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By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is “highly unlikely” he will need to order the US back to war with Iran as long as there is progress in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, repeating his assertion five times during an interview
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By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — One day after the blue wave that swept away dozens of Republican seats, the mood among Make America Healthy Again activists was palpably glum. On a weekly Wednesday call hosted by MAHA Action, the most prominent political fundraising group for the movement, the normally enthusiastic atmosphere was replaced by
Continue ReadingBy Matt Stiles, Brett Taylor, Curt Merrill, Koko Nakajima, Annette Choi, Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Two years after President Donald Trump carried much of the country’s political map, voters in some of his strongest states delivered a dramatic reversal Tuesday. Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats, including in states Trump won by double digits
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Schumer is confident he’ll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber’s majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Not all Democrats are so sure. During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan —
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he offered the White House press secretary job to Dana White, but a source familiar with the matter says the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO declined the unorthodox idea. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Saturday said she intends to appoint a former US attorney to investigate whether government lawyers committed “ethical violations” in the heated, protracted legal case surrounding President Donald Trump’s desired renovation of a Washington, DC, golf course — adding another chapter to the Trump administration’s battles
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court first agreed to hear the case that launched the justices’ current trajectory protecting the free exercise of religion in January 2016. But after Justice Antonin Scalia suddenly died the next month, creating a possible 4-4 split, the court postponed the hearing for 15 months, past the presidential
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By Adam Cancryn, Priscilla Alvarez, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump responded to this week’s GOP drubbing by initially suggesting that he might soften his approach, expressing openness to collaborating with Democrats. But after growing increasingly agitated by the midterm results, Trump abruptly changed course, replacing chief of staff Susie Wiles with longtime
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN (CNN) — Fear was the word Daisy Alcazar used most during an October visit CNN’s All Over the Map made to her ice cream shop near the US-Mexico border in South Texas. Hope is what she voices most now, when she can stop crying tears of joy. “Texas has turned BLUE!”
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — As the dust settled on Election Night, Democratic operatives working to elect James Talarico were surprised by the breadth of his victory across Texas’ 254 counties. But even then, one area stood out. Kaufman County, southeast of Dallas, is the site of two massive data center projects that have
Continue ReadingBy Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — A group of American diplomats was riding in an Israeli helicopter in early 1960 when one of them spotted a construction site rising out of the Negev desert about 20 miles west of the Dead Sea. The US official pointed and asked the party’s Israeli escort, Addy Cohen from
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration today moved to voluntarily drop its lawsuit against California, giving up on its bid to force election officials to stop counting thousands of mail ballots cast by voters it suspected with little evidence of being non-citizens. The Justice Department’s notice was filed in federal court in Los Angeles
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By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service arrested a man near the White House Thursday who allegedly had several guns in a stolen car and was threatening to kill President Donald Trump. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service agents noticed Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos – a Venezuela national
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By Curt Devine, CNN Palmer, Alaska (CNN) — Days before the midterms, federal prosecutors ordered Gerald Heikes, a longshot Senate hopeful in Alaska, to appear before a grand jury with any records he has related to political groups and other candidates in the race, according to documents reviewed by CNN. The subpoena was sent as
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Priscilla Alvarez, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing her role days after catastrophic Republican midterm losses in a seismic staff shakeup at the White House. She will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a longtime aide to President Donald
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Priscilla Alvarez, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing her role days after catastrophic Republican midterm losses in a seismic staff shakeup at the White House. She will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump dangled the promise of $5,000 checks to every American adult before the midterm elections, with a key stipulation: Republicans had to win. And it wasn’t the only such promise he made, all tied to Republican wins and several in states critical to Senate control. During his
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday, but the proposal offers few details and has left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a big agreement…It’s going to involve
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday, but the proposal offers few details and has left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a big agreement…It’s going to involve
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into President Donald Trump’s political foes. Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under
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