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CNN By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the

By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani was processed in Phoenix on Monday, weeks after pleading not guilty in Arizona to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Donald Trump’s former attorney was given 30 days to appear and get his mug shot and fingerprints taken, according to a

CNN By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the jury

By Kristen Holmes and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump completed his pre-sentencing interview with the New York City Department of Probation on Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, a source familiar with the proceedings told CNN. “Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Office.

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden engages in the fight of his political life in a campaign focused on democracy and the rule of law, the most intimate details of his family’s ongoing personal tragedies have been publicly dissected in a courtroom over the last week. Hunter Biden’s struggles with addiction

By Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — US Department of Veterans Affairs officials have eliminated frontline jobs for staffers who provide care to veterans, even though agency leaders previously declared such positions would largely be protected from cuts, according to a CNN review of documents and interviews with more than 20 VA employees and job

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview published Monday, criticized a suggestion made last week by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Politico reports that the vice president called up the outlet to weigh in on former President Donald

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from Facebook that is tied to how the social media platform disclosed the Cambridge Analytica data breach to investors. Long after the breach became known to leadership, the suit alleges, Facebook continued to mention the possible harm from a major

By Kate Sullivan and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed retired Army captain Sam Brown for Senate ahead of the Nevada GOP primary this week. “Sam Brown is a FEARLESS AMERICAN PATRIOT, a Purple Heart Recipient, who has proven he has the ‘PURE GRIT’ and COURAGE to take on our Enemies,

By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard Academy official says top leaders directed her to lie to sexual assault victims and Congress, making her an unwitting accomplice in a cover-up of decades of abuse. As a result, Shannon Norenberg says she’s resigning from her role as the

By Michelle Shen, Sam Fossum and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday pushed back on criticism of President Joe Biden’s new executive action restricting asylum while calling on Congress to take action on the border. “It’s early, the signs are positive. Our personnel have done an extraordinary job in

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — US officials are racing against the clock to finalize an agreement that could provide some $50 billion in loans to Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets – a top priority ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with G7 leaders in Italy this week – but the seven nations

By Kaitlan Collins, John Miller, Alayna Treene and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled for a pre-sentencing hearing with a probation officer Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, according to a Trump campaign official and two sources familiar with the matter. The interview will be virtual

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — As the second week of the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden begins Monday, the main question looming over the day’s proceedings is whether the defense will call the president’s son to testify, a gamble in almost any trial. “We are down to that last decision,” defense attorney Abbe

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — As the second week of the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden begins Monday, the main question looming over the day’s proceedings is whether the defense will call the president’s son to testify, a gamble in almost any trial. “We are down to that last decision,” defense attorney

By Betsy Klein, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — President Joe Biden warned against a streak of “semi-isolationism” in the US as he stressed the importance of alliances during a symbolic visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery on Sunday, honoring the thousands of Americans who died in World War I at a site former President Donald

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump proposed eliminating taxes on tips at a Sunday campaign rally in Las Vegas as he looks to win over voters in a critical swing state that has a sizable number of service industry workers. The proposal — which came at the presumptive GOP nominee’s

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said an “enduring ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas is “the only credible path forward” after an Israeli hostage rescue mission that Gazan officials say killed at least 274 people. “The best way to get all of the hostages home and to protect

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said an “enduring ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas is “the only credible path forward” after an Israeli hostage rescue mission that Gazan officials say killed at least 274 people. “The best way to get all of the hostages home and to protect Palestinian

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Looking to shore up Latino votes in Nevada and Arizona for his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is on the verge of soon following up last week’s executive action aimed at curbing border crossings with another move focused on providing legal status for long-term undocumented immigrants who are married to American citizens.

By Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump lost Rep. Mike Garcia’s district by more than 12 points four years ago. And that was before he was convicted on 34 felony charges. But that doesn’t mean the California Republican is abandoning Trump. “No,” Garcia said when asked if the conviction

By Kayla Tausche and Betsy Klein, CNN Paris (CNN) — President Joe Biden is set to visit the American cemetery outside Paris honoring World War I dead on Sunday, setting up a contrast with former President Donald Trump, who skipped a visit to the cemetery during a 2018 trip. Biden will cap off a five-day trip to

