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CNN Opinion by Gary Ross (CNN) — Over the past year, we’ve seen an alarming wave of current or former senior government officials who reportedly failed to properly safeguard classified information. This includes classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 and additional classified material discovered and surrendered from the homes of President

By Clare Foran, CNN Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a hardline conservative who has clashed with his own party at times, announced on Tuesday that he will leave Congress at the end of next week. Buck criticized dysfunction on Capitol Hill in discussing his decision to leave, telling CNN’s Dana Bash, “It is the

By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN Many Republicans plan to skip the House GOP retreat as they grumble about both the location and the idea of spending time with one another, with tensions still running high inside the party in the wake of their unprecedented speakership drama. Fewer than 100 Republicans have RSVP’d to

By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced another package of military aid to Ukraine worth up to $300 million on Tuesday after months of warning there was no money left, with officials saying the new funding became available as a results of savings made in weapons contracts. National security adviser Jake

By Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden met on Tuesday with leaders from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as he tries to court the crucial union vote ahead of November. Biden is competing with former President Donald Trump for a Teamsters endorsement. With more than 1 million members, the

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a temporary freeze on the enforcement of Texas’ controversial immigration law that allows state law enforcement to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. Without action from the high court, the Texas law would have gone

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged the heightened emotions surrounding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying in an interview with Snapchat that she understands the frustration as the campaign tries to quell voter concerns. Harris has forcefully spoken about the situation unfolding in Gaza, most recently in remarks in Selma,

By CNN staff (CNN) — The Justice Department has transferred the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur to Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter. Read the transcript of the interview obtained by CNN below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company.

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — All eyes on Tuesday will be on special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and delivered a political bombshell with his conclusions about Biden’s memory. The special counsel is set to testify at the GOP-run House Judiciary Committee,

By CNN staff (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, is set to testify Tuesday at the GOP-run House Judiciary Committee, where he’ll be peppered with questions about his 388-page report released last month. Read a draft of his opening statement obtained by CNN, below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN President Joe Biden told jokes and unfurled lengthy detailed stories from his decadeslong political career as he parried questions from special counsel Robert Hur and his investigators over two days last October, a transcript of the interview reviewed by CNN shows. The Justice Department has sent the transcript to Congress, which had

By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — All eyes on Tuesday will be on special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and delivered a political bombshell with his conclusions about Biden’s memory. The special counsel is set to testify at the GOP-run House Judiciary Committee, where

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s politics are mostly focused on himself, as opposed to an ideology, but two notable evolutions this week – on Social Security and TikTok – spotlight something new. Both Trump and President Joe Biden will look to sell their policy positions now that

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers’ bid for Senate in Michigan on Monday, backing national Republicans’ pick to try to flip the open seat in the fall. “Mike has served his Country during a career loaded up with accolades and wins, from the Army to Congress,

By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are pressing ahead with a Wednesday floor vote on legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States unless it part ways with its Chinese parent company, even as former President Donald Trump has signaled some uneasiness over the legislation. House Energy and Commerce

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Brian Butler, a former Mar-a-Lago worker referenced as “Trump Employee Number 5” in the classified documents indictment of Donald Trump, spoke exclusively with CNN on Monday about what he saw at the former president’s private club and the subsequent fallout after a search there by federal investigators. Butler’s interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins provides new details

By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee began laying off dozens of staffers on Monday, days after Donald Trump’s handpicked team took the reins of the organization, according to two Republican operatives with knowledge of the dismissals. The layoffs affect staffers across multiple departments, the sources said. The cuts also go beyond senior

By Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after Donald Trump called into CNBC Monday morning, a host on the financial network’s flagship show posed a straightforward question: How did the former president’s vision for the country compare to the one President Joe Biden laid out in last week’s State of the Union

By Marshall Cohen, Melanie Zanona and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The January 6 committee withheld witness transcripts from the public that undercut some of their most explosive claims about the insurrection, House Republicans alleged in a report released Monday. Some of the withheld transcripts include testimony from the driver of Trump’s SUV on January 6 and Trump