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CNN, POOL, WABC, GETTY IMAGES, CHRISTINE CORNELL, THE WHITE HOUSE By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A higher court on Thursday denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her upcoming testimony in her father’s civil fraud trial, shortly after she claimed she’d suffer “undue hardship” if forced to appear during a school week. “Ms. Trump, who

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A higher court on Thursday denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her upcoming testimony in her father’s civil fraud trial, shortly after she claimed she’d suffer “undue hardship” if forced to appear during a school week. “Ms. Trump, who resides in Florida with her three minor children, will suffer

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, to pause the limited gag order issued against him in his federal election subversion criminal case. In a filing Thursday night with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Trump asked that the order imposed last month

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Susheela Jayapal has launched a bid to join her sister, progressive Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, in Congress. A former county commissioner in Oregon, Jayapal announced Wednesday that she is looking to succeed Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who said earlier this week that he will not seek reelection to the

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was a rough day in court for the Trump boys. But even before Donald Jr. and Eric had wrapped up an unconvincing day of testimony in a New York civil fraud trial, their father erupted. “So sad to see my sons being PERSECUTED in a political

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his top advisers are warning Israel with growing force that it will become increasingly difficult for it to pursue its military goals in Gaza as global outcry intensifies about the scale of humanitarian suffering there. Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who departed

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Attorney General’s office pressed Donald Trump’s two adult sons Thursday about their knowledge of and involvement with the former president’s financial statements in some of the most significant and tense days of the fraud trial. The back-to-back appearances Thursday

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican infighting turned nasty on Thursday after the House voted to reject a pair of divisive disciplinary measures the day before – a sign the conference is still badly divided, despite Speaker Mike Johnson insisting earlier that the party is unified. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been continually bashing her Republican colleagues who opposed

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence. The Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group, which operates in Syria, has

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump laid out some pre-trial deadlines and procedures for jury selection, as the former president tries to put the brakes on the entire case. On Thursday, Judge Tanya Chutkan handed down two orders, one setting up filing deadlines for

By Gloria Pazmino, John Miller, Paul P. Murphy and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — An FBI raid at the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adam’s chief fundraiser Thursday morning is said to be part of an investigation to determine whether Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign conspired with a Brooklyn-based construction company to funnel foreign

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, raised questions in October about a $200,000 check that one of Joe Biden’s siblings wrote to Biden in March 2018 with the words “loan repayment” written on the front. Though the available evidence suggests that James Biden was

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Some members of the Minnesota Supreme Court appeared skeptical of removing Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, and posed difficult questions at a hearing Thursday to the challengers who claim he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. But there was also some openness to the challengers’ request

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pence, the 48th vice president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 7, 1959 Birth place: Columbus, Indiana Birth name: Michael Richard Pence Father: Edward Pence, gas station owner Mother: Nancy Pence-Fritsch Marriage: Karen Pence (1985-present) Children: Michael, Charlotte and Audrey

By Devan Cole, Paula Reid and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden is calling out what he describes as the political “weaponization” of his addiction in an op-ed in USA Today as the president’s son continues to push an aggressive public relations and legal strategy intended to fight back against his detractors on the right. “My struggles

By Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott endorsed former President Donald Trump on Thursday over his home-state governor, Ron DeSantis, as he called for Republicans to unite behind the party’s 2024 front-runner. “I support my friend President Donald J. Trump to be the 47th president of the United States

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community believes – for now – that Iran and its proxies are calibrating their response to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza to avoid direct conflict with Israel or the US while still exacting costs on its adversaries. But the US is also keenly aware that

By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The House passed a bill on Thursday to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel as it fights a war against Hamas – a move that sets up a clash with the Democratic-led Senate in an early leadership test for Speaker Mike Johnson. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Republican-controlled House is once again targeting the Internal Revenue Service, this time voting to cut some of the agency’s funding to pay for a $14.3 billion emergency aid package for Israel. The bill, put forth by the House’s newly minted speaker, Mike Johnson, passed the House Thursday,

By Priscilla Alvarez and Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — The mayors of Denver and Chicago met with senior White House officials on Thursday to discuss the influx of migrant arrivals in their cities, according to a White House spokesperson. Over the last year, the White House has come under increasing criticism from local officials across