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The State Department is planning Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s first international trips in mid-to-late March, two sources familiar with the preliminary conversations tell CNN. State Department officials are eyeing meetings with Blinken’s NATO counterparts in Brussels and a visit to the Asia Pacific as the secretary’s first stops, the source said. The order of

Advisers to former President Donald Trump say he still has not expressed remorse for the siege at the US Capitol, which could end up being important for Senate jurors to consider after House impeachment managers on Wednesday released new video of the violent mob’s assault on January 6. One of the new clips show then-Vice

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders after last week’s coup in the country. In brief remarks, the President said he had approved a new executive order allowing the United States to “immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as

Former President Donald Trump was unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people familiar with his reaction told CNN. Castor, who is representing Trump alongside attorney David Schoen, delivered a meandering argument during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, including praise for the House impeachment

What must Republican senators be thinking after Wednesday’s presentations from the House impeachment managers? How will they justify acquitting the man who sent a mob for them to stop the counting of electoral votes? Marching orders. First they watched video of President Donald Trump whipping his supporters into a fury. Gut-wrenching evidence. Then they sat

The second day of former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial brought sobering new security footage and police radio audio of the US Capitol insurrection as Democrats sought to connect the violence to Trump’s repeated election fraud claims and his January 6 speech. “He told them to ‘fight like hell,’ and they brought us hell

Federal authorities have narrowed to a handful the number of suspects in the death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a US official briefed on the probe said Wednesday, raising hopes that investigators can bring charges in the case. New video evidence from the US Capitol on January 6 has aided the work of

The phrase “crime of the century” has been used to describe the most enduring, sensationalist scandals that rocked our nation — the kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh baby, the Son of Sam murders, the OJ Simpson case and the JonBenet Ramsey murder. These were the crimes and tragedies that captivated America because they were so

In the federal investigation into the Proud Boys and their role in the Capitol insurrection, the Justice Department is pursuing several members of the organization and arguing in court in recent days that the group poses an active threat to the public. But prosecutors haven’t publicly connected all the dots yet between the group’s members,

New security footage presented during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial showed even more heroics from Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, including potentially saving Sen. Mitt Romney from the violent mob that breached the US Capitol. The security video, which the House impeachment managers played for the first time Wednesday, shows Goodman running as the

House impeachment managers Wednesday aired disturbing and gripping footage showing how rioters violently attacked officers as they breached the Capitol on January 6 — and came dangerously close to reaching lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence as they fled the House and Senate. The House’s presentation included never-before-seen Capitol security camera footage, body camera footage

New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine raised the prospect of seeking a search warrant late last year for the lawyer’s communications but were met with resistance from Justice Department officials in Washington over the strength of their evidence, people familiar with the discussions said. Justice Department officials in Washington said a

The second day of former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial was dominated by a detailed and damning documentation of the events leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol by the House impeachment managers. For hours on Wednesday afternoon, a series of Democratic House members — from Colorado’s Joe Neguse to