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By Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Paul Pelosi recounted publicly for the first time Monday the shock he felt last year as he awoke to a man armed with a hammer in the San Francisco home he shares with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling jurors how he later came

By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House on Monday voted to refer a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House Homeland Security Committee. The final vote was 209-201, with eight Republicans voting with Democrats. The move was a late stage shift by Democrats to not try and outright kill the resolution, but allow the

By Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Special counsel David Weiss in a recent interview with lawmakers pushed back against claims that his probe into Hunter Biden was tainted by politics and pledged that his final report will clear the air on some of the most scrutinized internal disputes from his tenure, according to a transcript

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged disagreements within the State Department over the Biden administration’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war in an email to staff Monday. His message to personnel, sent on the heels of his recent travels, comes amid growing anger and dissent not only from staff at the State Department but

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. returned to the witness stand Monday to give his family’s side of the story in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump. Trump Jr.’s testimony often appeared as a lengthy effort to rehabilitate the

By CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday unveiled a code of conduct in an attempt to bolster the public’s confidence in the court after months of news stories alleging that some of the justices have been skirting ethics regulations. It is unclear however, how the code will be enforced and by whom. Read the

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday announced a code of conduct in an attempt to bolster the public’s confidence in the court after months of news stories alleging that some of the justices have been skirting ethics regulations. In a brief statement the justices said that the

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The special counsel’s office is pushing back against Donald Trump using his Washington, DC, federal criminal trial as a spectacle, after Trump’s lawyers told the court this weekend he’d support cameras in the courtroom. Trump’s bid to open his DC federal criminal trial to cameras is “a transparent effort

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US forces came under attack at least four more times by Iran-backed groups in Syria after the US military carried out air strikes on targets associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps on Sunday, a US official told CNN. All four of the attacks came after

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital. The information comes after comments made Sunday by a top White House official that Hamas is using hospitals and civilian facilities. “You can see

CNN By Kristen Holmes, Shimon Prokupecz and Avery Lotz CNN (CNN) — Maryanne Trump Barry, the eldest sister of former President Donald Trump, has died, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN. She was 86. Barry, a former federal judge and prosecutor, was selected by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Federal

By Kevin Liptak and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — A 3-year-old American citizen toddler is one of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, the White House said Sunday. In a readout of a Sunday call between President Joe Biden and Qatar’s Emir, the White House said the child’s parents were killed

By Kristen Holmes, Shimon Prokupecz and Avery Lotz CNN (CNN) — Maryanne Trump Barry, the eldest sister of former President Donald Trump, has died, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN. She was 86. Barry, a former federal judge and prosecutor, was selected by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Federal District

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon identified on Monday the five special operations aviators who were killed in a training flight crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday evening. The soldiers, all assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee; Chief Warrant Officer 2

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of an Illinois inmate whose lawyers argued his rights were violated when he was kept in solitary confinement for some three years and denied virtually all access to exercise. The inmate, Michael Johnson, argued that the deprivation

By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — A US Secret Service agent on President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden’s security detail shot at individuals attempting to break into a US government vehicle in Georgetown, CNN has learned. “On Nov. 12 around 11:58 p.m. in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, Secret Service agents encountered possibly

By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Morgan Rimmer, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-step plan to keep the government open beyond November 17 will face a major hurdle on the House floor this week, a critical moment for the new speaker who is facing his first major legislative test with just four days to avert a

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A court hearing for two South Koreans charged with operating brothels in the US to determine whether they will be held behind bars pending an outcome in the case has been delayed until next week. Clients of the high-end brothels, located in rented luxury apartments across the Boston area

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — More than 55 million Americans are expected to travel over Thanksgiving and the vast majority will be driving, according to AAA. To avoid a holiday hassle, remember to depart early, pack strategically and monitor your forecasts for potential weather disruptions. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Aaron Pellish, Jeff Zeleny and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is suspending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. “I love America more today than I did on May 22. But when I go back to Iowa, it will not be as