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By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, on Sunday called out former President Donald Trump for featuring a speaker during his Saturday rally who highlighted the plight of a January 6 rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer who was convicted on

By Gregory Krieg, CNN From the early days of Donald Trump‘s presidency, through the Covid-19 pandemic and following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the power of governors has been increasingly clear for Americans to see. In November, 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections that, while often less expensive than Senate

By Aaron Pellish Hillary Clinton revealed that the origins of her trademark penchant for pantsuits trace back to “suggestive” photos from a public appearance in Brazil that ultimately led to her photo being used in lingerie advertisements. The former first lady described the incident in an interview with CBS News alongside her daughter, Chelsea Clinton,

By Daniella Diaz and Devan Cole, CNN A Democratic member of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol said Sunday that he expects the panel’s final report to come out “by the end of the year.” “Well, certainly by the end of the year, because we’re like Cinderella

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN John Sullivan, the United States’ ambassador to Russia, has left his post and will retire, the US Embassy announced Sunday. Sullivan departs amid a period of heightened tensions between the US and Russia not seen in decades. He leaves after nearly three years as ambassador in Moscow, where he oversaw the

By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN At the Michigan State Fair, Labor Day weekend means livestock competitions. Goats, sheep, swine — and all the sights, sounds and smells along with it — consume the coliseum here, just outside Detroit. Proud grandparents Dick and Dawn Rossell came to watch their granddaughter Abbey show her pigs

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN If it weren’t for her student loan debt, Lark Abelson would already be retired. The 63-year-old took out $5,000 in loans more than 20 years ago to get an associate degree in computer technology from Wor-Wic Community College in Maryland to try to make a better life for

By Keith Allen, Paradise Afshar and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said this week that rape victims in his state can take Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.” “We want to support those victims, but also those victims can access health care immediately, as well as to report

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The night before Masi and his father were set to leave Afghanistan, the 16-year-old could not sleep. The last time he had gone to the airport, his life had been shattered, his family torn apart. “I didn’t know how to go to the airport again,” Masi said. “It wasn’t easy for

By Andrew Kaczynski and Samantha Woodward, CNN Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials. CNN’s KFile reviewed comments from the former President, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 2016, from speeches, interviews and comments made on social media. The

By Jamie Gangel, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration,

By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN A hearing Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida, was the first chance former President Donald Trump’s lawyers had to convince US District Judge Aileen Cannon in person that the FBI search warrant on Mar-a-Lago for government records, including those identified as classified, was unwarranted and merited an outside

By Brian Fung, CNN The Internal Revenue Service acknowledged Friday that it had inadvertently exposed a batch of taxpayer information linked to some non-profits and other tax-exempt organizations, following a Wall Street Journal report that said as many as 120,000 individuals may have been affected by the error. The accidentally leaked data did not include