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Florida Hearing in Trump Classified Documents Case Devolves Into Shouting Match

23 May 2024

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A shouting match broke out today between attorneys during pre-trial proceedings in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. The disagreement wa...

Donald Trump’s Defense Rests Its Case in Hush Money Criminal Trial

22 May 2024

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The Trump defense rested today in the criminal hush money trial without calling the former president to the witness stand after he said at one ...

Judge Clears Courtroom in Trump Hush Money Trial

21 May 2024

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There was high drama and tension in the former president's hush money trial on Monday. At one point, Judge Juan Merchan admonished defense witne...

Trump Lawyer Challenges Michael Cohen’s Memory

17 May 2024

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A blockbuster day during former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial. Trump attorney Todd Blanche repeatedly raised questions about Micha...

Trump Defense Team Thursday Will Focus On Challenging What Cohen Said In His Direct Testimony

16 May 2024

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Sources say former President Trump's attorney Todd Blanche plans to go after Michael Cohen as he continues his testimony tomorrow. Blanche plans to ch...

Day 17 in the Trump Hush Money Trial

15 May 2024

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How is Michael Cohen coming across in the eyes of jurors? Renato Stabile, a jury consultant and attorney, talks about what the jury might be thinki...

Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump's Hush Money Trial

14 May 2024

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Donald Trump's former “fixer” Michael Cohen took the stand and testified his one-time boss was directly involved in the hush money scheme t...

Day 15 in the Trump Hush Money Trial

11 May 2024

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Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman describes what he saw in court on Day 15 of the Trump hush money trial. And U.S. officials have ...

Day 14 in the Trump Hush Money Trial

10 May 2024

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On Day 14 of the Trump hush money trial, New York Times' senior political correspondent and Trump biographer Maggie Haberman, including conservative l...

Trump Trial Lookahead

09 May 2024

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CNN’s Kara Scannell has reporting on how President Trump's legal team plans to approach witness Stormy Daniels when she takes the stand again t...

Stormy Daniels Testifies in Trump's Hush Money Trial

08 May 2024

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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, the woman at the heart of the Trump hush money case, took the stand and gave dramatic and at times explicit testimo...

Day 12 in the Trump Hush Money Trial

07 May 2024

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On Day 12 of the Trump hush money trial, testimony came from two longtime Trump Organization employees, who worked on the repayments to Michael Cohen....

Takeaways From Day 11 in Trump Hush Money Trial

04 May 2024

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Anderson was inside the courtroom for part of former President Trump’s hush money trial today. He and the panel discuss the key moments from the t...

Day Six of Testimony in Trump's Historic Hush Money Trial

03 May 2024

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Keith Davidson, the former attorney of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, continued his testimony walking the jury through the $130,000 hush money dea...

UCLA Chancellor’s Office Will Investigate Violence on Campus Tuesday Night

02 May 2024

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Tonight, exclusive bodycam footage showing police officers removing protesters from Columbia's campus. CNN’s John Miller, who obtained the footage...

Judge Finds Trump in Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Fined $9,000

01 May 2024

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Day nine of the New York City hush money criminal trial saw something remarkable: a former president held in contempt of court and threatened with jai...

Columbia, Cornell Start Suspending Student Protesters

30 Apr 2024

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Columbia University started suspending students who refused to comply with a deadline to vacate the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Meanwhile, ...

On Day 8 of Trump New York Hush Money Trial, Jury Heard From Two New Witnesses

27 Apr 2024

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There was a full day of testimony in the former President's criminal hush money trial Friday. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker wrapped ...

Ex-publisher Details Tabloid Tactics in NY Criminal Hush Money Trial

26 Apr 2024

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Two notable court proceedings involving former President Trump, one historic day.  Day 7 of the former President's criminal hush money trial saw for...

Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker Continues Testimony Tomorrow in Trump Trial

25 Apr 2024

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Tomorrow morning the former president will be back in a New York courtroom for the first full day of prosecution testimony in his hush money criminal...

David Pecker details how AMI helped Trump in 2016 campaign

24 Apr 2024

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Day 6 of the former president's criminal hush money trial began with a hearing on how Trump allegedly violated the court-ordered gag order. Former Ame...

Trump's Hush Money Criminal Trial Continued Monday, with Opening Statements and the First Witness Taking the Stand

23 Apr 2024

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The former President's historic criminal trial began in earnest today, with both sides delivering opening statements and the first witness, David Peck...

All jurors and alternates have been selected for Trump's historic New York criminal trial

20 Apr 2024

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"We have our full panel," declared Judge Juan Merchan on the fourth day of jury selection in the former president's criminal hush money trial. All...

