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By Tierney Sneed, CNN Mazars USA, the accounting firm that former President Donald Trump and his businesses have used for years, cut ties with him in stunning fashion, declaring it could no longer vouch for the financial statements it has complied over the past decade. The February 9 letter was disclosed Monday amid litigation around

By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House January 6 committee issued another round of subpoenas Tuesday as congressional investigators dig more deeply into illegitimate electors from key swing states that former President Donald Trump lost, who were put forward to try to justify delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. The

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent US fighter jets and other coalition aircraft escorted three Russian aircraft in eastern Syria on Tuesday when the Russians flew into coalition-restricted airspace, according to two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident. A Russian cargo aircraft, accompanied by two Tu-22 Backfire bombers flew across Iraq into the

By Lauren Fox and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Republican senators introduced their own sanctions package to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine and to show support and provide assistance to Ukraine and Europe in the event of a Russian invasion, leading to questions about whether bipartisan negotiations over sanctions have ended on Capitol Hill.

By Ali Zaslav, Clare Foran and Lauren Fox, CNN Lawmakers will try and pass a short-term government funding extension by a Friday deadline, but a handful of Republican senators is threatening to gum up the works, raising questions about when the Senate will actually be able to vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned on

By Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, despite opposition from some Democrats regarding his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The tally was 50-46. Six Republicans voted for Califf and five Democrats voted against his nomination.

By Sean Lyngaas and Zachary Cohen, CNN The US believes Russian intelligence agencies have worked closely with the editorial staff of five Russian-language media outlets to boost public support for a renewed Russian invasion of Ukraine, US officials familiar with the intelligence assessment told CNN in a media briefing. Officers with Russia’s domestic and foreign