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By Jasmine Wright, Marshall Cohen and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s lawyers said in a court filing Sunday that they believe their deal with the Justice Department to resolve a felony gun charge is still “valid and binding,” though it’s unclear if the newly appointed special counsel agrees with their interpretation. The filing

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — It’s undeniable that Justice Clarence Thomas’ friendships with billionaires willing to foot his bill on their vacations together have given the conservative jurist a lifestyle most Americans could only dream of. But determining whether Thomas violated ethics rules and laws by failing to disclose that hospitality is tricky. The

By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN. Fulton County District Attorney

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is facing a potential fourth indictment, this time in Georgia, where state prosecutors may soon bring charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results there. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, launched the probe in early 2021 and has investigated Trump’s

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is facing a potential fourth indictment, this time in Georgia, where state prosecutors may soon bring charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results there. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, launched the probe in early 2021 and has investigated

By Sara Murray, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — An Atlanta-area prosecutor has notified at least two witnesses to appear before a grand jury early next week, the most significant indication of her intention to seek indictments in the investigation of how Donald Trump and others tried to overturn the 2020 election

By Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to “help elect Republicans” but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign. The group donated less than 7% of its funds to the candidates it was set up

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Closing in on a deal to free five Americans detained in Iran, US and Iranian delegations gathered in separate hotels in Doha – within sight of each other, but not within earshot – as Qatari diplomats shuttled back and forth trying feverishly to broker an

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 Republican presidential race played out in close quarters Saturday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, as former President Donald Trump and his top-polling rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, joined the crowd of thousands of potential caucus goers. The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines has been a quintessential

By Aaron Pellish and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Gov. Kim Reynolds is eagerly rolling out the welcome mat for Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, showering each of the contenders with attention and pledging her neutrality in the 2024 race – for now, at least. “Maybe down the road, we’ll do something

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan wasted little time taking charge of the historic case by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump, using a hearing Friday to make clear she doesn’t want a political carnival. While much of the roughly 1 hour and 40

By Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is not expected to testify on behalf of his former trade adviser Peter Navarro, potentially undercutting a key defense for Navarro in his upcoming criminal trial on contempt of Congress charges for defying the House select committee that investigated the US Capitol

By CNN (CNN) — The federal government has gone into disaster response mode after wildfires destroyed Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii earlier this week. President Joe Biden issued a federal disaster declaration on Thursday and promised to send whatever is needed to help the recovery. “We’re working as quickly as possible to

By Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are still scrambling to find a path forward with less than two months until the government runs out of funding, as the right wing of the GOP conference is still insisting it needs to see more spending cuts in order to support a series

By Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are vowing to continue their investigations related to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he is appointing a special counsel to oversee the ongoing criminal probe. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans on Capitol Hill were

By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given special counsel status after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president’s son fell apart. The prosecutor, David Weiss, asked Attorney General Merrick Garland for the new authority after plea

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing to make gun safety a central issue of his reelection campaign, and that will start with the official approval soon and big rollout of a new executive action to massively expand background checks for gun purchases, multiple aides involved tell CNN. Long sought

By Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s assault-style weapons ban in a 4-3 ruling after months of legal challenges sought to dismantle the law. State lawmakers in January passed, and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law, a measure to ban assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. Those

By Natasha Bertrand (CNN) — The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is probing a secretive company that has been buying up land around a key Air Force base in California, sources familiar with the matter and a California lawmaker told CNN. The ongoing review by CFIUS, an interagency panel chaired by the

By Steve Contorno and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott visited Arizona’s southern border last week where, after listening to harrowing stories of hardship on the path through Mexico to the United States, he declared, “The most compassionate thing we can do is tell people, ‘Don’t come to our border illegally.’”

By Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Ben Krolowitz, CNN Piermont, New York (CNN) — When President Joe Biden came to this must-win US House district in New York just a few months ago, he did something that privately enraged members of his own party. He praised one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country.

