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By CNN Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Read the indictment and statement of facts here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI and European law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 100 people as part of a global crackdown on a cybercrime forum that facilitated large-scale identity theft, officials said Wednesday. The operation targeted Genesis Market, an invitation-only crime forum that for the last five years, according to the US Justice

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Florida’s state Senate on Monday passed a bill that would ban most abortions in the state after the gestational age of six weeks, or about four weeks of pregnancy. The bill’s advance, which still needs to pass the state’s GOP-led House, comes one year after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week

By Clare Foran, CNN West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will run for governor in the deep red state. “Today, I come before you with a very clear purpose: I am seeking the Republican nomination for governor of West Virginia,” Morrisey said as he made the announcement on Tuesday. West Virginia’s current governor, Jim Justice,

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to officially declare Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained in Russia, two US officials told CNN, a move that will trigger new US government resources to work towards his release. The designation, which is expected in the coming days, follows an ongoing internal

By Nicky Robertson, CNN Embattled New York Rep. George Santos officially has his first primary challenger. Afghanistan war veteran Kellen Curry, a Republican, announced Monday that he is running for New York’s 3rd Congressional District. “With a passion for public service and a strong desire to restore honorable leadership back to our congressional representation, Kellen

By Eric Bradner, CNN Chicago voters will choose Brandon Johnson, a progressive Cook County commissioner backed by the powerful teachers union, as the city’s next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson will win Tuesday’s runoff election over Paul Vallas, a moderate former city schools superintendent who had campaigned on a pro-police message in a race where concerns

By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday afternoon. Trump surrendered and was placed under arrest Tuesday before he was arraigned in a historic and unprecedented court appearance, in which the former