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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department brought its first federal terrorism case in the Trump administration’s crackdown on Antifa Wednesday, alleging that two people connected to the left-wing ideology participated in a coordinated attack on a federal immigration detention facility. Prosecutors accuse Zachary Evetts and Cameron Arnold, who also goes

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that if Hamas keeps killing people in Gaza, “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” marking a sharp escalation of his rhetoric against the group as he tries to maintain a ceasefire in its conflict with Israel. The

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million playing blackjack in Las Vegas last year, according to a release from his campaign, training a spotlight on the billionaire Democrat’s tremendous personal wealth with a potential 2028 presidential campaign looming. At a press conference Thursday, Pritzker was asked about the disclosure

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss the war in Ukraine after the two men had a lengthy phone call that Trump described as “very productive.” “President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer, Radule Bojovic, overstayed a tourist visa that expired in 2015. According to the department, Bojovic was “encountered

By Annie Grayer, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — As the government shutdown drags on, many congressional Republicans are in the dark about the Trump administration’s decisions over which federal workers are being laid off and which federal contracts are being cancelled. Multiple GOP lawmakers told CNN they are only finding out about the decisions –

By Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The US has increased intelligence sharing with Ukraine to include information on targets deeper inside Russian territory as part of a strategic shift both countries hope will restart negotiations with Moscow that stalled after the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in

By Fredreka Schouten, Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Democratic candidates raised more than Republicans in all but one of the five most competitive Senate races in recent months, new campaign fundraising reports show. Building cash reserves for next year’s high-priced midterm battles could help Democrats as they try to flip four seats from Republicans,

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — In the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo tried to run a campaign of inevitability. In these last few weeks of his general election bid as an independent, he is running a campaign of attrition, hoping to get enough voters to come to him through battered

CNN, POOL, CASEY GANNON, DANA VERKOUTEREN, THE SUPREME COURT, WDSU, LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, Casey Gannon/CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — After an impassioned set of arguments Wednesday over the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the question is whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh is willing to completely dismantle a law intended to ensure equal