that says 'Kennedy Center Demolished.'

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‘China and Russia will not follow the regulations that we’re going to impose’. Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov speaks with @jaketapper about why he supports advances in artificial intelligence despite its repeated alarming behavior.

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'It is flatly unconstitutional and it violates the First Amendment.' Conor Fitzpatrick from The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression joins @jaketapper after President Trump said he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

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@jaketapper reports on President Trump's announcement that he is banning CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from The White House

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‘There should be a law. They should have to report things like this… these bots are very clever at hiding and hiding all over the place.’ Tech podcast host Kara Swisher speaks with @jaketapper about OpenAI revealing new instances of its models acting deceptively.

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'He's throwing a tantrum now because he lost in court. We were victorious because the law is on our side and we're not going to stop if we have to continue to go back to court against Donald Trump.' Kennedy Center board member Rep. Joyce Beatty talks with @jaketapper about the new court ruling against President Trump in the fight over the Kennedy Center.

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First on @TheLeadCNN: Hasan Piker tells @axios @AlexThomp the Middle East 'would be more stable' if Iran had a nuke

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New book recounts the repression of American cartoonists in the early 1900s with stunning parallels to current day

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Conservatives are sounding the alarm on growing antisemitism inside their party. @jaketapper reports on @TheLeadCNN

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'We need to send a very strong message... to anybody who is buying Russian oil and gas that they are going to pay a price for that.' Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen joins @jaketapper to explain why she is supporting a Russia sanctions bill.

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Comer introduces bill to allow abuse survivors to speak out even if they signed an NDA

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The Kennedy Center board filed an appeal Tuesday night after a federal judge stopped their latest plan to add Trump’s name to the memorial for President John F. Kennedy. @SunlenSerfaty joins @jaketapper to explain.

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'I think we have a mentally unstable president who is a narcissist, who just, apparently, refuses to even grapple with this issue. And it is very, very dangerous, I think, for the country.' Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing for new guardrails on AI - and joins @jaketapper to react to President Trump calling the concerns a 'hoax.'

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Widow's Bay creator Katie Dippold joined The Lead in June to share how she spent more than 20 years creating the show.

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Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after three-month absence