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Biden holds early cash edge, Trump’s legal bills mount and other takeaways from new campaign finance reports

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Steve Contorno and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden entered the election year with an early financial edge over Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, new filings show – a bright spot for an incumbent with low approval ratings who is girding for a bruising general election rematch with his

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US sees signs Iran is worried about escalating proxy attacks amid heightened tensions

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — US officials believe there are signs that Iranian leadership is nervous about some of the actions of its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence, as attacks from militia groups threaten to disrupt the global economy and significantly up the risk of direct confrontation with the

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Trump’s political action committees rack up nearly $29 million in legal bills in six months

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Two of Donald Trump’s political action committees spent nearly $29 million combined on legal fees during the last six months of 2023, new filings show, underscoring the financial costs of the former president’s mounting legal troubles. It’s an expense the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination

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Republican Rep. Richard McCormick of Georgia

GOP congressman admits to doing pull-ups at top of Capitol Dome and insists ‘there was nothing unsafe’ about it

By Sam Fossum, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Republican Rep. Richard McCormick of Georgia admitted Wednesday to doing pull-ups while with his staff at the top of the US Capitol Dome, insisting his actions were safe and that the story has been “overblown.” “I’m saying I did pull-ups on some metal structure,” McCormick told CNN,

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White House formally assigns blame for drone strike in Jordan that killed 3 American service members

By Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US believes an umbrella group of militants called Islamic Resistance in Iraq was behind the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American service members, the White House said Wednesday, its first formal attribution for the incident. “We believe that the attack in Jordan

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on January 29

Mike Johnson stands by opposition to Senate immigration deal and Biden’s border policy in first floor speech as speaker

By Clare Foran, Priscilla Alvarez and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson railed against the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal Wednesday during his first floor speech as speaker, intensifying the clash between the two chambers as he continues to lay the groundwork for the House to reject the deal even though final text of an

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on January 29

Mike Johnson stands by opposition to Senate immigration deal and Biden’s border policy in first floor speech as speaker

CNN, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL|@REALDONALDTRUMP By Clare Foran, Priscilla Alvarez and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson railed against the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal Wednesday during his first floor speech as speaker, intensifying the clash between the two chambers as he continues to lay the groundwork for the House to reject the deal even though

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