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Vance tells House Republicans to ‘just talk about Abdul El-Sayed’ if their own opponents aren’t ‘that crazy’

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance urged House Republicans to make Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a boogeyman if their own opponents aren’t “that crazy” and stressed the importance of leveling with voters about their economic frustrations, according to a recording of the Tuesday closed-door meeting obtained by CNN. The

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Victims of sexual abuse with NDAs would be able to speak freely under new bill from GOP committee leader

By Jake Tapper, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — Survivors of sexual abuse would be free to speak about their experiences even if they sign a nondisclosure agreement under a new bill put forward by the House Republican leading the Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Congress. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the push to protect survivors’

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What’s next for mail voting after the Supreme Court ruled against Trump

By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials in both Democratic and Republican-led states breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping restrictions on mail-in balloting Monday, which they had warned would upend vote-by-mail and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters in the midterms. The decision

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FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building

Kash Patel defends removing bestiality as automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel’s decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants drew bipartisan disbelief Tuesday after he said the change was intended to protect trafficking victims coerced into sexual acts with animals. The FBI previously automatically disqualified people who acknowledged engaging in crimes including

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Voter Guide: Tripp Hutchinson (I)

Party: Independent Website:  https://votefortripp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586649001259 X.com: https://x.com/vote4tripp?s=21 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trippchutchinson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vote4tripp?_r=1&_t=ZP-93JsJeOauL8 BSky: https://bsky.app/profile/trippchutchinson.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TrippHutchinsonforIdaho

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Trump lashes out at Supreme Court justices, saying his appointees ‘are not the people I interviewed’

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump upbraided Supreme Court justices as “shells” beholden to “crazed” liberal interests in a lengthy online screed a day after the court blocked his plan to execute dramatic changes to mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the

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Missile shortages, damage to US facilities: Pentagon watchdog issues first review of Iran war

By Davis Winkie, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon’s official watchdog released a special report about the Iran war on Monday, representing the Defense Department’s first formal accounting of US equipment and facility losses from the conflict. The inspector general, citing its communications with US Central Command, said that “Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed

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DHS training materials instruct agents to potentially break laws, whistleblower says

By Tierney Sneed, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is using legally questionable tactics and relying on unreliable data to investigate non-citizen voting, a whistleblower alleged in a report released by top Senate Democrats Monday. The disclosures prompted accusations by Democrats and voter advocates of a sweeping dragnet that could ensnare

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Joe Manchin says he supports Republican candidates in battleground Senate races in Maine and Michigan

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat-turned-independent, said Monday he supports two Republican Senate candidates running in battleground races in November. During an appearance on CNBC, Manchin expressed support for former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is running for an open seat in Michigan, and Sen. Susan Collins of

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Trump dismisses AI alarms as a ‘HOAX’ — worrying White House officials

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent Monday angrily rejecting calls from AI industry leaders for more government regulation on their cutting-edge models, making clear in a daylong string of social media posts he considers outpacing China and preserving AI-driven economic gains a higher priority than addressing growing public concerns. Trump asserted

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas,’ watchdog finds

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report. The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which visited the

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Exclusive: Tense phone call and resignation upend Justice Department probe into Trump’s top foes

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s push to pursue a sweeping conspiracy probe into former officials behind investigations targeting President Donald Trump has descended into turmoil and possibly new delays following the abrupt resignation of the top prosecutor overseeing the probe. Joe diGenova, the Washington lawyer and former top prosecutor

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Kennedy Center faces ‘fiscal collapse’ unless Trump’s name returns, board of trustees claims

By Sunlen Serfaty, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Officials at the Kennedy Center have warned it could face “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks unless President Donald Trump’s name is added back to the building, according to documents included in a court filing. The documents – two draft resolutions concerning proposals to close the Kennedy Center

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Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

By Jake Tapper, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China. Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House

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Security stops alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property

By Isabelle D’Antonio, Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — Security stopped an alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property on Friday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and her spokesperson, raising security concerns about the former vice president. “Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second

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A view of wreckage of the downed F-15 fighter jet is seen in Iran on April 5. Both crew members were rescued

Exclusive: Inside Hegseth’s push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on ‘60 Minutes’

By Zachary Cohen, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his department pushed for the two crew members of an F-15 who were shot down over Iran in April to participate in Sunday’s highly publicized “60 Minutes” report about the ensuing rescue operation, according to multiple sources familiar with

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‘Theatrical’ litigation: Republican AGs fight for Trump voting rules that their election officials say they can’t implement

By Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Republican attorneys general have shown their support for President Donald Trump’s election agenda by pressing courts to greenlight his proposed crackdown on mail voting. But election officials in at least half of those states have said that they won’t be able to comply with proposed US Postal

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JD Vance embraces tricky role as Trump’s midterm messenger — and potential successor

By Steve Contorno, CNN Dallas (CNN) — Behind closed doors on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance urged a room full of Republicans to sell voters on the administration’s more popular achievements that he worried weren’t always breaking through. One person, however, has proved particularly difficult to keep on message: President Donald Trump. Since joining Trump’s

