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By Shania Shelton, Pierre Meilhan and Etant Dupain, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday that the US had sanctioned former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe for the alleged misuse of tens of millions of dollars. In a statement, Blinken said the designation for his involvement in significant corruption would render Lamothe,
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service implemented tougher disciplinary measures after preliminary findings from an internal investigation found agents missed an intruder at national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s home in part because they were using their personal phones, people briefed on the matter said. Secret Service Director Kimberly
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden declared bipartisanship alive and well during his first ever Oval Office address on Friday, pointing to the compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default as evidence his sometimes-mocked views of Washington are not a thing of the past.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest (CNN) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for most minors in the state, making Texas the largest state in the US to place restrictions on transgender youth’s access to critical care. Senate Bill 14 bars health care providers from providing gender transition surgeries,
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You can watch Biden’s address below: Originally Published: 02 JUN 23 11:12 ET Updated: 02 JUN 23 19:22 ET By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Friday evening – his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting – to take credit
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office is seeking information from two firms that were hired by the Trump campaign with investigating claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the matter. Investigators in Georgia, who have been probing Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is seeking for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to recuse himself from it, the latest bid by the former president to try to undercut the case now set for trial next year. In a court filing made public Friday,
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee announced Friday that the first presidential primary debate will take place on August 23 in Milwaukee and also laid out the polling and donor thresholds candidates must meet to make the stage. For the polling requirement, candidates will need to register at least 1% in
Continue ReadingCNN By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday following a public request for a meeting about what they characterize as prosecutorial misconduct, according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting comes as the special
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Oath Keeper that was part of the infamous stack formation that breached the US Capitol on January 6 was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for joining a sprawling plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the 2020 presidential election. David Moerschel, who
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States is seeking dialogue with both Russia and China on nuclear arms without preconditions, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a speech laying out the US approach to decreasing the risk of a nuclear conflict. Sullivan also said that the US is simultaneously
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted late Thursday on a bill to suspend the country’s debt limit through January 1, 2025 following weeks of contentious negotiations on the legislative deal between the White House and Republicans. The bill is now on its way to President Joe Biden for approval, and once signed,
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself, two sources tell CNN. Prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Behind the scattershot criticism Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has levied at former President Donald Trump since entering the 2024 race is an unmistakable message to Republican voters: The Trump years weren’t as great as you remember. It’s not a message Iowa voter Mark Skaff wants to hear. “I would’ve
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden declared bipartisanship alive and well during his first ever Oval Office address on Friday, pointing to the compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default as evidence his sometimes-mocked views of Washington are not a thing of the past. Addressing
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Friday evening – his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting – to take credit for securing a compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default. In his
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Work requirements in two safety net programs for low-income Americans are set to change under the compromise debt ceiling package negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Broadening work requirements was one of the main sticking points of the deal, with House Republicans demanding additional mandates,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home and will not bring any charges, according to a letter from the DOJ obtained by CNN. The decision comes ahead of Pence’s planned announcement
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director Bill Burns secretly traveled to China last month, a US official told CNN Friday, amid efforts by the United States to reset relations with Beijing after a year of extremely heightened tensions. According to the US official, Burns “met with Chinese counterparts
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is scheduled to bring an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national to Capitol Hill on Monday for House Oversight Chair James Comer and ranking
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