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By Bob Ortega, Kyung Lah, Allison Gordon and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.” In essence, it’s a declaration of

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims to media cameras this week as he entered and exited the Manhattan courtroom where he is on trial on charges of falsifying business records in relation to a hush money scheme during the 2016 presidential election. Here’s a

By Michael Williams, Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Saturday night will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, giving the president a stage and primetime slot to needle the media and his rival former President Donald Trump. Biden will speak to a crowd of nearly 3,000

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “I think that Biden is unfit

By Zachary Cohen and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s Coffee County suffered a cyberattack this month that forced the county to sever its connection to the state’s voter registration system as a precautionary measure, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Investigators believe the incident was a ransomware attack, in which cybercriminals typically

By Brian Rokus, Aaron Pellish and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Rep. Peter Meijer is dropping his bid for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the Republican said in a statement Friday. “The hard reality is the fundamentals of the race have changed since we launched this campaign. After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name

By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday joined Black mayors from across the nation to preview the work his department is doing to bring transportation projects to their communities to correct historic wrongs.  The projects, made possible through the Biden administration’s $3.3 billion “Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods” program, were among the issues discussed at the annual African American Mayors Association Conference in

By Jake Tapper and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after being subpoenaed last month, has agreed to testify to Congress about his controversial nursing home advisory from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rep. Brad Wenstrup told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday. “Governor Cuomo will be appearing before our

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial. David Pecker finally stepped down from the witness stand after more than 10 hours of

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial. David Pecker finally stepped down from the witness stand after more than 10 hours

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden went on “The Howard Stern Show” on Friday and repeated his familiar story about the time he supposedly “got arrested” trying to defend the civil rights of Black Americans. As in the past, Biden told the story on Friday while recounting what his mother supposedly said while urging

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday a $6 billion long-term military aid package for Ukraine — the largest to date — which will allow the US to purchase new equipment produced by the American defense industry for the Ukrainian military. “This is the largest security assistance package

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice presidential contender South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defended actions described in her upcoming book in which she killed a dog and goat on her family farm. According to an excerpt, which was obtained by The Guardian, Noem killed her dog Cricket because the dog was “untrainable,” “dangerous to anyone

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The head of the Federal Student Aid office, which has faced criticism for the botched rollout of this year’s college financial aid form, will be stepping down. According to a letter to staff obtained by CNN, Richard Cordray said Friday that he will not be continuing in his

By Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said he will debate former President Donald Trump ahead of this year’s election, the clearest declaration yet of his willingness to face-off with his Republican rival before voters cast ballots in November. Still, Biden said he didn’t know yet what format the debates might take,

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear. A lower court decision that Donald Trump lacks absolute immunity will not stand as written. The court cannot rely on the good faith of prosecutors. And whatever