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By Rashard Rose and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — An Indiana man has been charged after allegedly threatening Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and his family in voicemails, according to a court document. Aaron Thompson, 33, told United States Capitol Police that he’d left the voicemails at Banks’ office because he disagrees with him

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and challengers to Obamacare’s no-cost preventive care requirements said Friday they are working on an agreement to put part of a lower court ruling that overturned some of the mandates on hold while the case is appealed. They told the 5th Circuit US

By Lauren Fox and Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans say they’ll keep pushing for more funding for Ukraine and defense even in the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s comments that additional funding would face long odds in the GOP-controlled House, potentially setting off a clash between the House Speaker and Senate Minority Leader McConnell.

By Kristen Holmes, Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing investigation into the former president, according to one source familiar with the matter. Meadows was asked about the former president’s handling

By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US received intelligence from a European ally last year that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines three months before they were hit, three US officials told CNN. The attack on the pipelines last September has

By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury based in southern Florida has heard testimony from multiple witnesses in recent weeks as part of the federal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, sources told CNN. Another witness is expected

By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — A federal judge has given the Department of Homeland Security until next Tuesday to decide how it will handle a conservative think tank’s request for Prince Harry’s US immigration records. The Heritage Foundation has asked the US government via the Freedom of Information Act to see his visa application, citing

By Kristin Wilson and Manu Raju, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who was indicted on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, has lost his effort to keep the public from learning the names of the people who co-signed his $500,000 bond, according to court records. Santos’ attorney Joseph

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana’s Republican-led legislature Tuesday passed a ban on gender-affirming care for most minors in the state, sending the bill to a Democratic governor who has signaled opposition to the legislation but faces a GOP supermajority with the numbers to override his veto power. House Bill 648 would bar those

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off a closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning with a plea to his members: Let’s move on from last week’s debt ceiling drama and focus on the “next play.” A bloc of Republican hardliners had different ideas. Hours later,

By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt, Jim Sciutto and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US and western officials see signs that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia is beginning and have noted a “substantial increase in fighting” in the east of the country over the last 48 hours as Ukrainian troops probe for weaknesses in Russian defensive

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — More than $100 million in funding has been distributed for repairs to Jackson, Mississippi’s beleaguered water system, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, the first tranche of more than half a billion dollars appropriated by Congress. “For years, the people of Jackson, Mississippi, have suffered the consequences of aging water

By Joseph Ataman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Colleville-sur-Mer, France (CNN) — Thousands gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Tuesday to remember those who died fighting for freedom in World War II, ceremonies that had renewed meaning as speakers, including US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, pointed to parallels with Ukraine’s war against Russia. Seventy-nine years