By Fredreka Schouten and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of the most generous donors to super PACs that supported Donald Trump’s reelection bid in the 2020 cycle have skipped giving to the new crop of super PACs backing the former president and his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a CNN analysis

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump in a hearing Friday focused on what limits would be placed on how the former president can handle the evidence prosecutors will be turning

By Kylie Atwood, Lauren Fox and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Ukraine backers on Capitol Hill are itching for President Joe Biden to step up his case for why the US should send more money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, as warning bells sound about the American public’s support for Kyiv. White

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration will announce on Friday its first major investment to kickstart the US carbon removal industry – something energy experts say is key to getting the country’s planet-warming emissions under control. Direct air capture removal projects are akin to huge vacuum cleaners sucking carbon dioxide out of

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Several civil and voting rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Republican Gov. Bill Lee and other state officials over Tennessee’s congressional and state Senate maps, which they allege are discriminatory and violate the constitutional rights of voters of color. The lawsuit alleges that the Republican-controlled state legislature particularly

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The sprint to qualify for Wednesday’s first 2024 Republican presidential debate is still underway for some candidates, even as the top-polling contender, former President Donald Trump has confirmed he’ll skip the showdown in Milwaukee. The Republican National Committee established three requirements for presidential hopefuls to qualify for the August

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community is ramping up its focus on the dizzying and complex array of amorphous challenges that respect no global borders: Supply chain disruptions, pandemics, extreme weather events fueled by climate change and narcotics trafficking, among others. In a national intelligence strategy document released on Thursday,

By Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims. In agreeing to pause the settlement, the court also

CNN By Christiane Amanpour, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran are now under house arrest – the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that would include making $6 billion in Iranian funds more accessible to Tehran in exchange for their

By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors who’ve brought the 2020 election interference criminal case against Donald Trump are seeking to start to the trial on January 2, 2024, days before the anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol and the Iowa caucuses. The special counsel’s office said in a

By Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress for more than $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs as he works to sustain support for the war amid signs of softening support among Americans. The request – which includes more than $13 billion in security assistance and

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Election Commission on Thursday took a small step toward regulating so-called deepfake material in political ads, agreeing to seek public comment on whether existing federal rules against fraudulent campaign advertising apply to ads that use artificial intelligence technology. But it’s unclear whether the six-member commission, evenly divided

CNN By Christiane Amanpour, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran are now under house arrest – the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that would include making $6 billion in Iranian funds more accessible to Tehran in exchange for their

By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate West Virginia Democrat who has yet to decide whether to run for reelection next year or mount a long-shot third party bid for the White House, said Thursday that he’s “thinking seriously” about becoming an independent. Manchin has long flirted with

By Christiane Amanpour, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran are now under house arrest – the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that would include making $6 billion in Iranian funds more accessible to Tehran in exchange for their return

By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — Calls to implement tougher ethics standards on Supreme Court justices are likely to be stirred again following the publication of a new report about Clarence Thomas’ lifestyle, though sources in both parties say there’s no chance that Congress will pass new legislation. Last month, the Democratic-led Senate Judiciary

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 16 Michigan Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020 have pleaded not guilty to the first-of-their-kind felony charges stemming from the Trump-backed election subversion plot. Nine of the defendants were arraigned on the state charges Thursday at a virtual court hearing in Lansing. The other seven defendants

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A group of teenage hackers managed to breach some of the world’s biggest tech firms last year by exploiting systemic security weaknesses in US telecom carriers and the business supply chain, a US government review of the incidents has found, in what is a cautionary tale for America’s critical

CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to sporting events, stays at

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to sporting events, stays at luxury

By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is turning to a reliably Republican state – and its GOP governor – to highlight one of his key bipartisan accomplishments he’s trying to sell to voters heading into 2024. The visit to Utah, where he arrived Wednesday, caps a four-day sales pitch

By Holmes Lybrand and Randi Kaye, CNN Ft. Pierce, Florida (CNN) — Donald Trump’s body-man Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to new criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, while the arraignment for his co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira has been postponed because he still doesn’t have a Florida

CNN, KSL By Hannah Rabinowitz, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — FBI special agents shot and killed a Utah man Wednesday while attempting to arrest him for allegedly making threats against President Joe Biden ahead of the president’s trip to the state. FBI SWAT agents were giving commands to the man when he

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court in August struck down a decades-old law barring users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms – another blow to US gun regulations after the Supreme Court cleared the way for courts to reexamine the nation’s gun laws under a new legal standard – and a

By John King Waterloo, Iowa (CNN) — The homes are nearly identical, dotting both sides of the curvy road in a middle-class subdivision. But one stands out: 10 solar panels newly attached to its sloping roof as the crew links the system to the electric meter. The finishing touch: a new Midwest Solar magnet attached

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — FBI special agents shot and killed a Utah man Wednesday while attempting to arrest him for allegedly making threats against President Joe Biden ahead of the president’s trip to the state. FBI SWAT agents were giving commands to the man when he pointed a

