By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Susie Wiles was searching for her next act when Donald Trump came knocking last spring. Plotting a comeback after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was proving to be tougher than the former President had anticipated, and he needed someone to whip his
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Doug Mastriano, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is expected to appear virtually on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection but might not end up answering any questions due to a dispute over his testimony, a source familiar with
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell US authorities have obtained a warrant to seize a Russian oligarch’s private plane, valued at over $90 million, for violating US sanctions for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Airbus A319-100 aircraft, authorities say, is owned by Andrei Skoch, a member of Russia’s State Duma and a billionaire who made his fortune through
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Approximately two years’ worth of text messages sent and received by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have been turned over to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. The messages were handed over to the committee by Mark
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Approximately two years’ worth of text messages sent and received by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have been turned over to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. The messages were handed over to the committee by Mark
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday drew firm distinctions between the United States and Russia as he sought to make the case that the US is the better partner for countries in Africa. In a speech about the Biden administration’s “strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa,” delivered in Pretoria, South Africa,
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On June
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Brian Fung, CNN The US Treasury on Monday sanctioned Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, for its use by cybercriminals, including those under US sanctions. According to a senior Treasury official, Tornado Cash has reportedly laundered more than $7 billion in virtual currency since its launch in 2019, including $455 million
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he was concerned about China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan but that he didn’t believe China would take additional action as it escalates tensions following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. China has spent several days conducting military drills that have essentially encircled Taiwan
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Michigan’s Democratic attorney general is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate her Donald Trump-backed challenger after finding evidence linking him to a potentially criminal plot to seize and tamper with voting machines used in the 2020 election, according to a letter obtained by CNN and documents released
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN Newly revealed photographs reveal two occasions on which former President Donald Trump apparently flushed documents down the toilet. Maggie Haberman, a New York Times reporter and CNN contributor, is publishing the new images in her forthcoming book, “Confidence Man,” and the images were earlier posted by Axios. CNN has previously reported
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN Newly revealed photographs reveal two occasions on which former President Donald Trump apparently flushed documents down the toilet. Maggie Haberman, a New York Times reporter and CNN contributor, is publishing the new images in her forthcoming book, “Confidence Man,” and the images were earlier posted by Axios. CNN has previously reported
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden visited eastern Kentucky on Monday and pledged the full support of the federal government as the commonwealth begins rebuilding following flooding that killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage. The President was joined by Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and received a
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Just how far people in the South will have to travel to access abortion care will be defined by legal challenges unfolding in Louisiana and Georgia. Almost every state in the Southeast bans the procedure or limits it to all but the earliest stages of pregnancy — with
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Manu Raju, CNN The Senate on Sunday afternoon passed Democrats’ $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill, in a significant victory for President Joe Biden and his party. The final, party-line vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. The package is the
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Senate Democrats failed to realize their longstanding goal of lowering the price of insulin for the more than 150 million Americans with private health insurance. The party had pushed to include a measure in their climate and health care package that passed the chamber Sunday that would place a $35 cap
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Senate Democrats failed to realize their longstanding goal of lowering the price of insulin for the more than 150 million Americans with private health insurance. The party had pushed to include a measure in their climate and health care package that passed the chamber Sunday that would place a $35 cap
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey still remembers the raw anger he felt after the 2009 climate bill bearing his name failed to advance in a Democrat-controlled Senate. “I was full of rage that the climate crisis was not going to be addressed,” he told CNN of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. “I just
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate has worked through the night and into Sunday morning, taking a series of back-to-back amendment votes that are among the last steps toward final passage of Democrats’ sweeping health care and climate bill — putting the package on track to be approved by the chamber as
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Devan Cole, CNN Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams said Sunday that she was “anti-abortion” until she went to college and met a friend who gave her a new perspective on the contentious issue. “I’ve thought about my faith a great deal. In fact, I was anti-abortion until I went to
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