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By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will likely produce thousands of words when it decides this year whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion charges. But for now, court watchers are stuck parsing the first 29. That’s how many words the court used

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia accused of acting as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, said in court Thursday that he plans to plead guilty to charges, according to his court docket. Rocha, 73, is charged with several counts, including acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government, wire fraud

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for Donald Trump proposed moving the trial in the classified documents case against the former president later into the summer. Smith said in court filings Thursday that he believes that Trump and his two co-defendants, political aide Walt

By CNN Staff House Republicans conducting the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden released on Thursday afternoon a transcript of their closed-door deposition with Hunter Biden conducted the day before. Read the transcript as provided by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors in Boston asked for a so-called Rule 11 hearing –

By Melanie Zanona and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has decided to seek reelection after announcing earlier this month that he was planning to retire, according to a GOP source close to the Tennessee Republican. The quick reversal comes after Green received encouragement

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — E. Jean Carroll said Donald Trump should not be given more time to post the $83.3 million she was awarded in her defamation trial against the former president, telling the judge that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.” On Friday, Trump asked the judge overseeing the defamation case

By Kristin Wilson and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address, according to the House speaker’s office. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that Britt will deliver the response on March 7, shortly after

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Prosecutors want to ask potential jurors in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case against former President Donald Trump whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen – one of several proposed queries for the jury pool that prosecutors and the defendants are at odds over, according to a new

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — The young girl from Colombia hid in a porta potty to shield herself from the biting wind and cold as she and her parents waited at a makeshift camp along the southern border earlier this month. Border Patrol agents had directed them to the temporary camp

Analysis by Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s trial in his election interference case in Washington, DC, is indefinitely postponed during ongoing appeals about presidential immunity. But the judge who will oversee the trial has hinted at a quick timetable once the case returns to her jurisdiction. US

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Austin, Texas, ordered the state government Thursday to suspend enforcement of a controversial law that would allow state law enforcement agents to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. “If allowed to procced, SB 4 could open the door to each

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 US election will feature more foreign adversaries that are trying to meddle in the election than previous voting cycles thanks to artificial intelligence and other technological advances, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday. Advances in AI-generated photos and videos “are lowering the barrier to entry” for malign foreign influence

By Nikki Carvajal, MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The killing of more than a hundred Palestinians at a food distribution site in Gaza where Israeli troops opened fire, triggering panic as civilians were gathering around food aid trucks, has added urgency to ceasefire talks – but could also complicate them,

By John King, CNN Easton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Darrell Ann Murphy teaches Mahjong at the local library with a dual purpose: to create new fans of the game she loves while also helping keep fellow seniors mentally sharp. She begins class with a rule that has nothing to do with how to play the colorful

CNN By John King, CNN Easton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Darrell Ann Murphy teaches Mahjong at the local library with a dual purpose: to create new fans of the game she loves while also helping keep fellow seniors mentally sharp. She begins class with a rule that has nothing to do with how to play the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania is launching a new task force dedicated to election threats, marking a key initiative in the battleground state ahead of the 2024 election. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced the task force, saying it will “safeguard the rights of every citizen.” “Pennsylvania is the birthplace of American

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Morgan Rimmer, Sam Fossum and Ted Barrett, CNN The House and Senate both passed a stopgap bill on Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. To provide additional time for full-year funding bills to be finalized and passed, the stopgap measure will extend funding on