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By Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department has made public more about the significant photographic and video evidence they collected last summer from Mar-a-Lago after the Trump presidency, in a newly released version of the investigative record that supported the FBI search of the resort. While the details match
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday that she will convene a special legislative session next week for the sole task of passing abortion restrictions. The governor’s call for lawmakers to return comes weeks after Iowa’s Supreme Court declined to lift a block on the state’s 6-week abortion ban,
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday vetoed three bills that target LGBTQ youth, setting up a likely effort by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to override him. Cooper’s vetoes were expected as he has been a vocal opponent of legislation targeting LGBTQ youth this session,
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Originally Published: 05 JUL 23 11:50 ET Updated: 05 JUL 23 14:59 ET By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine, a spokesman for the Secret Service told CNN. Previous field testing showed a positive result for cocaine, but
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office. If certified, those 710,000 signatures – nearly 300,000 more than
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department says it is not expecting to reduce passport processing times to pre-pandemic levels until the end of the year, news that is likely to frustrate travelers who have had their summer travel plans disrupted by having to factor in waiting months to get a new
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s joint fundraising committee raised more than $35 million in the second quarter of 2023, a haul his team says was boosted by his recent federal indictment, a Trump campaign official told CNN. The figure nearly doubles the $18.8 million he raised in
Continue ReadingCNN 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
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, who previously served as a senior technical adviser for the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack at the US Capitol, is working with the legal team advising President Joe Biden’s son. Riggleman’s work is similarly focused on
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Casey Gannon, CNN Washington (CNN) — A man arrested last week with weapons in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood began live-streaming in the area shortly after resharing a social media post from Donald Trump in which the former president posted what he claimed was Obama’s address, according to federal
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A review undertaken by the Pentagon after a trove of classified documents were leaked online has recommended that the department establish a new office to monitor insider threats and improve access to vetting information from ongoing background checks to ensure individuals still meet security
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden sat down with Sweden’s prime minister on Wednesday – just a week before the annual NATO summit – he hoped to send a message to allies and adversaries alike. To Turkey and Hungary – two NATO allies who have yet to green-light
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine, a spokesman for the Secret Service told CNN. Prior field testing showed a positive result for cocaine, but the substance was sent for further evaluation and testing,
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy intervened to stop Iranian Navy ships attempting to seize two oil tankers in separate incidents in the Gulf of Oman early on Wednesday morning, according to a US defense official. An Iranian ship opened fire at the tanker in the second seizure attempt, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine, a spokesman for the Secret Service told CNN. Prior field testing showed a positive result for cocaine, but the substance was sent for further evaluation and testing, the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray, who for a time became one of the most influential biracial political power couples in America, announced on Wednesday that they are separating. In an interview with The New York Times, de Blasio and McCray said they
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones announced Wednesday that he is running for Congress in New York’s 17th District, the seat he previously represented before redistricting thwarted his reelection plans last year. “I’ve never been Washington’s choice. It’s because I stand up to corruption. I battle with Republicans trying to
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Originally Published: 04 JUL 23 17:24 ET Updated: 04 JUL 23 17:38 ET By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings, like the ones that occurred Monday in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas – and over the weekend in Baltimore — are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for
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Originally Published: 04 JUL 23 13:45 ET Updated: 04 JUL 23 14:06 ET By Noah Gray, Josh Campbell and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — A powdery substance that was discovered at the White House Sunday evening, prompting a temporary evacuation of the complex, has been sent for further evaluation and testing, the Secret Service
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — A spokesman for a super PAC backing Ron DeSantis acknowledged that the Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate is “way behind” in national polling and is “fighting uphill” to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary. “Right now, in national polling, we are way
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