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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Two people who sold Ashley Biden’s journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander pleaded guilty to stealing Biden’s belongings and selling them to the conservative media group for $40,000, according to court documents. In September 2020, Harris

By Steve Contorno, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending money across the country to help Rep. Charlie Crist defeat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this November. The California Democrat on Thursday tweeted that he was pledging $100,000 to make DeSantis a “one-term governor” and he called on his supporters to donate to Crist, who won

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could cost about $24 billion per year, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CNN Thursday evening. “Assuming that 75% of folks who take this on, the President’s student loan cancellation plan, and you look at the average monetary, cash flow on that, it’s

By Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden offered one of his sharpest rebukes Thursday of Republicans who have stuck to the credo of his predecessor, labeling it “semi-fascism” and predicting it has gone too far for most of the country. It was a forceful kickoff to midterm politicking for the President, who

By Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Sara Murray, CNN Attorneys for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp argued in court Thursday that their client is “beyond the reach” of a subpoena and should not be forced to testify before a special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in

By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans who received Pell grants to help pay for college will receive much more help from the Biden administration’s student debt relief initiative than other borrowers. Those who qualified for a Pell grant as undergraduates will have up to $20,000 of their student loan debt forgiven, compared with up to $10,000

By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department must release a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit by noon on Friday, a federal judge ruled. The affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. The warrant authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump‘s home and private

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US and Israeli governments have shared key details of unrelated cyberattacks on their infrastructure — one from suspected pro-Russia hackers and the other from possible Iranian hackers — as part of heightened efforts in recent months to bolster cyber defense between the two allies, a senior US Treasury official told

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House rounded out the senior ranks of its press and communications operation on Thursday, naming a new No. 2 spokesperson and promoting other communications aides. Olivia Dalton, who until recently served as the US Mission to the United Nations’ spokesperson and communications director, will join the White House as

By Oren Liebermann and Chandelis Duster, CNN The US carried out additional airstrikes targeting enemy positions and rocket launchers near Deir ez-Zor in northeast Syria following a rocket attack on coalition bases in the region that injured three US troops on Wednesday, according to a US official. A number of enemy fighters were killed in