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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top foreign policy aide, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have not condemned the United Kingdom, France, Canada and others for their planned sanctions on settlements in the occupied West Bank – a notable development from the self-described “most pro-Israel” administration in history.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A day after promising to send $5,000 dividend payments to all Americans, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would distribute $500 rebate checks to nearly one million Affordable Care Act enrollees in 30 states. In a video posted on the White House X account, Trump said that these
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris will keynote a Fulton County Democrats dinner and stump with Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff at the end of October, capping off a spate of appearances on the trail for a select group of candidates on the midterms ballot this year. That positions Harris as a closer in
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court sided with opponents of a Republican-friendly congressional map in Missouri on Thursday, rejecting a plan that could have given the GOP an extra seat in the House of Representatives. The order, issued without explanation and no noted dissent, will almost certainly mean the state will use
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor and first South Asian mayor. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1991 Birth place: Kampala, Uganda Birth name: Zohran Kwame Mamdani Father: Mahmood Mamdani, professor at Columbia University Mother: Mira Nair, filmmaker
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to the US census that could leave millions out of the count, dramatically altering the allocation of congressional seats and billions in federal funds. The proposed regulation posted in the Federal Register would add a citizenship question to the 2030
Continue ReadingBy Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency is asking the body to hold Iran accountable for failing to stick with safeguards meant to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, diplomatic officials announced Wednesday. It’s the latest chapter in a more than decade-long effort to keep an eye on Iran that has
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump vowed to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities in November’s midterm elections – an extraordinary offer as he tries to keep his party in power. But he offered no details on how he would pay for such a move,
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes will win the Democratic nomination for governor of Rhode Island, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating incumbent Gov. Dan McKee as she capitalized on voter frustration over the partial closure of a key bridge and the ensuing traffic chaos. Used by tens of thousands of
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his rambling Wednesday speech at the Republican midterm convention. Trump repeated long-debunked lies about elections and immigration. He delivered a whopper on the critical subject of inflation, wrongly saying “almost every item” is getting cheaper even as prices continue to rise.
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — As her husband was out of town Wednesday night, first lady Melania Trump addressed a group of historians and preservation-minded VIPs in President Donald Trump’s newly renovated White House Rose Garden, where she spoke about being a good steward of the people’s house. “The White House stands as an
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CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump vowed to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities in November’s midterm elections – an extraordinary offer as he tries to keep his party in power. But he offered no details on how he would pay for such a
Continue Reading By Sarah Ferris (CNN) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman praised his Republican colleague from his home state, Sen. Dave McCormick, in a surprise video appearance at the GOP midterm convention, and condemned the rise of far-left voices in his own party. In the roughly one-minute video introducing McCormick on stage, Fetterman made clear that he
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A fast-moving legal battle over Missouri’s effort to eke an additional Republican seat out of its congressional map for this year’s midterm election returned to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a day after Justice Brett Kavanaugh had effectively rejected the same proposed map. A group that organized opposition
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The White House has removed from its website an arcade-style “Build the Wall” game closely styled like Tetris, which comes after the gaming company warned of copyright infringement. The White House last week launched a series of games on its website to tout the administration’s priorities. But two games
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The issue of medication abortion was back before a New Orleans-based appeals court on Wednesday, in the latest iteration of a yearslong legal effort to end the provision of abortion drugs via telehealth. Medication abortion now accounts for two-thirds of US abortions, which overall have increased since the 2022
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he expects Iran will abandon its war effort after the US midterm elections – and he conceded American gas prices are unlikely to fall before then. Speaking to reporters on his way to the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Trump asserted that Iran
Continue ReadingBy Alejandra Jaramillo, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A military aide who was working on the Qatari-gifted jet that’s serving as Air Force One accidentally deployed an emergency slide on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, delaying President Donald Trump’s trip to Dallas for the GOP’s midterm convention. It was quickly
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The critical Senate contests in both Maine and Michigan feature tight races with no clear leader, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. But voters in the two states see their choices through two very different lenses. In Maine, the race centers more
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — These days, it’s easier than ever to conduct some form of polling and as difficult as it’s ever been to get it right. Completely faked numbers like a phony “poll” of the Los Angeles mayoral race that made waves last month are thankfully rare. That said, even real polls
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