By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case regarding efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia before a grand jury next week, sources

By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The special counsel investigation into Donald Trump secured a search warrant of the former president’s Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, according to a newly unsealed court filing. The search was so secret that Twitter was initially barred from telling Trump the search warrant had been obtained

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited from Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, a clear shift in their strategy that they said was launched to investigate the president. The new strategy is highlighted in

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid. “We have we have seen throughout this war solid support from the American people, solid support

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — J. Michael Luttig, a conservative retired federal judge and key adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, declared on Wednesday that “there is no Republican Party” and said former President Donald Trump is even more dangerous than he was in the aftermath of the 2020 election. “American democracy

By Morgan Rimmer and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California was hospitalized for a short time Tuesday after a fall, according to a spokesperson, the latest in a string of health issues for the US Senate’s oldest member. “Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Orlando-area state attorney, the second time he has removed a democratically elected prosecutor whose politics did not align with his conservative views. DeSantis said he was removing Monique Worrell of Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit for “neglect of duty

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden incorrectly claimed in an interview with The Weather Channel that he has already declared a national emergency on the climate crisis. “I’ve already done that,” Biden said when asked whether he intends to do declare a climate emergency. “We’ve conserved more land, we’ve rejoined the Paris

By Jeff Zeleny, Ethan Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The second Republican presidential debate, which will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27 in California, will air on Fox Business, according to news release from the Republican National Committee. Univision and Rumble will also partner with Fox Business on

By Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration detailed new rules Wednesday limiting US investments in advanced technology industries in China in an effort to protect national security at a moment of heightened tension with Beijing. The new rules would place restrictions on investments by US private equity and venture

By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is traveling west this week on a mission to ramp up excitement for an agenda that – so far – is yielding little political upside. The four-day swing, focused on the economy and climate, is part of a broader effort by

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Georgia is now the only state in the US to implement work requirements in its Medicaid program – a feat many Republican lawmakers nationwide will be closely monitoring. But unlike GOP-led states’ prior attempts to impose work mandates in Medicaid, Georgia’s effort is expected to increase the number of

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday won a critical victory in Ohio, beating back a measure that would have made their push to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution more difficult. CNN projected that voters in the state rejected a proposal known as Issue 1. Placed on the ballot

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that he plans to soon visit Vietnam in an effort “to change our relationship,” with the Southeast Asian nation. “I’m going to be going to Vietnam shortly, because Vietnam wants to change our relationship and become a partner,” he said, according to press

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s national security adviser Keith Kellogg – who endorsed Donald Trump’s reelection campaign on Tuesday – urged Pence to finish certifying the 2020 election “TONIGHT” while the US Capitol was still being secured during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Kellogg’s private comments became public when

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Ohio voters rejected Tuesday an effort to raise the threshold to amend the state’s constitution ahead of a November referendum on whether to constitutionally guarantee abortion rights there, handing abortion rights advocates a critical victory. Known as Issue 1, the measure would have changed Ohio’s referendum law – lifting

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies has been lining up witnesses to appear before a grand jury in order to craft a narrative around how Trump and his supporters tried to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State,

By Kristen Holmes, Jeff Simon and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — A day after Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social were cited by prosecutors in a filing that requested strict rules on how the former president could use evidence, Trump ranted about his mounting legal issues while speaking to a large crowd in Windham, New

By Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis, Curt Devine, Pamela Brown and Scott Bronstein (CNN) — The then-leader of the US Coast Guard covered up an explosive investigation four years ago into rapes and sexual assaults at the agency’s academy despite prior plans by top officials to come clean about the inquiry, a CNN investigation found. Commandant

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is replacing campaign manager Generra Peck, ending weeks of speculation about her future leading his struggling White House bid and continuing a shakeup of his 2024 presidential campaign that has lasted for a month. In her place, DeSantis will install James Uthmeier,

By Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since handing up an indictment last week against former President Donald Trump related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. CNN spotted grand jury members at the federal courthouse in Washington, an indication that

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Extreme heat is far deadlier than other natural disasters, killing on average more than twice as many people each year as hurricanes and tornadoes combined, according to data tracked by the National Weather Service. Despite this, heat isn’t on the list of disasters eligible for assistance from the Federal

WBNS By: Daniel Strauss and Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent (CNN) — A Tuesday special election in Ohio puts the state at the center of the abortion rights debate – even though the issue isn’t technically on the ballot. At stake are the rules for amending the state constitution in the future. The question