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By Jim Sciutto and Tim Lister, CNN One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. The last week has seen the

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama’s official White House portraits were unveiled during an emotional ceremony at the White House on Wednesday — marking their first joint visit to the building since they left in 2017 and the return of a Washington tradition last celebrated 10 years

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Pentagon is preparing detailed analysis and working out how to support Ukraine’s military in the medium and long term, including after the war with Russia has ended, according to three defense officials. The efforts are being led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley

By Kara Scannell, CNN Steve Bannon is expected to surrender Thursday to face New York state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern US border, people familiar with the matter say. The state charges, which have been returned in an indictment, are based on the same conduct Bannon was

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Former federal prosecutor Dan Goldman will win the Democratic nomination for New York’s 10th Congressional District, CNN projected Tuesday, after state Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou conceded. Goldman’s victory puts the party’s lead counsel at former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial on a path to join the House. A moderate running

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN GOP senators are privately alarmed at the cash problems facing Sen. Rick Scott’s National Republican Senatorial Committee, uneasy over his feud with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and worried that their internal issues could undercut their already difficult road back to the majority this fall. Behind the scenes,

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Sen. Richard Burr avoided about $87,000 of losses when he sold off stock at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a 2020 search warrant affidavit unsealed on Monday. Investigators said in the warrant that because of his position in Congress, the North Carolina Republican knew about

By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A South Carolina Senate committee voted Tuesday afternoon to send a proposed near-total ban on abortion to the state Senate for consideration after first removing an exception for rape and incest — a move sure to set up a fight over the legislation in the full chamber. The

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the decision by a Florida judge to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago is “deeply flawed” and urged the Justice Department to appeal it. “The opinion, I think, was

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Ransomware attacks on schools in the US may increase as children return to school and cybercriminals see more extortion opportunities, federal officials warned on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Unified School District grappled with a significant ransomware attack. A ransomware gang known as Vice Society, which emerged last year, has been

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden met with senior members of his administration on Tuesday, the 24 officials sitting around the table were identical to the ones Biden gathered 17 months ago for his first Cabinet meeting. There has been zero turnover among the secretaries, administrators and directors that form the official Cabinet,

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A lawyer for a Russian man accused of money laundering who was extradited to the US last month has lobbied Moscow to include his client in prisoner exchange negotiations with the US government. The “only thing that can save” Alexander Vinnik, who US authorities allege ran a $4 billion cryptocurrency exchange

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Mehmet Oz, the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, joined with the commonwealth’s retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey on Tuesday to accuse Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate, of either exaggerating his health issues following a stroke in May or, if he is telling the truth, potentially being physically unfit to

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Scott Bronstein, CNN A New Mexico judge on Tuesday removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit seeking Griffin’s removal, which alleged

By Betsy Klein and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged his Cabinet secretaries to swiftly implement key pieces of legislation as he seized the opportunity to tout his administration’s recent legislative successes just two months before the midterm elections. Tuesday’s meeting was the first time Biden’s Cabinet had assembled since March and

By Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for use on the battlefield in Ukraine, a US official tells CNN. The purchase indicates that the Russian military continues to suffer from severe supply shortages in Ukraine, due