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Month: September 2022

Trump-backed GOP pick for Michigan AG has been a vocal supporter of election lies. Emails show just how far he’s gone for the cause

CNN, KOAT, WDIV By Bob Ortega, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Drew Griffin, CNN Months after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump in Michigan had been certified, and confirmed by audits and voting reviews, a clerk in rural Barry County received an unusual and confusing request from Matthew DePerno, an attorney in

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More than 2 months after getting shot in Highland Park, 8-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home with a ‘new normal’ ahead

By Adrienne Broaddus and Christina Maxouris, CNN Roughly two and a half months after getting shot in the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July attack and after multiple surgeries and weeks of rehabilitation, 8-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home — and the road to his “new normal” begins. “There was a time, not all that

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Bank directors urge firing of Trump official in ethics probe

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Executive directors of the Inter-American Development Bank voted unanimously Thursday to recommend firing a former Trump official as president of the Washington-based institution, a person familiar with the vote said. The move came after an investigation conducted at the bank board’s request determined that Mauricio Claver-Carone violated

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Bank directors urge firing of Trump official in ethics probe

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Executive directors of the Inter-American Development Bank voted unanimously Thursday to recommend firing a former Trump official as president of the Washington-based institution, a person familiar with the vote said. The move came after an investigation conducted at the bank board’s request determined that Mauricio Claver-Carone violated

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Identity revealed of former Twitter employee who raised alarm about posts before January 6

By Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, on Thursday revealed the identity of a former Twitter employee whose anonymous testimony raising concerns about former President Donald Trump’s comments on the social media platform was featured at a hearing this summer. The

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Trump-backed GOP pick for Michigan AG has been a vocal supporter of election lies. Emails show just how far he’s gone for the cause

By Bob Ortega, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Drew Griffin, CNN Months after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump in Michigan had been certified, and confirmed by audits and voting reviews, a clerk in rural Barry County received an unusual and confusing request from Matthew DePerno, an attorney in Kalamazoo. DePerno, who’d

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Iceland arrests four suspected of terror plot in ‘unprecedented’ operation

CNN’s Amy Cassidy and Jorge Engels Icelandic police say they have arrested four men for alleged “preparations for terrorist acts” — an unprecedented situation for the tiny country. The four Icelandic men, all in their 30s, were detained “in connection with an investigation into planned preparations for terrorist acts,” said Gunnar Hörður Garðarsson, Iceland’s National

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Macron warns of ‘crisis of democracies,’ including in US, in exclusive US interview

CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron is warning about a “crisis of democracies,” including in the United States, following years of “pressure” and “destabilization” efforts in an exclusive US interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Asked by Tapper if he’s worried about American democracy, Macron replied, “I worry about all of us.” “I

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