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2024 Presidential Candidates Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2024 presidential candidates and key dates in their campaigns. Republican Candidates Donald Trump – 45th president of the United StatesPrimary Campaign Committee – Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc.Website – https://www.donaldjtrump.com/November 15, 2022 – Trump announces that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024,

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A man holds Moldovan national flag as special police officers patrol a street near a polling station during the second round of Moldova's presidential election in the town of Varnita.

Russia-linked individuals working to trigger insurrection against Moldovan government, US believes

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US intelligence community believes that individuals with ties to Russian intelligence are planning to stage protests in Moldova to try to foment a manufactured insurrection against the Moldovan government, with the ultimate goal of seeing a more pro-Russia administration installed there, White House officials said Friday. The US believes that

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A sweeping cybersecurity breach of congressional members' private information was more extensive than previously known.

Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A sweeping cybersecurity breach of congressional members’ private information was more extensive than previously known and affects not only House lawmakers and their staff but also Senate employees. The Senate sergeant-at-arms alerted Senate staff about the breach Thursday in an email obtained by CNN. The compromised data is “extensive,” and includes

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Former President Donald Trump attends CPAC at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor

NY prosecutors invite Trump to testify in hush money investigation; decision on charges could come soon

By Kara Scannell, Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating a decision on charging Trump may come soon. Potential defendants in New

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa

New York governor and attorney general ask major pharmacies to commit to dispensing abortion pill in state

By Nicki Brown and Jack Forrest, CNN New York’s governor and attorney general on Thursday called on major pharmacy chains Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS to commit to dispensing prescribed medication abortion in the state, both in pharmacy locations and through mail orders. “Even as access to this medication is under threat elsewhere for political

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Oklahoma GOP senator tells union leader ‘shut your mouth’ in heated exchange over union intimidation

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee.

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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston testifies during the House Armed Services Committee

US military leaders push back at Republican assertions force is being politicized in congressional hearing

By Haley Britzky, CNN Senior enlisted US military leaders pushed back against Republican lawmakers’ assertions on Thursday that the force is being politicized by what Republicans called “woke” initiatives that the lawmakers claim are hurting recruitment and distracting from the military’s mission. In response to questioning at a congressional hearing from Republican Rep. Mike Waltz,

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Federal prosecutors accidentally turned over documents that could have included classified information to members of the far-right Proud Boys who are on trial for seditious conspiracy

Prosecutors mistakenly turn over potentially FBI classified material to Proud Boys on trial

By Holmes Lybrand and Casey Gannon, CNN Federal prosecutors accidentally turned over documents that could have included classified information to members of the far-right Proud Boys who are on trial for seditious conspiracy, including more than 1,000 internal messages between FBI agents. On Thursday, Judge Timothy Kelly gave the FBI more time to review the

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Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro arrives at a district court for a motion hearing in August 2022 in Washington

Judge orders former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over emails from his private account said to be White House records

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has ordered former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over to the US government certain emails from his time at the White House, granting the Justice Department a victory in a civil lawsuit the department brought against the ex-trade adviser. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said that

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