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By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — The cybersecurity expert who took on election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell and was awarded $5 million from an arbitration panel has asked a federal court to force Lindell to pay up, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Robert Zeidman entered a contest Lindell sponsored, in which the winner

By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky joined leaders of major democracies on Saturday at a summit in Japan dominated by a push to present a unified front against both Russia and China. The Group of Seven (G7) talks in Hiroshima are seeking common ground on a

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Worcester, Massachusetts (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman who is accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, will be detained while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled Friday while saying the suspect has a “lack of integrity.” Magistrate Judge David Hennessy had been considering

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 14, 1946 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Donald John Trump Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump Marriages: Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present);

By Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Jessica Dean and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A meeting between top debt ceiling negotiators from the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office ended Friday night, with neither side able to say when they’d again meet in-person. Sources at the White House and on Capitol Hill said there

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Two employees of the US Mission in Nigeria have been found “alive and safe” days after an attack on a US convoy left seven others dead. The US Mission in Nigeria said Friday that those two employees were “under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra,” and that their

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Washington, DC, metro police officer was arrested Friday on federal charges of misleading investigators about his communications with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio – including when the officer allegedly tipped off Tarrio about his impending arrest. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond faces an indictment accusing him of

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden informed G7 leaders on Friday that the US will support a joint effort with allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth generation aircraft, including F-16s, a senior administration official tells CNN. The training is not expected to happen in the US, the official said,

By Sara Murray, CNN Washington (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has been investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, announced remote workdays for her staff in August and asked judges to refrain from in-person hearings for parts of that month, according to a

Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military is investigating a strike in Syria earlier this month that “may have resulted” in a civilian being killed, according to a statement from US Central Command. The strike, carried out on May 3 in northwest Syria, targeted a senior al-Qaeda leader, Central Command said in a tweet

By Christopher Hickey, Alex Matthews and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — A younger Congress may be a thing of the past. It’s taking five to 10 years longer for millennials and Generation X to reach the same level of representation in Congress as it had been for the past three generations, according to a CNN

By Haley Britzky, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Newly released memos revealing that Air Force leadership repeatedly warned Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira about inappropriately accessing classified intelligence have left former and current defense personnel baffled at how he retained his security clearance and was able to continue sharing classified

By Kylie Atwood, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration made an accounting error in assessing the value of the military support that the US has given to Ukraine to date, freeing up approximately $3 billion more in aid, an amount likely to mitigate the need for Congress to pass an

CNN By Kylie Atwood, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration made an accounting error in assessing the value of the military support that the US has given to Ukraine to date, freeing up approximately $3 billion more in aid, an amount likely to mitigate the need for Congress to pass

By Jennifer Hansler and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will meet both US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai next week, the Chinese Embassy said Thursday, as the United States and China try to recalibrate strained relations. The announcement follows an earlier meeting in Vienna between