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By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers proposed two selections each to a federal judge for who should serve as “special master” in the Mar-a-Lago investigation. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the case, earlier this week granted the former

By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN The Navy ordered an investigation into the grueling SEALs selection course, according to three Navy officials, after the death of a sailor earlier this year drew increased scrutiny of the policies, staff preparation, and safety measures in place around one of the military’s most elite units. The new

By: CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers submitted to a federal judge dueling proposals for who should serve as special master and how the review of documents seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and resort — including classified documents — should work. Read the court filing here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable

By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Kara Scannell, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have submitted their respective nominees to serve as the special master reviewing materials seized from Mar-a-Lago and vastly different proposals for how the process should work. Friday night’s joint court filing also stressed the wide

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed Friday night to temporarily block a lower court order that required Yeshiva University to recognize a “Pride Alliance” LGBTQ student club. The order from Sotomayor — who has jurisdiction over the lower court in the case — suggested that the full

By Fredreka Schouten, Dianne Gallagher and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Voting for this year’s general election kicked off Friday with North Carolina becoming the first state to begin sending out absentee ballots, but it comes amid continuing concerns about the harassment of election officials by people who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election.

By Gregory Krieg, Kara Scannell and Zenebou Sylla, CNN A little more than a month before a Saudi-backed women’s golf series is scheduled to hold a New York City tournament at a course run by former President Donald Trump‘s company, top City Council officials are pushing Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to void the city’s contract

By Holmes Lybrand Two members of the Proud Boys who founded an online group named “Murder the Media” pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing the certification of the electoral college vote at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Nicholas Ochs — an “Elder” in the Proud Boys who founded the group’s Hawaii chapter —

By Holmes Lybrand Kellye SoRelle, a self-described general counsel for the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers, pleaded not guilty Friday to several charges relating to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. SoRelle faces four charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding and obstructing justice by telling others to delete information from

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration plans to allow up to 125,000 refugees into the United States for the 2023 fiscal year, the same lofty ceiling as last year, according to a source familiar with the plan. The refugee ceiling dictates how many refugees can be admitted to the United States, but the administration

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized Republican lawmakers who voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill last year but have taken credit for projects made possible by the $1.2 trillion law. “We got a little help from Republicans — but not a lot — but enough to get it passed. But the truth is, there

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In his first public comments since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, Justice Neil Gorsuch said he hoped the results of an internal investigation into the leak of a draft opinion of the decision would be done “soon.” “The chief justice appointed an internal committee to