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Trump’s DOJ probes former FBI leadership over document mishandling allegations

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is conducting a national security investigation around the FBI leadership when Christopher Wray was director, in the latest probe by the Trump administration of the president’s political enemies. According to two people familiar with the investigation, the Western District of Virginia is leading the

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the media outside the Grace Agard-Harewood Older Adult Club in the Brooklyn borough of New York

Andrew Cuomo sees hope in NYC mayor’s race after Eric Adams’ departure. Zohran Mamdani sees Trump’s fingerprints

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo’s allies are hoping Eric Adams’ exit from the New York City mayoral race will breathe new life into their struggling campaign. Zohran Mamdani is confident that won’t happen. Mamdani on Monday dismissed Adams’ decision to end his reelection bid as inconsequential. Speaking to CNN’s Erin Burnett, Mamdani

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A view of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 23 in Washington

GOP leaders say they will not give into Democratic demands on funding bill as government shutdown looms

By Camila DeChalus, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Republican leaders in both chambers are holding the line and saying they are not ceding to Democratic demands in order to pass funding for the government, heightening the imminent threat of a shutdown this week. It comes as congressional leaders prepare to meet with President Donald Trump

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The White House on September 1.

Top congressional leaders will meet Trump at the White House on Monday as shutdown looms

By Kit Maher, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The top four congressional leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, multiple sources told CNN, as Washington works to avoid a looming government shutdown. The eleventh-hour meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Minority Leader Hakeem

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FBI's proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year on June 4

Trump accuses Wray of lying about agency actions on January 6, days after Comey indicted

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former FBI Director Christopher Wray of lying about FBI agents’ presence during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, days after his administration brought charges against Wray’s predecessor, James Comey. Trump claimed, without evidence, that the FBI “secretly placed” agents into the crowds to

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Fact check: What you need to know about Trump’s misinformation about vaccines, autism and hepatitis B

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Monday comments about autism and public health were filled with misinformation that left many doctors aghast – and not just about Tylenol. Most of the media coverage of Trump’s press conference centered around his repeated advice to pregnant Americans to try to avoid taking Tylenol, which

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‘I’m absolutely terrified’: Federal workers brace for potential government shutdown, mass layoffs

By Marshall Cohen, Tami Luhby, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Federal employees from agencies across the US government say they’re “terrified,” “disoriented” and filled with anxiety as they brace for a possible shutdown that the Trump White House has threatened will pave the way for new rounds of fast-tracked mass layoffs. There is widespread confusion

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DOJ agents will be deployed to ICE facilities to protect federal agents, Bondi says

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday she is deploying agents from the Justice Department to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities. “At my direction, I am deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilities—and wherever ICE comes under siege—to safeguard federal agents, protect

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