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Maritime aid deliveries to Gaza resumed Saturday after a US-built temporary pier was repaired a day prior, US Central Command announced. Nearly 500 metric tons, or over a million pounds, of aid was delivered beginning Saturday morning local time, CENTCOM said in a post on X, the first delivery

CNN By John Miller, Sabrina Shulman and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Secret Service and Chicago police officials are ramping up preparations for the Democratic National Convention in August, with officers receiving training ranging from First Amendment rights to handling violent protests and mass arrests. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle visited Chicago this week to

By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — A new Biden administration policy that aims to address illegal southern US border crossings would have been in effect for at least the last three years because of a surge in migrant encounters, a CNN data analysis shows. The executive action, announced on Tuesday, bars migrants crossing the

By Jillian Sykes, Gloria Pazmino and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed on Friday to testify before Congress as Republicans attempt to discredit former President Donald Trump’s conviction, but indicated that could happen only after Trump is sentenced next month. Bragg’s office has resisted calls to testify before Congress citing

By AnneClaire Stapleton and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling military junta to approve US military flights into the country, the US Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the Republic of Niger

By John Miller, Sabrina Shulman and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Secret Service and Chicago police officials are ramping up preparations for the Democratic National Convention in August, with officers receiving training ranging from First Amendment rights to handling violent protests and mass arrests. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle visited Chicago this week to tour

By Betsy Klein, CNN Paris (CNN) — President Joe Biden heralded the close ties between the United States and France on Saturday, calling his current visit “the most remarkable trip” that he’s made to the country as French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart for an official state visit in Paris. “This week, we

By Elizabeth Hartfield, CNN (CNN) — The judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York on Friday informed the former president’s defense team and prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office that a comment was posted on the New York State Unified Court Systems’ public Facebook page last week by a poster who claimed to be a cousin of a juror, saying that

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — Special counsel prosecutors rested their case against Hunter Biden on Friday, and his lawyers said they’ll decide over the weekend whether he testifies in his own defense. That would be a bold and risky move for President Joe Biden’s son, who could face prison

By Gregory Krieg, Lauren del Valle and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey businessman Jose Uribe testified Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez as part of a scheme to derail the prosecution of an associate and shield Uribe and his close friends and family from being dragged into a related investigation. Four weeks

By Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé gave Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson four tickets to her concert last year, the justice disclosed in financial disclosure forms published Friday that also revealed that Jackson and other justices received six-figure payments in 2023 for book deals. Jackson, who reported an eye-popping $893,750 payment from

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Friendly interviewers have offered Donald Trump several chances over the past week to walk away from the threats of retaliation coming from him and his allies in the wake of his felony conviction. The former president, though, has repeatedly refused to close the door on it. The latest example

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East next week as the United States seeks to ratchet up the pressure on a proposed ceasefire and hostage release deal that the administration argues could bring an end to the war in Gaza. Blinken will head to

By Kyung Lah, Zachary Cohen and Jack Hannah, CNN Phoeniz (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges in Arizona where he is accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. A grand jury in Arizona handed up an indictment in April against Meadows and 17

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will address a major gun violence prevention conference in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, nearly two years after he signed the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The appearance, first shared with CNN, comes as the White House and the Biden campaign have sought

By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel. The trip to Bali was the focus of the original report in

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military’s temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was repaired and reattached to the beach on Friday morning, after breaking apart and sustaining damage in heavy seas last week, the deputy commander of US Central Command said on Friday. “I’m very pleased to announce that earlier this morning, in Gaza, US

By Jillian Sykes and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A California judge on Thursday dismissed multiple state charges — including attempted murder — against David DePape, who was sentenced in federal court last month for a violent 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. On Thursday, Judge Harry M. Dorfman granted the

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A CIA assessment circulated among US officials this week concluded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely judges he can get away without defining a post-war plan — even as the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to pressure him to bring an end to

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse. “It’s very lonely,” Senior Judge Paul C. Huck told CNN of

By Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN Normandy, France (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday summoned Americans to a defense of democracy, calling on the ideals of the Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc 80 years ago to warn against a drift toward authoritarianism and drawing an implicit contrast with

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden has traveled to great lengths to show support for her son Hunter as his federal gun trial is underway this week. The first lady was on hand at the Wilmington, Delaware, courthouse for the first three days of the felony trial this week, sitting through

By Melanie Zanona, Oren Liebermann and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, congressional leaders said Thursday. Netanyahu’s speech will arrive at a time when his relationship with President Joe Biden has become strained over Israel’s war plans and efforts to

