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By Haley Talbot, Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the House Freedom Caucus voted to remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia just before the current congressional recess on June 23, according to Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, though her ultimate fate in the group remains

By Terence Burlij, David Wright and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign raised $20 million during the second fundraising quarter that ended June 30, the campaign announced Thursday. The Republican governor launched his bid for the White House in late May, meaning his campaign raised the funds over a span

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy says Iran seized a commercial vessel that may have been engaged in smuggling as it sailed in international waters in the Arabian Gulf on Thursday. It comes one day after Iran attempted to seize two oil tankers operating in the Gulf of Oman, but a US

By Casey Gannon and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they plan to file felony charges against the man who was arrested last week with firearms in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood and accused of threatening several politicians. Taylor Taranto, who had an open warrant for his arrest

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Pentagon disclose the findings of its ongoing investigation into a US airstrike in Syria in May that may have killed a civilian, according to a letter Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris van Hollen and Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs sent

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Republicans are requiring 2024 presidential candidates to sign a loyalty pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee in order to qualify for the primary ballot next year. Their move raises the stakes of a March 19 Florida primary that could play a decisive role, since the contest is

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Yusef Salaam, an exonerated member of the Central Park Five has won the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat in Harlem, CNN projects, after a reallocation of ranked-choice voting results expanded Salaam’s lead. The first-time candidate, who was wrongly accused in 1989 and then convicted along

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has approved the largest offshore wind energy project yet in US waters, to be located off the coast of New Jersey where officials say it could power hundreds of thousands of homes with clean energy. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Wednesday it

By Jennifer Hansler and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing Thursday ahead of high-stakes meetings with senior Chinese officials. Yellen will meet with China’s Premier Li Qiang – who is seen as a close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping – in Beijing Friday as the US seeks

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge’s order Tuesday prohibiting various Biden administration agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies about certain content thrust an under-the-radar lawsuit into the national spotlight. The preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Terry Doughty in Louisiana ordered a slew of federal agencies and

By Katelyn Polantz, Kristen Holmes and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Walt Nauta, an aide to former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple counts related to the mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, including several obstruction and concealment-related charges. The brief procedural hearing moves Nauta and Trump toward trial together in the

By Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is appealing a judge’s order prohibiting various Biden administration agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies about certain content. The department on Wednesday notified a court that it plans to appeal the preliminary injunction – issued Tuesday by Trump-appointed US District

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Three Russian fighter jets intercepted three US Air Force drones in northeastern Syria on Wednesday morning local time, according to the senior commander in charge of Air Force operations in the Middle East. Air Force Lt. Gen Alex Grynkewich described the Russian maneuver against the MQ-9 Reaper drones –