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Trump’s attorneys face scrutiny over level of cooperation with Justice Department on classified docs

By Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department’s court filing Tuesday laying out the case that classified documents had been concealed at Mar-a-Lago raises new scrutiny for former President Donald Trump‘s lawyers who worked with federal investigators to return classified material to the government. The FBI’s search on August 8 uncovering scores of

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West Point is displaying a Ku Klux Klan plaque at entrance to Science building, Congressional Naming Commission finds

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN West Point, the United States Military Academy, has a plaque with the name Ku Klux Klan written out and a hooded figure displayed at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, the science center on the military academy’s campus, according to a new report from the Congressional Naming Commission. The Commission, which was

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Judge Aileen Cannon: Trump’s request for ‘special master’ puts one of his judicial appointees in the spotlight

By Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to oversee the review of evidence gathered in the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate has thrust one of his own judicial appointees into the middle of his latest legal and political drama. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon in the Southern District

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A recession may be looming, but Congress isn’t likely to rescue struggling Americans this time

By Tami Luhby, CNN “Some pain” is on the horizon for Americans, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned last week of the central bank’s effort to fight inflation. Already, more people are struggling to cover their usual expenses, and more lower-income folks are falling behind on their credit card bills. Meanwhile, many economists are projecting

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A recession may be looming, but Congress isn’t likely to rescue struggling Americans this time

By Tami Luhby, CNN “Some pain” is on the horizon for Americans, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned last week of the central bank’s effort to fight inflation. Already, more people are struggling to cover their usual expenses, and more lower-income folks are falling behind on their credit card bills. Meanwhile, many economists are projecting

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Sen. Lindsey Graham continues to argue subpoena should be quashed, says election-related phone calls are protected

By Holmes Lybrand Sen. Lindsey Graham continued to argue in a court filing Wednesday that a Fulton County subpoena for his testimony in the investigation into plots to illegally influence Georgia’s 2020 election results should be quashed or, at the very least, heavily limited in scope. In the filing, Graham, a South Carolina Republican, argued

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Garland places new restrictions on political activities for Justice Department political appointees

By Holmes Lybrand Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday announced new restrictions on the political activities of political appointees in the Justice Department, including restricting their ability to participate in partisan political events. The announcement comes as the Justice Department is under increased scrutiny for its handling of sensitive political investigations. The guidelines are updated

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Takeaways from the historic Justice Department court filing on the Mar-a-Lago search

By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump has pushed an “incomplete and inaccurate narrative” in his recent court filings about the Mar-a-Lago search, the Justice Department said in a historic court filing late Tuesday night. Prosecutors fleshed out new details about the ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling

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Republicans voted ‘no’ on the climate bill. Their states will get billions of dollars from it anyway

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed Democrats’ $750 billion climate and health law, deriding it as a payout to “elite” and “liberal” states. But the states those Republicans represent will soon see a financial windfall in the form of billions of dollars to decarbonize the country, experts told CNN. Republican rhetoric decried

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Justice Department says classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were likely ‘concealed and removed’ to block investigation

By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Sara Murray, CNN US government documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to “obstruct” the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a blockbuster court

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Takeaways from the historic Justice Department court filing on the Mar-a-Lago search

By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump has pushed an “incomplete and inaccurate narrative” in his recent court filings about the Mar-a-Lago search, the Justice Department said in a historic court filing late Tuesday night. Prosecutors fleshed out new details about the ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling

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Justice Department says classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were likely ‘concealed and removed’ to block investigation

By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Sara Murray, CNN US government documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to “obstruct” the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a blockbuster court

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