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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Trump Organization said it sold its lease for a New York golf course with sweeping views of Manhattan to Bally’s Corporation, ending several years of controversy. “While we had no prior intention of selling this trophy asset, Bally’s Corporation stepped in and made us an exceptional offer,” said

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic candidate in a competitive Virginia House district denounced reports that she and her husband had performed sexual acts on a pornographic livestreaming website, describing the sharing of those videos as “the worst gutter politics.” The existence of the sexually explicit videos, first reported by The Washington Post

By Jasmine Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday made her first public remarks at the White House in more than six years, marking her first open press event at the executive mansion since former President Donald Trump defeated her in the 2016 election. “This is such a great honor

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is calling on his committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, even as they have yet to prove allegations he directly profited off his son’s foreign business deals. The move

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in large part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 12.4% of children were in poverty last year, up from a record

By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — A liberal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Minnesota, the second major lawsuit in two weeks that hopes to invoke the 14th Amendment’s arcane “insurrectionist ban.” The cases are seen as legal long shots. Trump denies wrongdoing and has

By Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is calling on his committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, even as they have yet to prove allegations he directly profited off his son’s foreign business deals. The move comes

CNN By Arlette Saenz (CNN) — Eight new-technology companies – including Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir and Salesforce – are making voluntary commitments on artificial intelligence, a senior Biden administration official told CNN, as the White House looks to safeguard development of the emerging technology while working toward more comprehensive regulation. The agreements, which will be

By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Conservative Rep. Ken Buck is just one of several House Republicans standing in the way of the right’s push to impeach President Joe Biden. But his high-profile seat on the key House Judiciary Committee, recent outspoken interviews railing against the House GOP’s investigative efforts, and long

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Monday evening to freeze a lower court ruling that blocks the state’s newly drawn congressional map, in a filing that critics say defies a Supreme Court opinion that was issued just three months ago. In a new filing submitted

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the 2020 election subversion case against him brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump, in a new court filing Monday, pointed to comments that Chutkan made in cases involving January 6 US

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday urged a federal appeals court to intervene in his failed bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court. In a filing to the 11th US Circuit of Appeals, Meadows asked the court to grant him emergency