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Trump says Irish unification would be ‘fantastic,’ wading into sensitive topic during weekend visit

By Kit Maher, Issy Ronald, Niamh Kennedy, CNN Dublin (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Irish reunification “would be a fantastic thing” during a bilateral meeting with Ireland’s taoiseach, Micheál Martin, something he projected is “going to happen eventually.” When a reporter asked his view on the topic, Trump at first acknowledged his

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson  speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol Building on September 01

House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to cancel recess to pass AI safeguards, citing ‘catastrophic’ risk

By Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” In a letter to the speaker, the Democrats cite potential threats, including

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Justice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court

By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In a victory for President Donald Trump, the Justice Department announced Friday that it secured a first-of-its-kind deportation through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal that had never been used before the administration activated it this summer. Nazira Haji Zada — an Afghan woman who

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Dallas on September 10.

Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention

By Daniel Dale, Deidre McPhillips, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical

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Shouts of ‘he should be shot’ heard during GOP midterm convention speech criticizing Democratic candidates

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Shouts of “he should be shot” could be heard multiple times Thursday night at the Republican midterm convention as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was criticizing prominent Democratic politicians by name. Cruz mentioned three Democrats — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Texas Senate

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Trump officials scramble to manage fallout after his $5K check pledge to all Americans

By Adam Cancryn, Alayna Treene, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump blindsided many of his own administration officials and allies with his vow to pay all American adults $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress, prompting an internal scramble on Thursday to backfill the proposal’s specifics, two people familiar with the matter told

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Joseph diGenova attends a news conference in November 2020.

Trump admin pick to oversee a conspiracy investigation into president’s foes resigns after DOJ clashes

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s pick to oversee a conspiracy investigation into the president’s foes has resigned under pressure from the Justice Department. Joe diGenova stepped down from his role overseeing DOJ’s vast so-called conspiracy investigation amid disagreements with top Justice Department officials over the pace of the south Florida-based probe

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Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near Turmos in the West Bank in October 2025.

Trump administration offers rare muted response on new sanctions against Israel

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top foreign policy aide, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have not condemned the United Kingdom, France, Canada and others for their planned sanctions on settlements in the occupied West Bank – a notable development from the self-described “most pro-Israel” administration in history.

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Trump admin pushes sweeping overhaul of census that could exclude millions, reshape Congress and slash federal funding

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to the US census that could leave millions out of the count, dramatically altering the allocation of congressional seats and billions in federal funds. The proposed regulation posted in the Federal Register would add a citizenship question to the 2030

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Helena Foulkes will defeat Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, CNN projects, marking a rare incumbent primary loss

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes will win the Democratic nomination for governor of Rhode Island, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating incumbent Gov. Dan McKee as she capitalized on voter frustration over the partial closure of a key bridge and the ensuing traffic chaos. Used by tens of thousands of

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Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims in Republican convention speech

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his rambling Wednesday speech at the Republican midterm convention. Trump repeated long-debunked lies about elections and immigration. He delivered a whopper on the critical subject of inflation, wrongly saying “almost every item” is getting cheaper even as prices continue to rise.

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Emergency slide deploys on Qatari-gifted Air Force One before Trump departs for GOP convention

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A military aide who was working on the Qatari-gifted jet that’s serving as Air Force One accidentally deployed an emergency slide on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, delaying President Donald Trump’s trip to Dallas for the GOP’s midterm convention. It was quickly

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‘Surge in construction’ at suspected Iranian nuclear site, analysts say, as US considers ways to strike deep underground

By Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has seen a flurry of construction work this year as the war with the US has transpired, according to a group of analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery. The Pickaxe Mountain site, located near the

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How Republicans — and Trump — are grappling with the party’s future after he leaves the stage

By Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene, CNN Dallas (CNN) — For a decade, President Donald Trump has made himself his party’s main character — a singular force around whom its rallies, conventions and political identity have revolved. Republicans are taking that devotion a step further this week, gathering in the Lone Star State at Trump’s behest

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Pappas and Sununu will face off for a key Senate seat and other takeaways from New Hampshire’s primaries

By David Wright, Katie Doran, Izzy Lippolis, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas will face Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu in the race for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. The battle for retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s seat could prove critical to her party’s hopes of flipping the chamber

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Federal judge orders Missouri to proceed with GOP-friendly map after Supreme Court balked

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Back-to-back court orders on Tuesday injected chaos into Missouri’s plans for this year’s midterms, with state officials and a group opposed to a GOP-friendly congressional map racing into multiple courts with less than two months before Election Day. A federal district court ordered Missouri to proceed with a congressional

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US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secrets

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade secrets to save money and bring the coveted technology to market faster, US federal agencies alleged Tuesday. Major Chinese tech companies are using “distillation,” which involves training lesser AI models on more advanced ones, to “extract

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Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate a controversial citizenship records system his administration has sought to wield for sweeping reviews of state voter rolls. Voter roll audits using the Department of Homeland Security data program known as SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) have

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