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By Kaitlan Collins, Jim Sciutto and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US is expected to announce on Wednesday it is sending hundreds of millions of dollars in new military assistance to Ukraine, three sources familiar with the package tell CNN. The final amount had not been finalized as of Tuesday but is expected to be close

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration won’t be “letting up” until the perpetrator of a shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn is found. The shooting had occurred as passengers were on their morning commutes during rush hour earlier Tuesday. At least 29 people have been hospitalized, with

By Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN The Justice Department declined a request from the House Oversight Committee to provide additional details about 15 boxes of records that former President Donald Trump improperly took to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, citing an ongoing investigation, according to a new letter sent to the committee. Acting Assistant Attorney

By Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Herb and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, is urging the State Department to send its diplomats back into Ukraine. Spartz, an Indiana Republican, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, saying that the US should consider redeploying US diplomats to

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Whitney Wild, CNN The two men accused of impersonating federal agents will be released from jail, a federal judge ruled Tuesday after three days of marathon hearings where prosecutors and defense lawyers clashed over whether the men were operatives of a hostile government. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey said the

By Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to roll out a program intended for Ukrainian refugees that would expedite the process for those trying to come to the United States, according to two administration officials. The program comes on the heels of President Joe Biden’s commitment to accept up to

By Kara Scannell New York Attorney General Letitia James has broadened her civil investigation into the accuracy of the Trump Organization’s financial statements to include the role of its long-time appraiser Cushman & Wakefield, according to recent court filings. James asked a judge to force the company to comply with subpoenas issued last year and

By Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Getting spit on. Death threats. Threatening phone calls. Those aren’t the expectations election workers have when they show up to work the polls on Election Day, but they

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian military-linked hacking group has attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian power substations and deploy malicious code capable of cutting electricity, Ukrainian government officials and private investigators said Tuesday. The cyberattack appears to have been thwarted, and the Ukrainian government Computer Emergency Response Team said it had prevented the attackers from “carrying

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US and international law enforcement agencies have seized control of a popular website where hackers have advertised data stolen from American consumers and corporations — the latest in a long-running effort to crack down on forums where cybercriminals congregate. “This domain has been seized” by the FBI, US Secret Service and