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By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray raised concerns Thursday about “fairness and transparency” in the decision to select Greenbelt, Maryland, as the new location for the bureau’s headquarters. In a message to FBI employees, Wray questioned the selection process by the General Services Administration and the

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, spent nearly an hour Thursday considering former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s attempt to overturn his conviction and sentence for contempt of Congress. Bannon was convicted in July 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued by the now-defunct

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will visit Israel on Sunday, which will make him the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the country since the October 7 Hamas attacks. Christie, who has made US leadership on the world stage a focal point of his campaign, confirmed the trip,

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US and coalition forces have come under attack at least four more times since the US struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria on Wednesday evening, according to a US official. On Wednesday evening, there were two multi-rocket attacks on US and coalition forces at Omar Oil Fields near Mission

By Katelyn Polantz and Paula Reid, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — A plumber, a maid, a chauffeur and a woodworker are among Mar-a-Lago staffers and contract workers who federal prosecutors may call to testify against former President Donald Trump and his two co-defendants at their upcoming criminal trial in Florida, according to multiple

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A sprawling 61-acre site in Maryland was selected as the new location for the FBI’s headquarters, but some of the bureau’s leaders and state lawmakers are expressing concerns over the choice. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1.

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. will be the first defense witness to be called Monday, attorneys for the Trump family confirmed. The lawyers representing former President Donald Trump, his adult sons, and their company will begin their defense on Monday. The New York attorney general’s office rested its case

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of John Boehner, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1949 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: John Andrew Boehner Father: Earl Henry Boehner, bar owner Mother: Mary Ann (Hall) Boehner Marriage: Debbie (Gunlack) Boehner (1973-present) Children: Lindsay and

By Aaron Pellish and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Two-time Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein announced Thursday she plans to seek the party’s nomination for the White House in 2024. “The political system is broken. The two Wall Street parties are bought and paid for,” Stein said in a video posted on social media announcing her

By Fredreka Schouten, Nick Valencia, Kevin Conlon and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating reports of suspicious letters sent to public officials, a Justice Department spokesperson said Thursday. “We are aware of the reports and the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating this matter,” the department spokesperson said

By John King, CNN (CNN) — Iowa businessman Chris Mudd scored the latest Republican debate as a win for Ron DeSantis, highlighting the Florida governor’s pledge to order troops to the border and to shoot “stone cold dead” anyone trying to smuggle fentanyl into the United States if he’s elected president. But Mudd’s debate scorecard came with a caveat. “We’re picking the runner up,” he said in a text

By Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Lauren Fox, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia will not run for reelection in 2024, the moderate Democrat announced on social media Thursday, a blow for his party’s chances to hold control of the Senate in next year’s election. “After months of deliberation and long conversation with my

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — An illegal voting scheme in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has become a rallying cry for former President Donald Trump and his supporters who are still pushing false claims about 2020 election security and trying to sow doubts ahead of the 2024 presidential contest. While election experts say this fearmongering about fraud in US elections is overblown, they say the

CNN By Manu Raju, Shania Shelton and Sam Fossum, CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted in unprecedented fashion more than a month ago, railed on the Republicans who voted for his removal — and bluntly predicted that one of his detractors would lose reelection next year. In an exclusive interview with CNN in his new

By Denise Royal and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Two Florida chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine remain active, despite Gov. Ron DeSantis asserting during Wednesday night’s GOP presidential primary debate that he had deactivated them. According to State University of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, both SJP chapters said they are not chartered by

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers pushed back in court Thursday against efforts to remove him from Michigan’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban, the third state to grapple with the matter this month. The hearing unfolded in Grand Rapids one day after the Minnesota Supreme Court

By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson is running smack dab into the same spending problems that plagued his predecessor, raising the prospects of a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t act between now and next Friday and further exposing divisions within the conference. House

By Manu Raju, Shania Shelton and Sam Fossum, CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted in unprecedented fashion more than a month ago, railed on the Republicans who voted for his removal — and bluntly predicted that one of his detractors would lose reelection next year. In an exclusive interview with CNN in his new office

By Ariane de Vogue, Morgan Rimmer, Devan Cole and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee backed down on a planned vote Thursday to subpoena two major conservative players close to Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in their probe into ongoing ethics controversies at the Supreme Court. The subpoenas would target Leonard

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Abortion rights advocates have now racked up seven consecutive wins since the fall of Roe v. Wade when voters have weighed in directly on reproductive rights. Next year, they’re hoping to build on that momentum. The approval of Ohio’s Issue 1, the latest measure to enshrine abortion rights in