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Trump’s indictment divides 2024 Republican hopefuls

CNN By Jack Forrest, Veronica Stracqualursi, Aileen Graef and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with

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Trump’s indictment divides 2024 Republican hopefuls

CNN By Jack Forrest, Veronica Stracqualursi, Aileen Graef and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with

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China has been operating military and spy facilities in Cuba for years, US officials say

By Alex Marquardt, Jasmine Wright and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — China has been operating military and intelligence facilities in Cuba since at least 2019 and is continuing to expand its intelligence gathering capabilities around the world, a Biden administration official and two other sources told CNN Saturday. The administration official said China “conducted

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Trump bemoans indictment as ‘political hit job’ as he hits the campaign trail with indicted aide

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday, accompanied by indicted aide Walt Nauta, as the former president cast his own federal indictment as “election interference” and told Georgia Republicans it represented an abuse of power by the Biden administration. “This is a political hit job. Republicans are

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Trump bemoans indictment as ‘political hit job’ as he hits the campaign trail with indicted aide

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday, accompanied by indicted aide Walt Nauta, as the former president cast his own federal indictment as “election interference” and told Georgia Republicans it represented an abuse of power by the Biden administration. “This is a political hit job. Republicans are

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Trump bemoans indictment as ‘political hit job’ as he hits the campaign trail with indicted aide

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday, accompanied by indicted aide Walt Nauta, as the former president cast his own federal indictment as “election interference” and told Georgia Republicans it represented an abuse of power by the Biden administration. “This is a political hit job. Republicans are treated

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Judge Cannon jumpstarts oversight of Trump classified documents case with order on security clearances

CNN, CROSSROADS TELEVISION SYSTEM O, A YES TV By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling classified information, instructing the parties to get the ball rolling to obtain security clearances

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Trump-appointed judge returns to spotlight in ex-president’s federal criminal case

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Federal judge Aileen Cannon entered the public spotlight last summer when she oversaw court proceedings related to the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Now, the Trump-appointed federal judge has been initially assigned to oversee the former president’s new federal criminal case in Miami,

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George W. Bush Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Laura

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National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement

By Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Washington (CNN) — The National Archives is pushing back on claims made by former President Donald Trump, his lawyers and his allies over his retention of classified documents, for which he now faces a federal indictment. On Friday, the Archives took the rare step of releasing

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Fact check: Trump’s baseless ‘1,850 boxes’ attacks on Biden’s legal and normal University of Delaware documents collection

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the weeks before Donald Trump was indicted over his alleged mishandling of classified defense documents and alleged attempt to cover it up, the former president kept arguing that it would be unfair to prosecute him given that President Joe Biden took “1,850 boxes” of documents to the

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Republican donor class scrambles to boost alternatives to Trump as the 2024 field – and the ex-president’s legal troubles – grow

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Even before former President Donald Trump was indicted this week over his alleged mishandling of classified documents, Bobbie Kilberg was in the “Never Trump” camp. And the veteran Republican fundraiser worries that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – given his public feuding with Disney, one of his state’s largest employers

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Here’s where Donald Trump allegedly kept classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump allegedly kept classified documents at various places in his Mar-a-Lago resort, including a public ballroom, bathroom and a bedroom. According to the special counsel’s indictment of Trump released Friday, the Florida resort hosted more than 150 social events including weddings, movie premiers

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