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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump recently ramped up his attacks against the daughter of the judge presiding over his hush-money criminal trial in New York, and repeatedly cited her Democratic ties in a new attempt this week to remove the judge from the case. Judge Juan Merchan then broadened an already-existing gag order Monday after Trump vilified Merchan’s

By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In a formal written statement on Friday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the wildly inaccurate claim that the participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol “carried no weapons” – and then, three hours later, said he was retracting the claim because

By Mary Kay Mallonee, Raja Razek and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Police are looking for a man who they say lit a fire at independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office Friday. The Burlington Police Department released photos Friday evening asking the public to help identify the suspect. Police have not yet identified a motive. There

By MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as within the next week by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A high-dollar fundraiser Saturday to benefit former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party has raised $43 million so far, a source familiar with the details told CNN. The event, the first major fundraiser for Trump and the Republican National Committee since he became his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, will have

By Aaron Pellish and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday raised the possibility that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was not a “true insurrection” and expressed concern about the “weaponization of government” against those charged with crimes in connection to the riot. “It

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were dealt their latest blow this week when the CIA informed them that an allegation they pushed was false, the latest example of House Republicans citing questionable information to make a serious claim. Without the evidence or the votes

By Kayla Tausche, CNN Baltimore (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had been preparing to rise early for a flight to out west, where he would conduct a weeklong swing with local officials and the highway administrator in Wyoming and Montana. But when the Dali container ship sailing through the Patapsco River made a “mayday”

By Kit Maher and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump is set to appear at a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans, according to a source familiar with the event. The fundraiser for the conservative LGBTQ group will be held on April 20 at Mar-a-Lago. The former first lady has taken

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US and Chinese military representatives met in Hawaii this week to discuss the safety of forces in the Pacific, marking the first in-person meeting of its kind in years after cancellations by China. The Military Maritime Consultative Agreement Working Group meeting was held in Honolulu on Wednesday and Thursday

By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is preparing new proposals aiming to reduce or cancel student loan debt for millions of borrowers, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN, another attempt to address a key issue facing voters before November’s election. The expected proposals come nearly 10 months

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Trump attorney John Eastman is trying to get his law license back so that he can represent Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene in a political speech fight – and pay his own legal bills as he fights charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the

By Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Three months after Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized for disruptive conduct at a Denver theater, the Colorado Republican attended a glitzy Republican gala headlined by former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, where her behavior once again raised eyebrows. At the December soiree, which was the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala,

By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Senate primaries are only just beginning, but the matchups in key races that will determine the balance of power in the chamber look relatively settled seven months before the November election. At the dawn of the second fundraising quarter, the general election is effectively here, and that’s bringing several

By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden met with a group of Muslim community leaders this week, he recounted a recent conversation he had with first lady Jill Biden relating to the conflict in Gaza. One of the attendees told the president that the decision to participate

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Migrant children held in open-air desert camps are in federal custody and required to be expeditiously processed and placed in “facilities that are safe and sanitary,” a federal judge in California said in a court order late Wednesday. Judge Dolly Gee wrote that US Customs and Border Protection does

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is raising questions about the $175 million bond Donald Trump posted in the civil fraud case and has asked for more information to prove it’s financially sound. Trump filed the bond Monday night after gaining a reprieve from a New York appeals court that

By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back language used in campaign fundraising emails that referred to January 6 defendants as “activists” who have been “stripped of their constitutional liberties.” The fundraising appeals, sent to supporters on Wednesday and Thursday, sought

By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — An attorney discipline panel in Washington, DC, has made a preliminary decision that former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could face sanctions including disbarment for trying to sow doubt in Donald Trump’s electoral loss in 2020. The finding follows a several-day trial and puts Clark on the path toward

By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule bolstering protections for career federal workers, marking a move to preemptively halt or significantly slow any efforts by former President Donald Trump, should he win in November, to reduce or alter the federal workforce. “Today, my administration