Jury is set for Trump's New York hush money case

19 Apr 2024

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A full 12-person jury has been selected for the former president's criminal hush money trial, despite the day starting off with two previously seated...

If Trump testifies at NY criminal trial, prosecutors want to use his legal history to discredit him to the jury

18 Apr 2024

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If the former president chooses to testify in his New York criminal hush money trial, prosecutors want to use his recent legal run-ins against him t...

7 jurors selected after day 2 of Trump hush money trial

17 Apr 2024

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The second day of the former president’s criminal hush money trial ended with the selection of seven jurors. Five more are needed, plus alternates...

Jury selection begins in the New York hush money criminal trial of the former president

16 Apr 2024

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Former President Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom today as jury selection began in his hush money case. 96 prospective jurors were questioned,...

Trump says he would testify in his New York criminal hush money trial

13 Apr 2024

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Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial, with jury selection is set to ...

O.J. Simpson, football star whose murder trial captivated the country, dies at 76

12 Apr 2024

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O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star whose career was overshadowed by his 1995 double-murder trial, died of cancer at the age of 76, his family announc...

NY appeals court judge denies Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his hush money trial

11 Apr 2024

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A New York appeals court has denied Trump's request for emergency relief to stop the criminal trial that's scheduled to begin Monday from going ahead,...

Arizona Supreme Court rules state must adhere to Civil War-era law, banning nearly all abortions

10 Apr 2024

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Arizona's Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a more than century-old law, that bans all abortions except in cases when "it is necessary to s...

Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America

09 Apr 2024

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People all over the country stepped outside and put on their cardboard glasses to view an historic total solar eclipse that swept across Mexico, the...

Rare 4.8 magnitude quake rattles Northeast

06 Apr 2024

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Just after 10:20am ET Friday morning, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings and created tremors that were felt from Washington DC, all the way...

Judge Cannon rejects a bid by Trump to dismiss criminal charges in classified documents case

05 Apr 2024

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will not dismiss the former president's classified documents case based on his claim he had the authority to...

Judge denies Trump’s motion to delay NY hush money trial

04 Apr 2024

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Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Donald Trump’s upcoming New York hush money criminal trial, denied the former president’s motion to dela...

Trump attorneys renew request for Juge Merchan to recuse himself in hush money trial

03 Apr 2024

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Donald Trump's attorneys are again trying to get Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from the former President’s upcoming hush money trial in New...

Judge expands gag order in Trump hush money case

02 Apr 2024

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The judge overseeing the former president's criminal hush money trial expanded a recently imposed gag order to include family members of both the cour...

Potential VP pick once attacked Trump, CNN's KFILE finds

30 Mar 2024

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Florida Congressman Byron Donalds is a Trump surrogate and widely seen to be on the short list of vice-presidential contenders. But CNN's KFILE has un...

How the Baltimore bridge disaster unfolded, minute-by-minute

29 Mar 2024

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CNN's Pete Muntean provides a look at the final moments before the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. Plus, retired FBI Special Agent...

6 people presumed dead, after cargo ship lost power and collided with Baltimore bridge

27 Mar 2024

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At 1:28am early Tuesday morning, a cargo ship collided into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse. Two people who ...

Trump says he would have "no problem" testifying in NY hush money trial

26 Mar 2024

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In twin rulings Monday, a trial date was set for Trump's historic criminal trial in the hush money case against him, and an appeals court allowed the ...

“A huge shock”: Catherine, Princess of Wales, announces she has cancer

23 Mar 2024

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In a video statement released by Kensington Palace, the Princess of Wales announced she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the "early stages" of...

Report: Pres. Trump warned Vice President Pence that refusing to overturn the 2020 election results would be a "career killer”

22 Mar 2024

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The New York Times is reporting that on the morning of January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump warned Vice President Mike Pence by phone that it woul...

“Not nearly as valuable as defendants claim”

21 Mar 2024

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Former President Trump is said to be in panic mode with his half-billion dollar civil fraud deadline just five days away and no sign yet that he can f...

Trump asks Supreme Court for absolute immunity on election charges

20 Mar 2024

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Former President Trump has urged the Supreme Court to rule that he has absolute immunity from prosecution in the special counsel’s 2020 electi...

Trump's lawyers tell NY appeals court that the former president is unable to make bond

19 Mar 2024

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Trump's attorneys said despite having reached out to 30 underwriters, the former president cannot find an insurance company who will back his $464 mil...

Haiti extends curfew until Sunday amid rising gang violence

16 Mar 2024

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A look at what CNN is seeing on the ground in Haiti with armed gangs controlling the capitol and the World Food Program saying a third of the populati...

Verdict in the James Crumbley case

15 Mar 2024

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A jury found James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, guilty of four counts of involunta...

Is TikTok about to be banned?

