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CNN By Isabel Rosales and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Erica Marsh quickly rose to fame earlier this year as a viral left-wing voice on social media. Her incendiary tweets, often ultra-liberal and hyper-political, drew millions of views and the ire of conservatives, who pointed to her outlandish comments comparing Republicans to pedophiles and conservative

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark – one of the 18 co-defendants indicted alongside Donald Trump in a sweeping racketeering case in Georgia – asked a judge Thursday to reject the Fulton County district attorney’s proposed March 2024 trial date, according to a new court filing. Clark’s attorney said

By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US has committed to approving the transfer of F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine as soon as training is complete, according to a US official. The plan is to make sure Ukraine has the fighter jet it has long sought the moment its pilots complete training

By Donald Judd and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that it “would not be out of character” for North Korea to use US soldier Travis King as a propaganda tool or bargaining chip. “They certainly could. … We haven’t seen any indication that that’s exactly what’s afoot

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The apparent attempt by a super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to float potential debate talking points to the Republican’s presidential campaign has stirred confusion and anger from fundraisers and donors, multiple sources told CNN. In a memo from the super PAC Never Back Down, first reported by

By Isabel Rosales and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Erica Marsh quickly rose to fame earlier this year as a viral left-wing voice on social media. Her incendiary tweets, often ultra-liberal and hyper-political, drew millions of views and the ire of conservatives, who pointed to her outlandish comments comparing Republicans to pedophiles and conservative Supreme

By Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking the federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal election subversion case against him to set the trial for April 2026. In a filing Thursday evening, Trump urged US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC, to reject Smith’s proposal

By Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — A petition filed in San Francisco Superior Court alleges that California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been the victim of “elder financial abuse” with regard to the management of a trust. The petition states that when Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum died in February 2022, a trust that had been

By Kara Scannell and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Delaware dismissed two tax misdemeanor charges against Hunter Biden that were filed as part of his now-defunct plea deal, paving the way for special counsel David Weiss to potentially bring more charges in another jurisdiction as part of his continuing probe. After

By Kate Sullivan and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday reacted for the first time on camera to the Georgia indictment that accuses him of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the 2020 election, dismissing the criminal charges as a “witch hunt” and a “horrible thing for

CNN By Elizabeth Stuart, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County’s sweeping indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 additional co-defendants also includes details involving 30 “unindicted co-conspirators” – people who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges took part in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. Some of

By Elizabeth Stuart, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County’s sweeping indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 additional co-defendants also includes details involving 30 “unindicted co-conspirators” – people who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges took part in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. Some of the

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would make major changes to the state’s election laws, the latest in efforts by GOP-led jurisdictions across the country to rewrite election procedures and impose restrictions on voting practices. Senate Bill 747 would overhaul the existing election laws of the

By Devan Cole and Aleena Fayaz, CNN Washington (CNN) — A dual citizen of France and Canada who sent letters containing homemade ricin to then-President Donald Trump and eight Texas law enforcement officials was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison. Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier sent threatening letters containing the poison in September 2020,

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Long among the most sensitive subjects inside the West Wing, Hunter Biden’s legal saga now appears destined to play out amid his father’s bid for reelection, frustrating the president but so far causing little real concern among his advisers. The probe into Hunter

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on four Russian operatives involved in the 2020 poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Alexey Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Osipov, and Vladimir Panyaev were sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act “for having acted as agents of or on

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted an airstrike killing five al-Shabaab terrorists on Tuesday, US Africa Command said in a statement. The airstrike was carried out in support of Somali National Army forces “in a remote area near Cali Heele, approximately 244 kilometers North East of Mogadishu, Somalia.” The initial assessment

CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Marshall Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are circulating on social media – with experts saying that

By Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — Negotiations between Donald Trump’s lawyers and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office over the details of his surrender are expected to continue into next week, a source with knowledge of the talks tells CNN. This means the former president’s surrender is expected next week – not Thursday

By Donie O’Sullivan, Marshall Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are circulating on social media – with experts saying that some