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Judge expands gag order in Trump hush money case
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
"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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request to have the high court decide whether former President Trump has any immunity from ...
Detroit News: Trump recorded pressuring Michigan canvasser not to certify 2020 vote
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Detroit News and the recordings they reviewed, then-President Trump personally pressured two Republican Michigan canvassers to not ce...
Trump asks Supreme Court to reject special counsel and stay out of immunity dispute for now
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to reject special counsel Jack Smith's request to have the high court decide whether he has any imm...
Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from state’s 2024 ballot
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot saying he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because ...
Georgia election workers sue Giuliani again
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, who won a nearly $150 million defamation case against Rudy Giuliani have s...
Giuliani hit with nearly $150 million verdict in defamation case
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, nearly $150 million for the harm cause...
CNN’s Clarissa Ward goes inside Gaza field hospital
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A field hospital has been set up by the United Arab Emirates government in Rafah, in southern Gaza, to help treat the sick and injured. CNN Chief Inte...
House votes to open Biden impeachment inquiry
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
House Republicans voted to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and his family’s alleged foreign business dealings, which so far, has st...
Biden: U.S. will support Ukraine “as long as we can”
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Biden said the U.S. will support Ukraine “as long as we can.”...
Special counsel goes to Supreme Court to resolve if Trump has immunity from prosecution
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court said it will expedite special counsel Jack Smith’s request to determine if former President Trump has immunity from criminal pros...
U.S. vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza over the growing concern about the civilian deat...
Hunter Biden faces nine criminal charges in new federal tax case
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter Biden has been charged with nine counts in connection with a long-running Justice Department investigation into his taxes. The case was close t...
At least three dead after shooting on UNLV campus
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say at least three people are dead and one is in stable condition after a shooting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas...
Speaker Johnson wants to blur Jan. 6 footage to protect Capitol rioters
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
House Speaker Mike Johnson says that when the footage of the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is released to the public, the faces of the r...
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas fighting continues
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United Nations’ top humanitarian relief coordinator says the situation in Gaza keeps getting “more apocalyptic” and “people are being orde...
Israel: 200+ strikes on Hamas targets since truce ended
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has restarted its military campaign against Hamas after a seven day pause and more than 100 hostages freed. Israel says the militant group fire...
Eight more hostages released from Gaza as Israel-Hamas truce extended to seventh day
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eight more Israeli hostages were released from Gaza after a tense and lengthy back-and-forth between Israel and Hamas that extended the truce into a s...
Father of 9-year-old hostage tells CNN how young daughter survived Hamas captivity
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last five days of the truce between Israel and Hamas, 81 hostages have been released, mostly women and children. One of those kids is 9-year-...
Israel, Hamas reach 2-day extension of truce
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More Israeli hostages have been released and the truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days. A relative of six family members ...
Israel: Hostage release and truce delayed
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel says the hostage release and truce with Hamas is delayed until Friday. The loved ones of several hostages join AC360 to share what they ar...
Israel’s cabinet votes to approve hostage release deal
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel's cabinet has approved a deal that would see the release of at least 50 hostages—women and children—being held in Gaza by Hamas in exchange...
White House official: Negotiations are “getting close to the end” on the release of hostages being held in Gaza
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A White House Official claimed that negotiations to free some of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are “getting close to the end.” Family m...
Update for November 17th
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight’s AC 360 showcast has been pre-empted. For recent news updates, be sure to visit CNN’s ‘5 Things’ at: edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/5...
IDF: body of Israeli hostage found near Al-Shifa hospital
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Israel Defense Forces say they found the body of Yehudit Weiss, an Israeli hostage, near the Al-Shifa hospital. Weiss was kidnapped on October 7th...
Biden holds news conference after high-stakes meeting with Xi
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden held a news conference after a roughly four-hour meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping where they discussed wanting to stabilize ...
IDF: now carrying out "precise" military operation in Al-Shifa hospital
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel Defense Forces says it's "carrying out a precise and targeted operation” against Hamas in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital. The IDF has accused Hama...
U.S. official: Hamas has command node under Al-Shifa hospital
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The director of Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in Gaza, says its essential units have collapsed and conditions are “catastrophic.” Fuel reserves h...
Hostage negotiators discussing days-long fighting pause between Israel & Hamas
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sources tell CNN that the group of negotiators working toward a deal that would include a days-long pause in fighting in Gaza exchange for a large...
Mar-a-Lago maid, plumber and other workers could testify in Trump criminal case
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sources tell CNN that some staffers and contract workers at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort could be called to testify against him and hi...
Ivanka Trump testifies in father's civil fraud trial
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump testified in the civil fraud trial brought by the New York attorney general's office. Ivanka discusse...
Update for November 7th
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight’s AC 360 showcast has been pre-empted by breaking news coverage of election day in America. For recent news updates, be sure to visit CNN’...
Trump went after New York AG and judge in rant
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Trump testified under oath in his New York civil fraud trial where he ramped up his verbal attacks on the judge and the New York atto...
Israel claims responsibility for airstrike near Gaza's largest hospital
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues despite U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's message today calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting....
Intense flares illuminate the skies over Gaza
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Intense fighting in the Middle East continues as Israel's military says it has surrounded Gaza City. Flares and explosions illuminated the skies abo...
First group of foreign nationals, including two Americans, allowed to leave Gaza
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Injured Palestinians and the first group of hundreds of foreign nationals, including two American aid workers, have made it out of Gaza into Egyp...
Israeli military claims it killed Hamas commander in strike on refugee camp
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Israeli military claimed Tuesday that it killed a top Hamas commander in a deadly strike on the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. Hamas has...
IDF: Israeli soldier rescued from Gaza
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A female Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 has been rescued during ground operations in Gaza, said the Israel Defense Forces. According...