Sen. Hawley calls on Musk to conduct an audit of censorship on Twitter
Senator Josh Hawley (R – Mo.) is calling on Elon Musk to carry out an audit of censorship conducted by the social media platform Twitter.
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Senator Josh Hawley (R – Mo.) is calling on Elon Musk to carry out an audit of censorship conducted by the social media platform Twitter.
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Special counsel John Durham has an active and ongoing criminal probe into a tech executive who worked with a Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign lawyer to share claims of a cyber back channel between Donald Trump and Russia, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Prosecutors said the Durham team is still “looking closely”
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By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump’s staunchest allies don’t like what they heard House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying on tape about the ex-President and some of their GOP colleagues after the Capitol attack. But they and the former President are holding their fire — at least for now. Most
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By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump’s staunchest allies don’t like what they heard House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying on tape about the ex-President and some of their GOP colleagues after the Capitol attack. But they and the former President are holding their fire — at least for now. Most
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By Paula Reid, Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Rudy Giuliani is expected to appear next month before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, according to sources familiar with the matter. The expected appearance comes after months of negotiations between lawmakers and the former mayor of New York, who
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Coming off a showdown with Disney and a month of headlines for waging fights over hot-button social issues, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced himself to Republican primary voters in Nevada during a Wednesday campaign stop for US Senate candidate Adam Laxalt. DeSantis recounted for a packed Las Vegas bar his battles
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By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will make his first trip to Asia as president next month, visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20 to May 24, White House officials told CNN, underscoring his commitment to the region even as international attention is directed toward the crisis in Ukraine. Biden,
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN It was “like you see in the movies,” Trevor Reed’s father said. An American plane pulled alongside a Russian one on a tarmac in Turkey, two prisoners disembarked and were escorted simultaneously across to the opposite aircraft, where American Reed was greeted by Special Presidential Envoy
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Paul Whelan, a US citizen who remains imprisoned in Russia, is questioning why he was left behind in the prisoner swap that freed fellow American Trevor Reed. “Why was I left behind? While I am pleased Trevor is home with his family, I have been held on a fictitious charge of
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By Kara Scannell The Trump Organization’s long-time appraiser inconsistently applied its internal quality-control practices when valuing properties for former President Donald Trump’s real estate business, a state judge said Wednesday. The finding increases the scrutiny on Trump’s long-time appraiser and raises questions about the accuracy of its work as New York Attorney General Letitia James’
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By Gregory Wallace, CNN Boeing’s CEO on Wednesday called the unusual deal his predecessor negotiated with then-President Donald Trump for the next generation of Air Force One a one-off that he hopes not to repeat. “Air Force One, I’m just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation. A very unique set
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By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate confirmed a batch of US attorney and US marshal nominations on Wednesday after GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas lifted long-standing holds he had put in place to raise concerns about the treatment by the Justice Department of several deputy US marshals who had
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN. This
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By Allie Malloy and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will take extra precautions to avoid catching Covid-19 at this weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner as anxiety about a potential superspreader event rises ahead of the widely attended gala. Biden will skip the meal portion of the event, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said
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By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN New York’s highest court blocked the state’s Democratic-drawn congressional map Wednesday, concluding that the new boundaries represented a partisan gerrymander that violates the state constitution. The court ruled that a new map must be created for the 2022 election. New York’s primary election is scheduled for June 28, but the
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By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris does not have Covid-19 symptoms a day after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to a White House official on Wednesday. Harris has been working from the Naval Observatory, where an official said Tuesday she would isolate. “The vice president remains asymptomatic. She is feeling good and
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer During his final week ever of Supreme Court oral arguments as a justice, Stephen Breyer often hung his head, toward the lawyers in the well of the courtroom, and held his balding pate in his hands. The last disputes of the 2021-22 argument session were
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday honored an Ohio history instructor who teaches courses rooted in exploring oppression and Black history as the 2022 Teacher of the Year. The President and first lady Jill Biden honored Kurt Russell, the veteran educator at Oberlin High School named the teacher of the year by
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By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday eulogized Madeleine Albright, describing the first female US secretary of state as a “force of nature” and a champion of democracy. “With her goodness and grace, her humanity and her intellect, she turned the tide of history,” Biden said during the funeral service
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By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday eulogized Madeleine Albright, describing the first female US secretary of state as a “force of nature” and a champion of democracy. “With her goodness and grace, her humanity and her intellect, she turned the tide of history,” Biden said during the funeral service
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