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By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said that the Chinese military was “stronger” at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency and accused the former president of being “singularly focused” on trade with China while he was in office. “China was military stronger – militarily stronger – when President Trump
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher and Shawna Mizelle, CNN CNN (CNN) — Miami mayor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez indicated in an interview on Tuesday that he was unfamiliar with the plight of Uyghur Muslims, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in China whose treatment has been the subject of worldwide condemnation for years. In an
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday renewed his yearslong attack on a landmark First Amendment decision, with the conservative jurist again calling for the Supreme Court to revisit the “flawed” ruling in the 1964 case. The decades-old case, New York Times v. Sullivan, created a higher bar for public
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Advisers and allies to former President Donald Trump are expressing outrage after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he thinks Trump can win in 2024, but does not know if he is the “strongest” candidate. “I’ve been fielding calls on this since it happened,” one Trump
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Investigators from special counsel Jack Smith’s office are set to interview Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as part of the federal probe into efforts to subvert the peaceful transition of power. A spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office confirmed Raffensperger’s interview is set to
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the North Carolina Supreme Court did not violate the elections clause of the US Constitution when it invalidated the state’s 2022 congressional map, rejecting a broad version of a controversial legal Independent State Legislature theory pushed by supporters of
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped away a lower court decision upholding the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent hundreds of messages to a woman over Facebook. The justices said the court had used the wrong standard in convicting the man and sent
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General on Tuesday issued a scathing rebuke of the Bureau of Prisons detailing the multiple failures that led to the death of high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein following his arrest in 2019 but found no evidence to contradict the “absence of criminality” in
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and current CEO of Bridger Aerospace, announced his campaign to challenge Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, giving GOP leaders a prized recruit in a marquee race but setting up a potential primary clash with a hard-right Republican. Sheehy’s entrance into the
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Pregnant workers should have an easier time getting a stool, extra bathroom breaks or a bottle of water without fear of getting fired, thanks to a new law that takes effect on Tuesday. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which Congress passed as part of a federal government spending package
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Jeremy Herb, CNN Miami (CNN) — Walt Nauta, an aide charged alongside former President Donald Trump for the alleged mishandling of classified documents from the White House, had an arraignment hearing rescheduled after his flight to Florida was canceled due to storms. Nauta had been set to be arraigned
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was “essentially planned in plain sight on social media” and yet the FBI and Department of Homeland Security appeared to have “completely dropped the ball,” a Senate committee concluded in the latest highly critical assessment
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. The recording, which first aired on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” includes new details from the conversation that is a critical piece of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Paula Reid and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A senior campaign official for Donald Trump was allegedly shown a classified map by the former president during a meeting at his New Jersey golf club after Trump left office, according to a source familiar with the matter. The campaign adviser,
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12 for an oversight hearing, two sources familiar with the panel’s planning told CNN. The hearing will put Wray in front of some of his harshest critics on Capitol Hill, including the committee’s chairman, Ohio Republican
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The first hearing for Donald Trump and the special counsel’s office before Judge Aileen Cannon in the Mar-a-Lago documents case will be in Fort Pierce, Florida, on July 14. The hearing is set to discuss pretrial issues around classification, with Cannon on Monday granting a request
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt, Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — US intelligence officials were able to gather an extremely detailed and accurate picture of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans leading up to his short-lived rebellion, including where and how Wagner was planning to advance, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — State Sen. Sarah McBride announced on Monday her bid for Delaware’s at-large seat, a race that would make her the country’s first out transgender member of Congress, should she win. McBride, a Democrat, is aiming to fill the seat currently held by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who announced
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Millman, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is floating the possibility that the House could open an impeachment inquiry into Attorney General Merrick Garland over Internal Revenue Service whistleblower allegations that Justice Department leadership improperly interfered in the Hunter Biden probe, which Garland has denied. “If it comes true what the IRS whistleblower
Continue Readingby Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for lawsuits brought by more than 100 men who say they were abused by a medical doctor at The Ohio State University to go forward. Without comment, the court rejected an appeal from the university. The case revolves around alleged
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