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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A New Hampshire man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly threating to kill three presidential candidates in violent and graphic text messages. The presidential candidates are not named in charging documents. A spokesperson for Republican hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy previously told CNN that the tech entrepreneur’s campaign was a target of the threats.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is ramping up the pressure on his Mexican counterpart to help with the untenable situation at the US southern border that’s left officials scrambling to respond to an unprecedented migrant surge and exacerbated one of the president’s longstanding political problems. Biden spoke with Mexican President

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New York on Thursday, just days after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $150 million to two former Georgia election workers for defamation. According to the filing, Giuliani listed debts between $100 million and $500 million, and assets worth

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the one thing he would change about the dynamics of the 2024 Republican presidential primary would be the indictments issued against former President Donald Trump, which he says have “distorted”the race. DeSantis said in an interview with CBN News released Thursday that he believes the

By Arlette Saenz, Michael Williams and Michael Rios, CNN Washington (CNN) — The United States is ready to vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza after several delays, US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday night. “I just want to share with you that we have worked hard and diligently

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday reiterated his request for the Supreme Court to immediately decide whether Donald Trump has presidential immunity from alleged crimes he committed while in office. “The public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate, definitive decision by this Court. The

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for five years, is afraid for his safety after being assaulted by another inmate late last month, he said in a call with CNN on Wednesday. Whelan said he is being targeted by an official at a remote prison camp in

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The top US and Chinese generals spoke on Thursday for the first time in over a year, marking the end of a strained silence between senior US and Chinese military officials that had deeply concerned the Pentagon. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ

CNN, POOL, VTV, FAMILY PHOTOS By Betsy Klein, Michael Conte and David Shortell, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US has reached an agreement to secure the release of six wrongfully detained Americans and four other Americans held in Venezuela, senior US officials announced Wednesday, The deal will also include the extradition of Leonard Francis, the

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — One of the things Edna Courville remembers most about the 1960 presidential election is her mother’s fury as the adults gathered in the dining room of their Minden, Louisiana, home to review the preamble to the US Constitution. They were preparing, she said, for the state’s Jim Crow-era literacy

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — A flurry of new analysis by US intelligence agencies has warned that Hamas’ credibility and influence has grown dramatically in the two months since the October 7 terror attack and the onset of Israel’s military response in the Middle East and beyond. As Israel’s relentless air campaign has killed thousands of civilians

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — A flurry of new analysis by US intelligence agencies has warned that Hamas’ credibility and influence has grown dramatically in the two months since the October 7 terror attack and the onset of Israel’s military response in the Middle East and beyond. As Israel’s relentless air campaign has killed thousands of

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called out other countries for not demanding Hamas surrender. “What is striking to me is that even as, again, we hear many countries urging the end to this conflict, which we would all like to see, I hear virtually no one saying

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two Georgia election workers recently awarded nearly $150 million by a jury for the harm caused by defamatory statements Rudy Giuliani made about them following the 2020 election can begin trying to collect from him immediately, according to a new court order. Typically, the women who had sued Giuliani

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice has charged a high-ranking member of the terrorist organization Hezbollah for his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday by the DOJ. The 1994 attack – the worst in Argentina’s history – killed 85 people and injured about 300. Samuel Salman El

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — After the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible for office because of the Constitution’s “insurrectionist ban,” some prominent Republicans bashed the “unelected judges” for their decision. “We need elections that we can trust, that we can believe in,” GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday at a campaign

By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his commentary about footage from the January 6, 2021, insurrection that he aired Monday night, saying the host “cherry-picked” from the footage to present “offensive” and “misleading” conclusions about the

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip next month’s third GOP presidential primary debate and instead hold a rivaling rally just up the road highlights how complicated – and at times thorny – the relationship between the Republican National Committee and the front-runner’s team

By Eric Bradner and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination largely closed ranks around the former president, adding to the broad GOP criticism of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he cannot appear on the state’s primary ballot next year. However, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who lambasted

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a challenge from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Biden administration’s implementation of the so-called good neighbor rule – a regulation to reduce smog and air pollution. The court set oral arguments for February. The group of Republican-led states,