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Newt Gingrich Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US House speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1943 Birth place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Birth name: Newton Leroy McPherson; adopted at a young age by stepfather Robert Gingrich and took his last name Father: Newton C. McPherson, mechanic

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Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the names should be changed back. Hegseth, a National Guard veteran and longtime Fox News host, has described the renaming efforts as

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you agree with the sentence in Trump’s New York case?

President-elect Donald Trump made history Friday as the first current, former or prospective president to be sentenced for a felony conviction. His sentence — unconditional release. Effectively, no sentence. Trump will not serve jail time or pay a fine or attorneys’ fees. That’s despite a conviction on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records.

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California Democrats get an early taste of new clashes with Trump as wildfires rage on

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a new round of criticism Sunday targeting Democrats over their efforts to tame the Southern California wildfires, ripping rival liberal leaders as “incompetent” witnesses to “one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country.” Trump’s Truth Social post is the latest in a

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Senate immigration bill aims to overturn Supreme Court precedent in a sea change for legal system, experts say

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement — including whether to detain individual migrants — under a GOP bill that has passed the House and is moving forward in the Senate with bipartisan support. The Laken Riley Act aims to overturn Supreme

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Trump’s Cabinet picks face tests of loyalty during upcoming confirmation hearings

By Steve Contorno, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate confirmation hearings set to begin this week are likely to reveal a defining trait uniting Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet, regardless of their diverse political backgrounds and uneven qualifications: an unflinching allegiance to the president-elect. For weeks, Trump’s handpicked nominees have undergone rigorous preparations

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Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on August 1

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned

By Dan Berman, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department effective Friday, according to a court filing. The filing comes amid a legal fight to stop Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing the special counsel’s report of his investigations into then-President Donald Trump’s efforts

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Trump border czar privately tempers Republican lawmaker expectations on administration’s initial deportation operation

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has privately told Republican lawmakers to temper their expectations for the incoming administration’s initial deportation operation, citing limited resources, according to multiple sources involved in the conversations. While Trump’s allies have floated measures to detain and deport people residing in the US

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More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in

By Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan and Allison Morrow, CNN (CNN) — In Texas, Florida, and more than a dozen other states, users who try to access the world’s largest pornography website are greeted by a surprising sight: a message on a black screen telling them they’re blocked because of the actions of their state legislature.

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US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington

Biden slams Meta’s decision to get rid of fact-checking in wide-ranging Q-and-A with reporters

CNN By Samantha Waldenberg, Alejandra Jaramillo and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Friday that Meta’s decision to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with user-generated community notes is “really shameful” as he answered questions from reporters on a number of subjects following a speech on the economy. Biden

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