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By Kristen Holmes, Oliver Darcy and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday dined with top Fox executives at his Bedminster golf club, during which Fox News president Jay Wallace and the network’s chief executive, Suzanne Scott, encouraged him to participate in the first presidential debate the network is hosting later

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Russia is forcing Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territories to accept Russian citizenship by engaging in a systematic push “to make it impossible for residents to survive in their homes” unless they do so, according to a newly released report from the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab. The report details an extensive

By Macie Goldfarb and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In the ongoing battle between Walt Disney World and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney’s governing district – whose current board was hand-picked by DeSantis and took control of the district in February – abolished all of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the district said in

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday that the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol was “fueled by lies” told by former President Donald Trump. The indictment of Trump on four new federal criminal charges, all related to the former president’s effort to overturn his defeat in

CNN By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — It’s been eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection, but the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump has never been more intense. This week, he was indicted by a federal grand jury in the

By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden was hardly veiled in describing his predecessor during a conversation with Democratic donors in Maine last week. “If you just take what he said, on the record … some would say it’s just flat seditious,” the president said in a barn in Freeport.

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Approval ratings of the US Supreme Court remain at record low levels and Americans are closely divided on Justice Clarence Thomas, as the court continues to issue controversial opinions and is hit with criticism about ethics standards. The latest results are based on a Gallup

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith reentered the public eye on Tuesday with a grand jury’s indictment of Donald Trump over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,

By Zachary B. Wolf and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges related to 2020 election subversion, a stunning third time this year that the former president has faced criminal charges. But could the former president, who remains the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, assume the Oval

By Tierney Sneed and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday that illustrated the depth and breadth of the federal criminal investigation. Prosecutors said in the

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The historic indictment against Donald Trump in the special counsel’s probe into January 6, 2021, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election says that he “enlisted co-conspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts.” The charging documents repeatedly reference six of these co-conspirators, but as is common practice,

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to preside over former President Donald Trump’s criminal case in Washington, DC, has repeatedly spoken out in very strong terms against the efforts to overturn the election and disrupt the transfer of power. Chutkan, a Jamaica native, has

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates seeking to make the second debate stage in September will face tougher criteria for doing so, according to a person familiar with the new rules. To make the next debate, which will be held on September 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley,

By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — It’s been eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection, but the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump has never been more intense. This week, he was indicted by a federal grand jury in the special

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 14, 1946 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Donald John Trump Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump Marriages: Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present);

By CNN staff (CNN) — A federal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Read the indictment here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

By Tierney Sneed, Holmes Lybrand, Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen, Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges by a federal grand jury in a case that strikes at the former president’s efforts to remain in the White House after losing the 2020 election

By Ashley Killough and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas was handcuffed and placed on the ground face-first by local law enforcement while he was trying to assist a teenage girl in medical distress at a rodeo over the weekend, according to a witness who spoke to CNN. In a

By Jasmine Wright (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ challenge to debate his state’s new Black history curriculum as “politically motivated,” marking the latest escalation in a quickly growing feud between the former prosecutor and GOP presidential hopeful. Harris, speaking in Florida Tuesday during a previously scheduled event, accused DeSantis