Author: CNN
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RFK Jr. campaign official attended Jan. 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally and wanted ‘favorite President’ Trump to run for third term
A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help Donald Trump defeat President Joe Biden previously promoted false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and attended “Stop the Steal” rallies after the election, including the rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC,…
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Civil War-era abortion ban rises again, which is exactly what some Roe opponents wanted
It’s jarring to think that Arizonans today – thanks to a new state Supreme Court ruling – will soon be living under an abortion law from when Arizona was a frontier territory and that predates the light bulb and antibiotics. But this is actually exactly the type of law that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito…
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House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate until next week
The House will send impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate next week – a delay that comes as Senate Republicans seek more time to develop a strategy to deal with the effort. “To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate…
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US transfers thousands of seized Iranian guns, rocket launchers and munitions to Ukraine
The US transferred thousands of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine last week, US Central Command announced on Tuesday. Ukraine has been suffering from shortages of weapons and munitions on the battlefield in its war against Russia, with the US unable to…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates pressure on Speaker Johnson as ouster threat looms
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia issued a searing indictment of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership in a new letter sent to her Republican colleagues on Tuesday, according to a copy shared with CNN, in a significant escalation of her rhetoric as she tries to build support for potentially ousting Johnson. While Greene does not indicate if or when she…
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‘Betrayal’: Anti-abortion voter reacts to Trump’s stance on the issue
‘Betrayal’: Anti-abortion voter reacts to Trump’s stance on the issue CNN’s Laura Coates speaks with anti-abortion voter Rebekah Haynie about former president Donald Trump saying abortion legislation should be left up to the states. Read the full article here
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Trump says Jewish Americans who vote for Biden don’t love Israel and ‘should be spoken to’
Former President Donald Trump on Monday again criticized Jewish Americans who don’t support him and said any Jewish person who votes for President Joe Biden doesn’t love Israel and “should be spoken to.” It’s the latest example of the presumptive GOP nominee playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the…
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Special counsel Jack Smith urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s claim of immunity
Special counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reject Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and to deny the former president any opportunity to delay a trial on charges that he attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Trump’s position, Smith told the court, has no grounding in the Constitution, the nation’s…
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Senator says Coast Guard used illegal agreements to silence sexual assault victims
US Coast Guard leaders illegally used nondisclosure agreements to prevent sexual assault victims from speaking out about their alleged attacks, according to a congressional inquiry sparked by a CNN report into sexual misconduct at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy. The use of the agreements appeared to be part of a “years-long concerted effort to conceal…
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RFK Jr.’s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory
A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he’s on the ballot in New York. Rita Palma, the Kennedy campaign’s state director in New York, has repeatedly made the case, including in a meeting…