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Happening now, breaking news. The National Archives is now asking the U.S.

Justice Department to investigate former President Trump's handling of White

House records after revelations that he ripped up

some official government documents and took others with him to Maralago.

Also breaking, Illinois just joined New York and Rhode Island as yet the latest states to announce an end to their mask mandates.

But the CDC says it's still too soon to change its mask guidelines, leaving so many Americans right now confused.

And Russia expands its military buildup near Ukraine adding 2,000 more combat troops in the last

24 hours alone. The Pentagon Press Secretary

John Kirby will give us an up-to-the-minute assessment on if and when Vladimir

Putin will order an invasion.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States

and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

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