GOP hardliners wavering on support for Bondi subpoena after testy briefing
By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Conservative hardliners who supported subpoenaing Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House…
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By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Conservative hardliners who supported subpoenaing Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House…
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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Cracks are emerging among congressional Republicans over the…
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A transparency law passed by Congress has forced the release of more Epstein files than ever before, but some lawmakers and victims are exploring…
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By Em Steck, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime employee and attorney Darren Indyke testified to lawmakers on Thursday that…
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Judge Steven Boyce has officially announced his re-election campaign for Idaho’s Seventh Judicial District, setting the stage for the region’s…
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By Morgan Rimmer (CNN) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote Thursday to advance Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as…
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By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it…
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By Alayna Treene, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — When White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told President Donald Trump she had breast cancer last…
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By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent sat Wednesday for an extensive interview with…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Annie Grayer and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — When Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
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Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher updated Local News 8 on the Middle East situation today, outlining his expectations for a timeline for U.S. actions to…
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A high-stakes Republican primary rematch is set for May 19 as former three-term Representative Julianne Young challenges incumbent Ben Fuhriman…
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The Idaho House is set to consider changing its rules to make ethics hearings against sitting lawmakers…
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is moving away from operations tied to the Iran war and sailing to the US…
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A typically friendly setting for one of their own turned tense on Capitol Hill Wednesday with senators grilling…
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By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — Top Trump administration officials testified publicly Wednesday for the first time since the launch of the Iran war…
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By Adam Cancryn (CNN) — The White House is temporarily lifting key limits on the shipping of oil, gas and other commodities throughout the…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein…
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — In nominating Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for the Senate on Tuesday, Illinois Democrats chose a candidate whose…
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By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for an open Senate seat, a stunning rise for a…
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Bonneville County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Neal has officially thrown his hat into the ring for District Judge in Idaho’s Seventh Judicial…
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted…
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By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s arguments in defense of the massive White House ballroom project on…
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By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Both parties on Capitol Hill remain unmoved in their fight over President Donald…
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Governor Brad Little signed the 2026 Budget Rescissions Act into law late Monday night without fanfare, narrowly beating a deadline to approve the…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran. Trump claimed Monday that…
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has filed the first-ever criminal charges in the US against a major prediction…
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By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate has kicked off extended debate on the “SAVE America Act” — one of President Donald…
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s brief and aggressive attempt to corral an international coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz…
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A bill that would have required local law enforcement agencies across Idaho to seek cooperation agreements with federal immigration officials is no…
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CNN By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down…
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CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that…
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that while…
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear for a…
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from…
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Facing deadly Iranian drone attacks across the Middle East, the US military has been rushing defensive systems…
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By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — In his early days in Congress, Markwayne Mullin tried pairing his suit jacket and…
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US…
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By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Democratic rival and possible 2028 presidential candidate Gavin…
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A bill to criminalize violations of Idaho’s bathroom law is headed to the Senate.
The House-passed bill would make it a misdemeanor to use a…
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who led controversial immigration sweeps in Democratic-led cities,…
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By John Fritze, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board of trustees voted Monday to close the storied performing…
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By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday revealed that a US congressman had faced a “terminal” health…
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, President Donald Trump…
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By Michael Williams and Masoud Popalzai, CNN (CNN) — An Afghan man who served alongside US special forces and fled his native country after its…
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By Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The retirement of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin after nearly 30 years in office sparked an…
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In quiet ways a life is known,
Not by noise and power shown,
But steady work from year to year,
A faithful voice that others hear.
He walked the…
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CNN By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — With the Iran conflict now in its third week and no end in sight, Israel’s military tells CNN it is…
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — First Daniel Biss wants to win his primary for an open US House seat in the north Chicago suburbs on…
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By Lauren Fox, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy in February 2025 weighed possible political peril against a long career…
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By Hanna Park, Aleena Fayaz, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major…
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By Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors charged a lobbyist with trying to extort a former client and his son to…
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By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — The White House is planning to build a sprawling 33,000-square-foot underground security screening facility for…
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By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A slew of documents related to President Donald Trump’s efforts to close and extensively renovate the…
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Kat Abughazaleh started off a recent debate in her Illinois Democratic primary with a correction for the moderator:…
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The state of Idaho’s economy and budget loomed large at a Leadership Session featuring Governor Brad Little, Lt. Governor Scott Bedke and U.S. Rep.…
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By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using…
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The show will go on. The antitrust trial involving events operator Live Nation will restart Monday after the…
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CNN By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against…
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By Sunlen Serfaty, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is replacing Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center, he announced…
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By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department charged a man Friday whom they say sold the gun used in the Old Dominion University…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans released an online ad this week in which a real-looking but fake version of a Democratic…
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Two bills that would amend the state’s “harmful materials” library law are heading to the full House.
The House State Affairs Committee passed…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump disputed a recent report that he has bought members of his Cabinet dress shoes but then…
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed…
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By Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is planning soon to hold the first public oversight hearing of the Iran…
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By Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly…
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Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is hitting the road this April as part of a newly announced nationwide campus tour honoring the legacy of its late founder,…
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By Isabelle Khurshudyan, CNN (CNN) — Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king grab and lobster tails, more…
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State leaders are nearly two months into the legislative session, and much of the noise still surrounds the state’s budget deficit. Cuts are…
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — FBI agents will attend a training this weekend taught by Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, the mixed…
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By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The federal elections overhaul bill that’s a top priority for President Donald Trump already…
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By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was desperate. Almost a decade and a half…
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By Holmes Lybrand, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday there is no “imminent threat” to the state…
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“You have the state government telling the local government to do the job of the federal government,” said Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse.…
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By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, CNN Hebron, Kentucky (CNN) — President Donald Trump was touring a pharmaceutical company in…
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Idaho House Democrats are decrying what they call an ‘egregious abuse of supermajority power’ after the Republican supermajority voted to suspend…
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By Alayna Treene, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was gravitating toward endorsing Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn last week. But he…
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CNN By Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an…
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By John Fritze, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let his administration end temporary…
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By Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an…
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to gain access to a trove of federal information that is…
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A cyberattack claimed by pro-Iran hackers has caused a “global network disruption” to a major US medical…
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By Annie Grayer, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant testified his relationship with the late convicted sex offender…
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By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — The number of Republicans leaving the US House of Representatives after this term has reached a historic high,…
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Governor Mark Gordon has signed Wyoming’s “Human Heartbeat Act,” the state’s strict new abortion ban. The legislation, also known as HB 126,…
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By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The wife of one veteran wanted her husband to be evaluated, fearing his cancer may have spread, and sought a…
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By Manu Raju, Ellis Kim, CNN DORAL, Florida (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team have been struggling to find consensus behind…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, social media was littered with crude fakes that were presented as fresh…
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Last week, the House approved a bill that cuts about $131 million from this year’s state budget.…
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By Gloria Pazmino, Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — Three days after an attempted ISIS-inspired terror attack outside his home, New York City…
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Mississippi’s Senate primaries set up a general election showdown between an incumbent and a challenger she blocked…
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By Kathryn Squyres, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Republican Clay Fuller will face Democrat Shawn Harris in a runoff to replace former GOP Rep.…
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The Idaho House has approved a controversial memorial calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges,…
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By Michael Williams, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in New Mexico launched a search this week of a sprawling ranch formerly owned by…
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For much of the session, legislators have been haggling over how to have a say over the way Idaho spends $930 million in rural health grants.
A new…
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By Natasha Bertrand (CNN) — Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump, pushing back at the suggestion that the US was responsible for a deadly strike on an…
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