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By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — US officials are intently focused on trying to secure the release of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza – among them American citizens – a task that sources said is now further complicated by Israel’s expansion of its ground operations into Gaza. The US remains a part of the ongoing talks that

By Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama man has been charged with making threatening voicemails to Fulton County officials in Georgia because of their connections to the case against former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II, 59, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta last week on felony charges of transmitting

By Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has released text of its planned Israel funding bill, appropriating $14.3 billion dollars to aid the country, setting up one of the first leadership tests for newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson. As the Louisiana Republican noted last week, the GOP-led bill includes the same amount

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attempted to rewrite history in a speech in Iowa on Sunday, falsely claiming he had campaigned for the presidency in 2016 on a promise that Mexico would pay for “a piece” of his border wall. Trump, now running again for the Republican presidential nomination, has

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is making another attempt to create a new student loan forgiveness program and released some details Monday about the types of borrowers being considered for eligibility. The administration is in the very early stages of developing the new program. A finalized proposal isn’t expected until

By Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against Donald Trump began Monday in Colorado with a group of voters trying to use the Civil War-era amendment to remove the former president from the 2024 ballot, citing his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. In a Denver courtroom, Trump’s lawyers

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Marine Corps commandant Gen. Eric Smith has been hospitalized following a medical emergency on Sunday evening, according to a statement from the service. There is no additional information about his condition or how long he is expected to remain in hospital at this time. Because

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continued advocating for including aid for Ukraine in the national security supplemental, while introducing Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova at an event Monday in Louisville, Kentucky. Across the Capitol, newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to advance a bill this week that only provides

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is announcing it will spend $1.3 billion of new federal funding to help create three new, massive electrical transmission lines in the Southwest and New England, in an effort to improve the nation’s power grid and get more renewable energy into America’s homes and businesses. The

By Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration this weekend pressured Israel to allow more aid into Gaza and to restore internet connectivity to the enclave, a concerted effort to ease a growing humanitarian crisis that comes amid fears of a widening regional war. In Biden’s first phone call

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is announcing new actions Monday aimed at combating a dangerous scourge of antisemitic incidents on college campuses across the country in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. The White House highlighted a series of steps taken by the Department of Homeland Security, the

By Arlette Saenz and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House rolled out a sweeping executive order Monday that aims to monitor and regulate the risks of artificial intelligence while also harnessing its potential, marking the latest effort to address a rapidly evolving technology that has sparked concern among world leaders. Top White

By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed on Sunday to move forward with a $14.5 billion aid package for Israel when the House returns later this week, according to sources on his first GOP conference call since ascending to the top job. Johnson’s decision to move a standalone

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview that the US has “absolutely no intention” of sending American combat troops into Israel or Gaza amid fears over a wider regional conflict. “We have absolutely no intention, nor do we have any plans, to send combat troops into

By Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election subversion criminal case has reinstated the gag order she issued on the former president earlier this month. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan also denied Trump’s request to issue a long-term stay of the order – which bars the former president from

By Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who has held up military promotions for nine months, slammed a proposal being floated to change the chamber’s rules to allow a vote on many of the nominations en masse and attacked the White House and Senate Democrats for not negotiating with him. “It’s

By Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The debate over Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas is exposing deep tensions in the House Democratic Caucus as Rep. Andre Carson called fellow Democrat Josh Gottheimer a “punk” and a “coward,” saying the two “could get into something else” after they disagreed over a

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The United States is communicating to the Israeli government “at the highest levels” the importance of protecting civilian lives in Gaza, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, even as he repeatedly declined to say whether Israel was going about its war the right way. “They’re the ones