Isabelle Khurshudyan

‘I feel guilty eating a meal’: Low-income families prepare to lose access to billions in federal aid | CNN Politics Annemarie King is eating only once a day, and her husband, Randall, is picking up extra shifts at the drywall factory where he works. They are among the nearly 42 million Americans preparing for their...

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US drone dilemma: Why the most advanced military in the world is playing catchup on the modern battlefield | CNN Politics Most American soldiers lack the know-how for fighting with unmanned systems, and while the US has excelled at building large, expensive weaponry, it is in many ways unprepared to quickly produce large...

“This is not tomorrow’s problem. This is today’s problem.” The U.S. has the most advanced military and defense industrial complex in the world, but it’s now in a race to catch up to the advancements in drone warfare we’ve seen in Ukraine. Story: www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/p...

With no end in sight, National Guardsmen deployed to DC grow weary | CNN Politics With each phone call home, the troops describe a mission unlike any other.

“I don’t know what he thought he’d be doing, but I really don’t think he thought he’d just be walking around for 12 hours every day.”

We talked to National Guard and their families about a deployment unlike any other:

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Progress after Katrina is being dismantled under Trump, former heads of FEMA warn | CNN Politics CNN spoke to heads of FEMA from every administration since Hurricane Katrina.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, efforts to bolster the nation’s emergency management system are being undone. Our story on FEMA then and now: www.cnn.com/politics/fem...

Ahead of summit, Trump questions what’s changed about Putin | CNN Politics President Donald Trump has often bragged about his warm relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But in the months leading up to the leaders’ first meeting in six years, Trump began asking Europeans...

Trump has always claimed to understand Putin, but over the past few months, he’s been asking White House aides and Europeans why the Russian leader has changed. New CNN story with my colleagues: www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...

I’m super excited to join an amazing team at CNN as a Senior Enterprise Reporter/Writer.

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Ukraine welcomes Trump offer to trade its minerals for military support Ukraine previously offered access to its rare earth minerals in hopes of keeping the Trump administration engaged in its fight with Russia.

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In Kursk, Ukrainians try to sway Russian minds. And film it. Videos from the Ukrainian unit tasked with interacting with the Russians in Kursk give a unique window into the 6-month-old occupation.

For months, a small group of Ukrainian troops has been deeply involved in the lives of locals under Ukrainian occupation in Kursk. Last night, Kyiv says Russia bombed the school turned shelter where many of them lived. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Ukraine’s defense sector in disarray at crucial moment in the war A dispute between top defense officials comes amid worries over continued U.S. military support for Ukraine and reawakens worries over corruption.

Ukraine’s defense sector in disarray at crucial moment in the war

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With Trump’s return, Ukraine renews push to seize Russia’s frozen billions With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.

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