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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department spokesperson expressed some optimism about the prospects of salvaging the Iran nuclear deal, but stressed that divisions remain between the United States and Iran. “A deal is closer now than it was two weeks ago, but the outcome of these ongoing discussions still remains uncertain as gaps

By Geneva Sands, CNN The phones of several top Trump-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were deactivated when they left their positions and the data contained on them likely wiped, a court filing released late last week shows. The revelation came in a public records dispute between ICE and watchdog group American Oversight, which has

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Court filings have shed further light on the dramatic moment when Proud Boy Joshua Pruitt nearly came face to face with the then-Senate minority leader during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Pruitt pleaded guilty in June to a felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding. He is

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon rejected a second request from the mayor of Washington, DC, to help deal with migrants arriving in the city by bus from Texas and Arizona, according to a defense official. The Pentagon, according to a copy of the rejection letter reviewed by CNN, said it “would not be appropriate”

By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s legal team has asked a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to ensure the Justice Department returns any of his private documents seized during the search of Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago. Trump is asking for a special master — a third-party

By Steve Contorno, CNN On this, the Democratic candidates for Florida governor agree: New restrictions on abortion in the Sunshine State and uncertainty about the future of women’s health across America have reinvigorated their voters and elevated the urgency to their effort to knock off Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall. But the question of who

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge suggested Monday that Idaho’s abortion ban may run afoul of federal law to the extent that it would open up doctors for prosecution for abortions provided when a woman faces serious health risks but not necessarily the threat of death. In comments made during a hearing in the

By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Drew Griffin, CNN A new group led by a prominent conservative lawyer has received $1.6 billion from one donor — the largest single contribution to a politically focused nonprofit that’s ever been made public, and a fortune that could be used to fuel right-wing interests. The nonprofit, Marble Freedom

By Edward-Isaac Dovere Most of the money from President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure bill is being handed out this summer and fall, nearly a year after passage, just in time for a campaign season he hopes will keep his fellow Democrats in power. But his team’s task is getting people to pay attention — and

By Gregory Krieg, CNN An hour after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrat Pat Ryan tweeted out a video that would be his first television ad of the special election campaign to fill this upstate swing seat. “He fought for our families, for our freedom,” the narrator says, beginning with a slice

By Sam Fossum, CNN US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday that Americans can expect a decision from the Biden administration on student loans in the “next week or so” as a pause on federal student loan payments is set to expire on August 31. With some 10 days to go, Americans have been left

By Aaron Pellish and Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas on Sunday criticized the Department of Justice for executing a search warrant on former President Donald Trump‘s Florida home earlier this month, calling it “a very unprecedented measure.” Crenshaw told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that the search of

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona on Sunday said he is “not at all” concerned about Democrats winning Arizona in 2024 if President Joe Biden runs for reelection. But Kelly, who is running for a full term in November, stopped short of directly asking the President to campaign with him ahead

By Tierney Sneed A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily paused a district court’s order requiring that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina appear before a grand jury probing plots to illegally influence the 2020 election results in Georgia. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals sent the proceedings around the Fulton County grand