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By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Senate GOP Whip John Thune said on Monday that the price tag for the border security provisions in a national security package that negotiators are working to finalize could rise above the $14 billion President Joe Biden initially requested for border security. “That’s being discussed,” Thune

By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israel has proposed that Hamas senior leaders could leave Gaza as part of a broader ceasefire agreement, two officials familiar with the ongoing international discussions told CNN. The extraordinary proposal, which has not been previously reported, comes as Israel has struggled to achieve its stated goal of completely destroying Hamas. Despite its nearly four-month war in Gaza, Israel

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pinned blame squarely on Donald Trump for the reversal of Roe v. Wade, saying the former president is “proud that women are silently suffering” without a guaranteed right to abortion. “The previous president expressed his intentions quite clearly. And fast

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has dismissed a challenge against Donald Trump’s candidacy based on his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The panel rejected the case on procedural grounds Monday, finding that the commission didn’t have jurisdiction to address the matter. The outcome is a victory

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors say their investigation into New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is continuing as he faces numerous corruption charges, including that he acted as an agent for a foreign government, and pressure by fellow Democrats to resign. Prosecutors referenced the ongoing investigation numerous times in a letter to the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pinned blame squarely on Donald Trump for the reversal of Roe v. Wade, saying the former president is “proud that women are silently suffering” without a guaranteed right to abortion. “The previous president expressed his intentions quite clearly. And fast forward

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US and UK carried out additional strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday, marking the eighth round of attacks by the US military on the rebels’ infrastructure in just over 10 days, according to a joint statement. They struck eight sites, according to the statement from the US and

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A robocall using artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice is urging voters in New Hampshire to skip the state’s pivotal primary today. Tracking data suggests up to 25,000 fraudulent calls were made to residents across the Granite State as investigators quickly try to find the identity

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The two Navy SEALs who the US Navy declared dead after they went missing while conducting an operation on January 11 off the coast of Somalia have been identified as Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher Chambers who was 37 and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is allowing US Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire deployed by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s security initiative at the US-Mexico border while the state’s legal challenge to the practice plays out. The vote was 5-4. The justices’ order is a major victory for President

By John King, CNN Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) — Andrew Konchek has a long list of complaints about Donald Trump. But there’s one reason he is ready, again, to set all those worrisome things aside. “I’m with Trump because he supports fishermen, you know, and obviously it’s my livelihood,” Konchek said in an interview at

By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A robocall that appears to be an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden is reaching out to New Hampshire residents, advising them against voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary and saving their vote for the November general election. Audio of the call was reviewed by CNN from the anti-robocall application Nomorobo.

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the extraordinary appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate named Richard Glossip, a man who even the state attorney general said should not be executed. Last May the justices halted the pending execution while legal challenges played out. Glossip

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the extraordinary appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate named Richard Glossip, a man who even the state attorney general said should not be executed. Last May the justices halted the pending execution while legal challenges played out. Glossip has

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The civil defamation trial of Donald Trump returns on Monday with a verdict likely this week on how much more he owes to former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Carroll has to prove that she is entitled to damages from Trump for

By Steve Contorno, Jessica Dean and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, top advisers to Ron DeSantis steeled themselves for a grim result. The polling that for months told them enough Republicans there were ready to move on from Donald Trump was now predicting that most of

CNN Opinion by Ilene Prusher (CNN) — From the New York Post cover that questioned whether we were looking at “DeFuture” to the more high-brow Financial Times dubbing him “Donald Trump with brains and without the drama,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was touted as a rising star with a clear path leading to the Republican nomination in 2024 and

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The two US Navy SEALs who went missing off the coast of Somalia on January 11 are dead, US Central Command said after searching for them for 10 days. “We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing U.S. Navy SEALs have not been located and

CNN Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — And then there was one. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ withdrawal from the GOP presidential race Sunday placed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the kind of one-on-one match-up with Donald Trump that his Republican opponents have been thirsting for since the 2016 primary