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By CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday responded to Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida regarding former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to oversee the FBI’s review of materials seized in the Mar-a-Lago search. A hearing has been scheduled for Thursday to consider Trump’s request for a special master

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

By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The South Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that would ban nearly all abortions at every stage of pregnancy, with exceptions including in cases of rape and incest. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 67-35 on Wednesday morning after roughly two hours of

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Army grounded its entire fleet of Chinook helicopters after a “small number” of engines fires were discovered, according to an Army spokeswoman. The Army identified the cause of the engine fires as a fuel leak among an “isolated number” of Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopters, Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said, adding

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Abortion providers filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect next month. The lawsuit argues that the Indiana law that would ban most abortions at all stages of pregnancy “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care in Indiana in violation of

By Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN The US Navy prevented an Iranian ship from capturing an American maritime drone in the Persian gulf overnight Monday into Tuesday local time in what a senior US commander called a “flagrant” and “unwarranted” incident. While US forces in the region were transiting international waters around 11 p.m.

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of US Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and former 2020 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 8, 1941 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Bernard Sanders Father: Eli Sanders, paint salesman Mother: Dorothy (Glassberg) Sanders Marriages: Jane (O’Meara) Sanders (1988-present); Deborah

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a forceful speech in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania that demonstrated his escalated rhetoric against “MAGA Republicans” in Congress months before the midterm elections. During another amped up speech, Biden delivered a strong defense of the FBI amid increased threats following the agency’s search

By Kaitlan Collins, Gabby Orr, Kristen Holmes and Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump has added former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise to his legal team to represent him in the Mar-a-Lago search case, multiple sources familiar with the hire confirm to CNN. Kise begins Tuesday and will represent Trump in court in Florida

By Kate Bennett, CNN Shortly after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, former President Donald Trump fumed on social media about agents rummaging through his wife’s clothing and personal items. “Just learned that agents went through the First Lady’s closets and rummaged through her clothing and personal items. Surprisingly, left area in

By Tierney Sneed and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday will file publicly in court its response to former President Donald Trump’s bid for a special master to oversee the FBI’s review of materials seized in the Mar-a-Lago search. The agency was granted permission by Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US assesses Russia is now in possession of weapons-capable Iranian drones that they will likely deploy on the battlefield in Ukraine, Biden administration officials tell CNN. The Russians picked up the drones from an Iranian airfield earlier this month and transported them back to Russia in cargo planes in mid-August,

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Hillary Clinton expressed support for Sanna Marin, tweeting a photo of herself dancing as the Finnish Prime Minister faces criticism over leaked footage that showed her partying with friends. “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels,” Clinton quoted former Texas Gov.

By Dan Merica and Kyung Lah, CNN Republicans across the country are trying to shift or paper over their more conservative positions on abortion, signaling some of the party’s nominees believe they need to moderate those positions as they pivot from primaries to the general election. Their evolving rhetoric comes two months after the Supreme

By Donald Judd, CNN First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after a rebound case and will return to the Washington, DC, area on Tuesday, communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement Monday. Biden had tested positive for a rebound case last week after first testing positive on August 15 while vacationing