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Mitt Romney reveals he personally urged Biden administration to preemptively pardon Donald Trump

By Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney revealed Monday night that he called the White House during the Biden administration when Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump to urge President Joe Biden to preemptively pardon him. “I called a member of the White House, one of the senior

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Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As the US government barrels toward a shutdown, President Donald Trump shared a racist video on social media, which appears to be AI-generated, depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking in a fake voice. Jeffries and Schumer

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Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs

Associated Press (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II. US District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled that the US Agency for

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Trump’s DOJ probes former FBI leadership over document mishandling allegations

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is conducting a national security investigation around the FBI leadership when Christopher Wray was director, in the latest probe by the Trump administration of the president’s political enemies. According to two people familiar with the investigation, the Western District of Virginia is leading the

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the media outside the Grace Agard-Harewood Older Adult Club in the Brooklyn borough of New York

Andrew Cuomo sees hope in NYC mayor’s race after Eric Adams’ departure. Zohran Mamdani sees Trump’s fingerprints

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo’s allies are hoping Eric Adams’ exit from the New York City mayoral race will breathe new life into their struggling campaign. Zohran Mamdani is confident that won’t happen. Mamdani on Monday dismissed Adams’ decision to end his reelection bid as inconsequential. Speaking to CNN’s Erin Burnett, Mamdani

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A view of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 23 in Washington

GOP leaders say they will not give into Democratic demands on funding bill as government shutdown looms

By Camila DeChalus, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Republican leaders in both chambers are holding the line and saying they are not ceding to Democratic demands in order to pass funding for the government, heightening the imminent threat of a shutdown this week. It comes as congressional leaders prepare to meet with President Donald Trump

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The White House on September 1.

Top congressional leaders will meet Trump at the White House on Monday as shutdown looms

By Kit Maher, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The top four congressional leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, multiple sources told CNN, as Washington works to avoid a looming government shutdown. The eleventh-hour meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Minority Leader Hakeem

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FBI's proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year on June 4

Trump accuses Wray of lying about agency actions on January 6, days after Comey indicted

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former FBI Director Christopher Wray of lying about FBI agents’ presence during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, days after his administration brought charges against Wray’s predecessor, James Comey. Trump claimed, without evidence, that the FBI “secretly placed” agents into the crowds to

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