14 Mar 2024

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A bill to ban TikTok passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday. This comes as U.S. lawmakers renew efforts to crack down on the popular social...

Biden clinches 2024 Democratic nomination; Trump closes in on sealing GOP’s

13 Mar 2024

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It’s Super Tuesday part two and President Biden has clinched the 2024 Democratic nomination by winning the Georgia primary. And former President Tr...

Exclusive: “Trump Employee 5,” who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out

12 Mar 2024

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Former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler is the central witness in the investigation into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents a...

Trump posts nearly $92 million bond in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

09 Mar 2024

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Former President Trump posted a nearly $92 million bond after a federal judge ordered him to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for his de...

What comes next after Biden and Trump dominate on Super Tuesday

07 Mar 2024

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After last night's Super Tuesday results all but guaranteed a Biden-Trump rematch, many Republicans are falling in line to endorse the former preside...

Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment challenge

05 Mar 2024

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The Supreme Court rejected a 14th amendment challenge and ruled former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado, a massive vi...

Here come the judges

02 Mar 2024

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First: The first day of March was a key one in Donald Trump's crowded legal calendar as his lawyers pressed one judge to delay the documents case and ...

Biden, Trump run for the border

01 Mar 2024

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First: The current president and his predecessor each visit the southern border and deliver two very different messages on the immigration crisis. Wha...

Supreme Court to decide Trump immunity claim, further delaying election subversion trial

29 Feb 2024

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The Supreme Court agreed today to review whether the former president can claim immunity in special counsel Jack Smith's election subversion case. The...

Manhattan DA seeks gag order on Trump in criminal hush money case

27 Feb 2024

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Prosecutors are asking the judge to impose a gag order in the New York hush money case to stop the former president from publicly disparaging potentia...

Trump expresses support for IVF and calls on Alabama to find solution

24 Feb 2024

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Former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in South Carolina Friday said he supports women's access to in vitro fertilization. This comes a...

American spacecraft has landed on the moon for the first time in 50+ years

23 Feb 2024

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The lunar lander Odysseus, created by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, successfully landed on the moon's surface at 6:24p ET Thursday and has...

Sources: Biden considering new executive action to restrict asylum at the border

22 Feb 2024

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Sources tell CNN that the White House is considering executive action that would restrict migrants' ability to seek asylum if they crossed illegally a...

Indicted ex-FBI informant said he got Hunter Biden information from Russian intel officials

21 Feb 2024

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The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence offi...

Mystery and outrage surround Alexey Navalny’s death

20 Feb 2024

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As the world continues to react to the death of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, some of the letters he wrote in prison are coming to light....

Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case

17 Feb 2024

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"Art of the Deal" co-author Tony Schwartz joins Anderson to discuss the major ruling against former President Donald Trump and his companies today ord...

Hearings on Trump's criminal cases in New York and Georgia

16 Feb 2024

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Former President Trump's legal battles were on full display in dueling hearings Thursday as a judge in New York set a trial date for the first of his ...

1 dead, more than 20 shot after Kansas City Super Bowl parade

15 Feb 2024

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At least one person has died, and more than 20 others injured, including children, after a shooting at the end of the Super Bowl celebration for the K...

Trump asks Supreme Court to weigh in on scathing immunity ruling

13 Feb 2024

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Former President Trump asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a unanimous decision from the DC Circuit that rejects his immunity claims in the...

VP Harris forcefully defends Biden in wake of documents report

10 Feb 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Biden in the wake of the special counsel report that said he willingly retained and disclosed classifi...

Biden addresses special counsel’s findings in docs case

09 Feb 2024

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Special counsel Robert Hur’s released a report outlining how President Joe Biden mishandled classified material. Hur elected not to criminally purs...

Major bipartisan border deal tanked by Senate Republicans

08 Feb 2024

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Senate Republicans blocked a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package. Sen. James Lankford, one of the GOP’s most conservative members, ...

Federal appeals court ruling: Trump doesn’t have presidential immunity in January 6 case

07 Feb 2024

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A federal appeals court ruled that former President Trump does not have immunity from prosecution for his alleged crimes he committed while he was pre...

Buckingham Palace: King Charles III has cancer and will step back from public duties

06 Feb 2024

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Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and will take a step back from his public duties while he gets treatm...

U.S. hits Iranian-linked militia targets in retaliatory strikes

03 Feb 2024

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The United States launched strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers. The U.S. said it str...

School shooter’s mom testifies and says it was her husband’s responsibility to store son’s gun

02 Feb 2024

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The mom of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school took the stand in her own trial where she’s facing four counts of involun...

