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Leavitt, CNN's Collins argue over network's coverage of service members' deaths

Mar 4, 2026Center Right

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt sparred with CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday over the network's coverage of the six U.S. service members killed in strikes by Iran.

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