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Trump aide Walt Nauta dismisses concerns over potential conflicts of interest in classified documents case

By Holmes Lybrand Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — After a mini-saga in the classified documents case against Donald Trump, both of the former president’s co-defendants have waived concerns that their attorneys have represented witnesses in the case. During Friday’s hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, Trump’s personal aide Walt Nauta told federal Judge Aileen Cannon he

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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Biden administration communications with social media companies

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies while a lawsuit targeting the government’s efforts to combat online misinformation plays out. The court’s move pauses rulings from a federal trial court and a conservative appeals court that severely limited the ability

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US aid to Israel and Ukraine: Here’s what’s in the $105 billion national security package Biden requested

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday laid out the details of a $105 billion national security package that includes military and humanitarian assistance for the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. The supplemental request would provide security support to Israel, bolster Israeli efforts to secure the release of hostages and extend

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Supreme Court says Missouri can’t bar local police from helping to enforce federal gun laws

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations. The Justice Department had challenged the 2021 law – called the Second Amendment Preservation Act – arguing it interferes

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Michael Cohen to testify at Trump fraud trial Tuesday with the former president expected in court

By Kara Scannell, Kristen Holmes and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen plans to testify Tuesday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump’s ex-attorney said, with the former president expected to attend. “It appears that I will be reunited with my old client @realDonaldTrump when I testify this Tuesday, October

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Appeals court upholds January 6 obstruction prosecution, in a ruling that could bolster case against Trump

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has upheld the Justice Department’s ability to prosecute January 6, 2021, rioters with an obstruction charge, in a new opinion that is likely to bolster prosecutors’ criminal case against former President Donald Trump on the same charge. The decision, issued

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City of San Marcos settles lawsuit for failing to protect ‘Biden Bus’ participants from harassment by Trump supporters in 2020

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The city of San Marcos, Texas, settled a lawsuit this week filed by four supporters of Joe Biden who said local police failed to protect them from harassment in 2020 as they rode in a Biden campaign bus. “The intimidation we experienced on the highway that day and the

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Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy

By Marshall Cohen, Nick Valencia, Maxime Tamsett and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case to being part of a conspiracy alongside former President Donald Trump and others. The plea deal is another

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Biden administration seeks $105 billion in national security package that includes aid to Ukraine and Israel

By Donald Judd, Phil Mattingly and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is requesting more than $105 billion from Congress as part of a package it says will provide security assistance for conflicts in Ukraine and Israel while addressing “the global humanitarian impacts of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and of Hamas’ horrific

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