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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Families of 9/11 victims are asking New York City Mayor Eric Adams to rescind approval of a Saudi-funded golf tournament scheduled to reportedly take place at a Donald Trump-owned golf course in New York in October. The Aramco Team Series women’s golf tournament in question is scheduled to take place in

By Kara Scannell The Justice Department has identified “a limited set of materials” from its search of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago that potentially contain material covered by attorney-client privilege and is in the process of addressing privilege disputes, it said in a court filing Monday. Justice officials also confirmed that US intelligence officials are reviewing

By Jason Morris, Sara Murray and Nick Valencia, CNN The Fulton County District Attorney’s office slammed GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham’s “extreme position” to have his subpoena quashed, saying he should be required to testify before the special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, according

By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Ukrainian forces have begun “shaping” operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN. Shaping operations are standard military practice prior to an offensive and involve striking weapons systems, command and control, ammunition depots

By Nadia Kounang and Donald Judd, CNN The federal government is ending its free at-home Covid-19 test program this week, citing a lack of funding and efforts to preserve supply ahead of an anticipated fall surge in cases, a White House official told CNN on Sunday. Both the White House and the website where people

By Paul LeBlanc and Ethan Cohen, CNN Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with a “bacterial infection” and after receiving care at the hospital, he will be “resting at home,” postponing events in his campaign against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott. “After feeling ill on Friday, I went to Methodist Hospital

By Daniella Diaz and Devan Cole, CNN Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Sunday slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for suggesting interest rates should go up to combat inflation in the US, saying he could “tip this economy into recession.” “I am very worried about this because the causes of inflation — things

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House Republicans are starting to grow pessimistic about their chances of winning a massive majority in the midterm elections, putting some allies of GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on edge over his future. While GOP lawmakers are still confident they will be able to recapture the House this fall

By Steve Contorno, CNN Fresh off winning his party’s nomination for governor, Rep. Charlie Crist had a sobering message for Democrats across the country: Send money to Florida or you may end up with President Ron DeSantis someday. “It is the Democrats’ last chance to stop him and it’s going to be a lot cheaper

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday nominated two candidates for statewide office who have denied the results of the 2020 presidential election and would have oversight of the state’s elections if they win in November. Party delegates formally nominated Kristina Karamo for secretary of state and Matthew DePerno for state attorney

By Tierney Sneed A federal judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday to consider former President Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to oversee the FBI’s review of evidence seized at Mar-a-Lago. In doing so, the court put the parties on notice that she had a “preliminary intent” to appoint the special master, a third-party

By Jim Acosta, CNN Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin has accused a motorist of brandishing a firearm and pointing it at him and his wife as the couple was driving home from a campaign event in April. The allegation is described in a “victim impact statement” filed by McMullin in the District Court for