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Joe Biden taps Hollywood orbit for $28 million fundraiser, a new record for Democrats

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Joe Biden has raised $28 million heading into a star-studded fundraiser Saturday, campaign officials told CNN, as the president leans on his Hollywood friends to help boost his campaign war chest. The president’s Los Angeles event with former President Barack Obama, George Clooney and Julia Roberts marks the campaign’s latest effort

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Donald Trump’s ground game strategy: Rely on help from outside organizations like Turning Point

By Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign is taking a vastly different approach to 2024 compared to 2020, with plans for fewer staff and expenses, including what they view as superfluous brick and mortar offices. Instead, the campaign pledges to run a more efficient operation that will rely heavily on data modeling, microtargeting and relying on wealthy conservative groups

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US forces destroy Houthi radars in Yemen that allowed Iranian-backed group to target commercial ships, CENTCOM says

By Mary Kay Mallonee and Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — US forces launched successful attacks late this week on Houthi radars that helped facilitate the Iranian-backed group’s ongoing assaults on ships in the Red Sea, according to US Central Command. CENTCOM said the US military destroyed seven radars in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, which had

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McCarthy ally Garret Graves won’t seek reelection after new Louisiana map made his seat more Democratic

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, ending months of uncertainty after a new congressional map made his seat significantly Democratic. “Representing South Louisiana and serving in the United States Congress has been an incredible honor,” Graves said in a statement, before

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Trump ridicules special counsel’s gag order request in new filing in classified documents case

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Friday ridiculed special counsel Jack Smith’s gag order request in the former president’s classified documents case in Florida, calling it an unconstitutional attack on the 2024 Republican candidate and a ploy to help Joe Biden keep the presidency. “In Jack Smith’s most recent shocking display

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George W. Bush Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Laura

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Johnson says House will go to court for Biden recordings after DOJ says it won’t prosecute AG Garland

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday he will move in federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland to obtain audio recordings of President Joe Biden, after the Justice Department declined to act on the House’s contempt referral. Johnson said in a statement that he disagrees with the DOJ’s

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on June 13

Fact check: Trump falsely claims Biden didn’t lower Americans’ insulin costs

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is campaigning on his success in getting seniors with diabetes a $35-per-month cap on their insulin spending. But his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, claimed Saturday that Biden has actually done nothing to lower insulin costs and that Biden is taking credit for Trump’s own accomplishment. “Low INSULIN PRICING

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms back into the nation’s political spotlight. The high court’s conservative majority found that the

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US to temporarily dismantle Gaza humanitarian pier again as heavy seas are expected

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military will temporarily dismantle the humanitarian pier it constructed off the coast of Gaza and move it back to Israel on Friday night, amid concerns that heavy seas could once again break it just days after it resumed aid delivery operations, multiple US officials and US Central Command said.

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