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Jim Sciutto

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CNN Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst, NYT bestselling author, Jackson School teaching fellow at Yale

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
LEFT: @asharangappa.bsky.social four weeks ago RIGHT: new NYT report Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
11:38 AM • Nov 29, 2025 © Everybody can replyMr. Miller told officials that if the United States and Venezuela were at war, the Trump administration could again invoke the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law, to expedite deportations of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans the administration stripped of temporary protected status. He and Mr. Rubio had used it earlier in the year to summarily deport hundreds of Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador, only to be stopped by court rulings.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Trump is now pressuring Ukraine to give up twenty percent of its sovereign territory taken by Russia by force in two separate invasions with no apparent concessions by Russia - this has been Kyiv’s nightmare scenario. Here’s what he said tonight:
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
After his call with Putin, Trump says the U.S. needs the Tomahawk missiles he had previously said he might send to Ukraine *and* that “it may not be perfect timing” for the Russia sanctions bill the senate is preparing to move on. What concrete concession did Putin make or suggest in return, if any?
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Breaking: A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in the state of Illinois for 14 days.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Breaking: The Israeli government has approved the ceasefire resolution, which includes the release of all hostages held in Gaza, the prime minister’s office says. The government met late on Thursday evening to vote on the proposal.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“The #InsurrectionAct requires a violent rebellion trying to take over the government that does not exist, doesn't exist in Portland, DC, Chicago, L.A., anywhere. But they like the power that these emergency, laws provide to them…And so they lie about the factual circumstances” - CA AG Bonta to me
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI. With receipts. Bravo, Crimson. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Yes, it’s significant that the president is repeatedly discussing invoking the #InsurrectionAct
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New: Suspected Chinese govt operatives used ChatGPT for tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “extremist speech,” @OpenAI found in new threat intel report. I spoke with their head of investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...
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Suspected Chinese government operatives used ChatGPT to shape mass surveillance proposals, OpenAI says | CNN Politics
Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and to help promote another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “...
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Pay attention: So what, if not the courts, would be the remaining check on presidential power? New: Trump says he could use Insurrection Act to bypass court rulings blocking use of troops in US cities www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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Live updates: National Guard deployments and Trump administration lawsuits | CNN
The state of Illinois and Chicago on Monday sued the Trump administration over its move to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. Follow here for the latest.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Hi folks, Check out the new promo for our show “The Brief”. As I say here, in a world packed with noise, facts matter.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Some of us saw this coming:
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Breaking: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...
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Former FBI Director James Comey indicted | CNN Politics
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Breaking down the takeaways from #unga on #ukraine #palestinianstatehood and Trump’s #maga pitch to the world.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Breaking: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement. -@CNN reporting
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Failing to reference the broad bipartisan assessment TikTok is a national security threat, Trump expresses his interest: “I like TikTok. TikTok helped get me elected.”
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
New: Sen Chris Van Hollen accuses Israel of “a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza” with two consecutive US admins complicit, adding that Israelis who served in Gaza told him “how one of their jobs was to blow up houses so that nobody would have a house to come back to.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/w...
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US Sen. Van Hollen defends Gaza report accusing Netanyahu of ‘ethnic cleansing’ | CNN
After visiting the region, Democratic US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley issued a report, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was “implementing a plan to ethnically c...
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
New: On Senate floor today, Sen. Mark Warner to accuse DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the Trump admin of “going to war” with intelligence professionals and sacrificing the integrity of US intelligence “on the altar of partisan convenience.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...
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Sen. Mark Warner to call out Tulsi Gabbard in floor speech for ‘going to war’ with intelligence community | CNN Politics
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is escalating his criticism of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, accusing her and the Trump administration of “going to war” with intelligence professionals...
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
What a Russian drone strike on Ukraine looks and sounds like from the ground - this one in Kharkiv. Frightening.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
New conditions for US allies, no new conditions for Moscow, and so another delay in Trump’s long-threatened Russia sanctions.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Trump keeps saying Putin would not have invaded if he were president but… “Russia has significantly escalated strikes on Ukraine since President Trump took office, data show, defying his call for peace by increasing the range of buildings hit, including civilian ones.” www.wsj.com/world/these-...