Social media CEOs grilled at tense hearing on dangers to kids online

01 Feb 2024

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The CEOs of several social media companies were grilled by members of Congress about the risks their products pose to children. Republican Sen. Lindse...

House Republicans move closer to impeaching DHS Secretary Mayorkas

31 Jan 2024

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House Republicans are moving closer to taking the rare step of impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the sout...

U.S. identifies three soldiers killed in attack in Jordan

30 Jan 2024

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The Defense Department identified the three U.S. soldiers killed in a drone attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan as Sgt. William Rivers, Specia...

Jury says Trump must pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll

27 Jan 2024

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A jury said former President Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll, who said the decision is a "huge defeat for every bully who...

Trump (finally and briefly) testifies

26 Jan 2024

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Former President Trump was on the witness stand in a Manhattan federal courthouse as he seeks to avoid a multimillion-dollar jury verdict against him ...

Haley after losing to Trump in New Hampshire: the "race is far from over"

25 Jan 2024

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Tonight in a campaign rally in her home state, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said her opponent, former President Trump, "pitched a fit" and...

Haley tells New Hampshire supporters "it is go time"

23 Jan 2024

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Nikki Haley and former President Trump are making their last pitches to voters in New Hampshire before they face off in the state's pivotal primary co...

Sen. Tim Scott expected to endorse former President Trump in New Hampshire

20 Jan 2024

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott is expected to endorse his one-time rival, former President Trump in New Hampshire, just days before the state’s primary. ...

Trump urges Supreme Court to put him back on Colorado ballot

19 Jan 2024

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Former President Trump and his legal team are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to put him back on the Colorado ballot and reverse the state’s Supreme C...

Trump responds to judge’s threat to kick him out of room: “I would love it”

18 Jan 2024

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Former President Trump clashed with the judge overseeing his civil defamation case after his comments could be heard by the jury while his accuser was...

Trump campaign sharpens attacks on Haley in New Hampshire

17 Jan 2024

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Former President Trump dominated the Iowa caucuses with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finishing second, ahead of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. T...

Update for January 15th

16 Jan 2024

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Tonight’s AC360 showcast has been pre-empted for coverage of the Iowa caucuses. For recent news updates, be sure to visit CNN’s ‘5 Things’ at:...

New U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

13 Jan 2024

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The U.S. carried out more strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, according to a US official. This comes one day after launching a coordinated mul...

US and UK strike more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen

12 Jan 2024

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The US and UK militaries struck multiple targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen Thursday after the Iran-backed militant group defied warnings fro...

Update for January 10th

11 Jan 2024

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Tonight’s AC360 showcast has been pre-empted by coverage of the CNN Republican presidential primary debate. For recent news updates, be sure to visi...

Judges worry about scope and impact of Trump’s immunity argument

10 Jan 2024

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A federal appeals court panel raised skepticism and sharply questioned the former president’s lawyer over the argument that he is immune from pros...

Trump wants Georgia election subversion case dismissed, arguing he has presidential immunity

09 Jan 2024

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Former President Trump is arguing that he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity in the criminal conspiracy case against him in Geo...

Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump can be barred from holding office

06 Jan 2024

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The Supreme Court announced it will review Colorado Supreme Court’s controversial decision to remove former President Trump from the state’s ballo...

Deadly Iowa school shooting

05 Jan 2024

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A 6th grader was killed and five others wounded in a school shooting in Perry, Iowa. Anderson speaks with Rachael Kares who was in the school...

GOP delegation visits US-Mexico border

04 Jan 2024

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A delegation of Republican lawmakers visited the border in Eagle Pass, Texas to see the crisis up close. They are critical of President Biden an...

Trump appeals Maine decision barring him from ballot

03 Jan 2024

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Former President Donald Trump has asked a Maine court to overturn the secretary of state’s decision to remove him from the 2024 primary ballot the...

Russia unleashes biggest air attack on Ukraine since start of full-scale invasion

30 Dec 2023

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Russia has launched the biggest air attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military told CNN, with an unprece...

Maine’s top election official removes Trump from 2024 primary ballot

29 Dec 2023

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Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a surprising decision based on ...

Michigan Supreme Court rejects “insurrectionist ban” case and keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot

28 Dec 2023

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The Michigan Supreme Court rejected the attempt to keep former President Trump off the 2024 primary ballot because of the “insurrectionist ban” in...

IDF continues intense fighting in Gaza as Hamas-controlled health ministry says death toll continues to climb

27 Dec 2023

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The Israel Defense Forces says it’s continuing their intense fighting in Gaza by using its air, ground, and naval troops to strike “terror targets...

Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith’s request for justices to quickly hear Trump immunity dispute

23 Dec 2023

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The Supreme Court rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request to have the high court decide whether former President Trump has any immunity from ...