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in interviews aired Thursday that he would announce his running mate at the Republican National Convention next month. The presumptive GOP nominee was asked by TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, “Are you going to tell me who your vice-presidential choice is?” “I can’t yet,

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in interviews aired Thursday that he would announce his running mate at the Republican National Convention next month. The presumptive GOP nominee was asked by TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, “Are you going to tell me who your vice-presidential choice is?” “I can’t

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The prosecution’s most important witness against Hunter Biden, his sister-in-law-turned-girlfriend Hallie Biden, testified Thursday that she believed he was using drugs when she saw him in October 2018, the month he claimed on a federal background check that he was clean. Jurors sat forward in

By Gregory Krieg, Sabrina Souza and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — New Jersey’s top prosecutor and a high-ranking deputy had just finished a 2019 meeting with US Sen. Bob Menendez in the Democrat’s Newark office. After a quiet elevator ride down to their car, Andrew Bruck turned to his boss, state Attorney

By Kylie Atwood and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has spent the last week pushing allies in the Middle East to make specific threats to Hamas, as part of an urgent campaign to push the group toward accepting the latest Israeli ceasefire and hostage proposal that would pause the fighting in Gaza. US officials have publicly

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app as Japan’s fertility rate plunges to a record low. The nation of nearly 124 million people only recorded around 727,000 births last year, new data shows. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continues to try to depict Democrats as the “true radicals” on abortion policy. To make his case, though, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made wildly inaccurate claims. In a Fox News interview on Wednesday, Trump said, “Hard to believe, they have some states

By Kyung Lah, Zachary Cohen and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman on Thursday pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges related to the Republican lawmaker’s alleged role in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results. His attorney, Timothy La Sota, entered the plea on his client’s behalf. Hoffman appeared before

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said in an interview Thursday he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, if he’s found guilty of criminal federal gun charges. When asked by interviewer David Muir of ABC if he would rule out pardoning Hunter Biden, the president said, “Yes.” He also affirmed

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN Thursday he believed the new policy allowing the Ukrainian military to carry out limited strikes inside Russia with US munitions will be “very, very helpful to the Ukrainians going forward.” “[W]hat we have done is provided Ukraine the ability to counter fire, to fire back at those Russian

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a fierce critique of Russian President Vladimir Putin while defending his decision give Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons. “I’ve known [Putin] for over 40 years -– he’s concerned me for 40 years,” Biden told ABC News’

By Kit Maher and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a contender to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate, is launching a multimillion dollar effort to recruit Black voters to support Republicans in 2024. The effort will target swing and low propensity Black and Latino voters. Scott will tour battleground

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The United States and 16 other countries whose citizens were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 are set to release a joint statement Thursday calling on Israel and Hamas to come to an agreement on the most recent ceasefire and hostages proposal, according to a US official –

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — During his decades in the public eye, Donald Trump has stood before crowds as a builder of skyscrapers and casinos, a best-selling author, a reality television host, a husband and father, a New Yorker and Floridian, and a current and former president of the United States. On Thursday, he

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who think he’s an existential threat. But Thursday, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Joe Biden will take the first step in trying to win over voters his campaign believes could be the Holy Grail for them in the election,

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican who is seen as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is defending himself amid Democratic criticism of comments he’d made Tuesday suggesting that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Donalds’ comments, which come as Trump’s campaign seeks

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is continuing to duck on questions about abortion access that Americans will face if he is elected — the latest involving the US Supreme Court’s case that could limit access to medication abortion. Trump vowed on April 27 to release more details on how a

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the first six charges he faces in New Hampshire, according to a court spokesperson. Steven Kramer, who worked for Rep. Dean Phillips’ longshot Democratic primary campaign against Biden, previously admitted that he

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright lying,”

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican who is seen as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is defending himself amid Democratic criticism of comments he’d made Tuesday suggesting that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Donalds’ comments, which come as Trump’s campaign seeks to

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The third day of the Hunter Biden trial saw his ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend testify in vivid detail about his drug addiction. Also introduced as evidence Wednesday was the gun Biden bought in October 2018 that’s at the center of the charges against him. The salesman who

CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s

By Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial continued Wednesday with an FBI special agent reading text messages from a New Jersey businessman who is alleged to have made payments on a Mercedes-Benz convertible for the senator’s wife. FBI special agent Rachel Graves combed through countless text messages