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These Charts Show How Putin Is Defying Trump by Escalating Airstrikes on Ukraine
Russia has significantly stepped up its drone and missile strikes this year.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
—>> “A Palestinian state will not be established. This entire place is ours. We will preserve it – for our heritage, for our land, and for our security,” said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as he signed a ceremonial West Bank settlement expansion plan.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New: First-time applications for unemployment benefits surged to a level not seen in nearly four years. There were an estimated 263,000 initial filings for unemployment  insurance made during the week ended September 6, according to Department of Labor data.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Breaking: Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport shut after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/e...
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Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport shut after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland | CNN
Polish authorities have closed Warsaw International Airport and Polish and NATO aircraft have been scrambled as reports have surfaced of Russian drones over the country.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Breaking: US job growth through March was significantly weaker than previously thought, according to a preliminary report released today. The US economy added about 911,000 fewer jobs than initially estimated for the year ending in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics report suggests.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
23 days since the Alaska summit, 24 days since Trump vowed “severe consequences” if Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire. www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/e...
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Russia strikes Ukrainian government building for first time, in largest air attack of war | CNN
Russia launched its largest aerial assault of the Ukraine war overnight into Sunday, deploying more than 800 drones and striking a Kyiv government building for the first time.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Breaking: Job growth slowed to a crawl in August. The economy added just 22,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3% from 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
China’s military parade was, as always, a choreographed spectacle but it delivered several substantive messages worth paying attention to:
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It’s 13 days since the Trump-Putin summit and 15 days since Trump vowed “severe consequences” if Putin wasn’t serious about ending the war.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Two weeks after blowout coverage of the Trump/Putin “summit” in Alaska. @afp.com
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Pay attention to what’s going on at the CDC tonight. It’s the agency charged with reducing the spread of disease and several of its scientists say their work is in danger.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Question: Does Trump help Putin inadvertently drag this out by delaying further sanctions? Ukrainian MP Yehor Cherniev: “Putin understands only the language of power. Any negotiation, any concession, any appeasing of this dictator will not lead to the effective result, only pressure.”
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Trump met Kim three times during his first administration during which North Korea expanded its nuclear program.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
In short: red carpet welcome to US, three-hour meeting, long Putin speech citing “root causes” of the war, no deal. #TrumpPutinSummit
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This might be the headline: “We didn't get there but we have a good chance of getting there,” said Trump just now.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Movement in the press room - some of US and Russian delegation already seated. This is earlier than the originally scheduled press conference time of roughly two hours from now. #TrumpPutinSummit
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
President Trump bristled at suggestions inviting Putin to the U.S. was a gift but now the Russian leader has been greeted with a fighter escort, a red carpet, presidential applause and a ride in the presidential limousine. It is a warm and very public welcome in from the diplomatic cold.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
New: Trump-Putin meeting will no longer be one-on-one, Rubio and Witkoff will now join as well, @kaitlincollins.bsky.social reports
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
“This is very important: when we are talking about trading land, we are actually talking about trading people. These lands are inhabited by Ukrainians, civilians,” Ukrainian MP Halyna Yanchenko tells me of proposed “land swapping” for peace.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
on’t forget: Putin has called the collapse of the Soviet Union “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” and has been working to rebuild Russia’s sphere of influence since he took power.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
As we await the Trump-Putin summit here in Anchorage, keep in mind that when Trump and others speak of “swapping” territory to reach a peace deal in Ukraine, all the territory under discussion is Ukrainian territory, taken by Russia by force.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Arrived in Anchorage for Trump-Putin summit
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
“There will be some swapping of territories,” says Trump just now of potential Ukraine peace deal. This is most we’ve heard so far. Unanswered: how much will U.S. demand from Ukraine? All of Donetsk and Luhansk? What will Russia cede in return? Remember: all is Ukrainian territory taken by Russia.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New: Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, Israeli PM Netanyahu said in an interview on Fox News: “We intend to,” Netanyahu said. “That’s what we want to do. We want to liberate ourselves and liberate the people of Gaza from the awful terror of Hamas.”
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The pattern is beyond transparent by now: bad economic numbers are “rigged” just like any lost elections or unyielding Fed decisions and so on, allowing Trump and supporters not only to sow doubts about setbacks but also to plant more pliant officials in key roles.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hard to think of a more transparent case of shoot the messenger- with genuine consequences for the reliability of economic data going forward.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New: “I think people in Britain are revolted at what they’re seeing on their screens” in Gaza, said UK PM Starmer ahead of a meeting with President Trump in Scotland, calling the situation for Palestinians there an “absolute catastrophe.”
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
New: French President Macron says France will recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in Sept. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the state of Palestine,” Macron posted to X.
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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Justice Department told Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files. - WSJ reporting www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
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Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...
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