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new

By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official

By Kate Sullivan and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is again suggesting he would try to prosecute his political opponents if he’s elected to a second term as he rails against his criminal conviction in New York. “Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have

By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new order

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led committees leading an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden on Wednesday referred the president’s son and brother to the Department of Justice, recommending they be charged with making false statements to Congress during their respective closed-door interviews earlier this year. The Republican committee chairmen laid out their case

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has nominated the current US ambassador to NATO to one of the top positions at the State Department. Biden announced on Wednesday his intent to nominate Julianne Smith to serve as the undersecretary of state for political affairs – a key diplomatic post

By Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Vetting materials have been sent to several candidates under consideration to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate, according to a person familiar with the process, as the quest to round out the 2024 Republican ticket heats up ahead of next month’s national party convention. North Dakota

By Katie Bo Lillis and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US and its closest intelligence partners are warning that China has intensified a campaign to recruit former Western military pilots and other service members to train its own aviators, according to a joint bulletin released by the nations on Wednesday. Beijing has for years

By Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s leading super PACs told donors it raised nearly $70 million in May and shared plans to spend $100 million this summer in key battleground states, according to a copy of a memo sent Tuesday and obtained by CNN. Taylor Budowich, the CEO

By Oren Liebermann and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday in the first live munitions drop over South Korea in seven years as part of joint air exercises between the two countries, the US and South Korea said Wednesday. As part of the

By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, is stepping down at the end of the month, Austin said in a statement on Wednesday. Magsamen was most recently at the center of Austin’s secretive hospitalization which drew criticism from lawmakers; officials said at the

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A former FBI employee who raised questions about the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol had his security clearance reinstated and was awarded 27 months of backpay after being suspended since February 2022, his lawyer told CNN. FBI staff operations specialist Marcus Allen had his security clearance

By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, as Democrats seek to highlight the issue in the run up to November’s elections. The bill – the Right to Contraception Act – would enshrine

By Kayla Tausche, CNN Paris (CNN) — US President Joe Biden touched down in Paris on Wednesday for a trip marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and engaging in a state visit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. But the task at hand will be far loftier, as Biden seeks to deepen ties with transatlantic allies as Europe

By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while he is in Normandy, France, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “While he’s in Normandy, he’ll have the opportunity to sit down with President Zelensky and have an engagement with him to talk about the

By Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy will win their respective primaries in Montana, CNN projects, setting up what’s likely to be one of the hardest-fought races in the battle for control of the Senate. Sheehy, a businessman and retired Navy SEAL, had the backing of former President Donald Trump

By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s request

CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s

CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling the judge could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority. The planned hearing also adds a new, unusual

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The US job market has been historically strong over the last few years, with layoffs at their lowest level since December 2022. However, a decline in job openings is now driving up the unemployment rate for recent college graduates trying to enter the workforce, according to federal data.

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at promoting absentee, mail-in and early in-person voting – practices that former President Donald Trump has disparaged for years while promoting false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The new effort, dubbed “Swamp The Vote

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. will survive his Democratic primary challenge Tuesday, CNN projects, fending off Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the face of backlash to the congressman’s scandal-tarred father, Sen. Bob Menendez. The senator is on trial in New York City on federal corruption and bribery charges. He has

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The second day of Hunter Biden’s trial laid the groundwork for both sides of the case, as prosecutors and defense attorneys battled over the fundamental issue at play: whether Biden purchased a gun while addicted to drugs. In opening statements Tuesday, prosecutor Derek Hines

By Sabrina Souza and Gregory Krieg, CNN New York (CNN) — Steaks, cigars, booze, diplomats and pals – they were all on the menu at Sen. Bob Menendez’s frequent dinners at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Washington DC, according to two FBI investigators who testified Tuesday in the New Jersey Democrat’s federal corruption trial. FBI investigative

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Arizona voters will weigh in this fall on a ballot measure that would allow local law enforcement to arrest migrants who illegally cross the southern border if there is “probable cause.” State lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that will allow the measure to appear on the November ballot.

By Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz and Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared defiant Tuesday as he spent hours fielding questions from lawmakers on a range of topics, occasionally sparring with Republican House members seeking to use his testimony to attack the Justice Department. Over the course of a roughly five-hour-long