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Haley questions Trump’s mental fitness after he appears to confuse her for Pelosi 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley questioned Donald Trump’s mental fitness after he appeared to confuse her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when talking about the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Read the…
Anti-abortion advocates gathered in Washington, DC, on Friday for the annual March for Life — the second since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections. Attendees who convened on the National Mall on a cold, snowy day said with Roe v. Wade overturned, they’re now looking to states to pass…
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is slated to campaign with Donald Trump in New Hampshire later this week, a Trump campaign adviser told CNN, in an appearance that will be viewed by some in the GOP as an audition to become Trump’s running mate. The New York Republican is just one…
The Biden administration is expected to re-designate the Houthis as a specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) entity amid continued attacks by the Yemen-based militia, a source familiar told CNN Tuesday. The administration removed the Houthis’ SDGT designation and de-listed it as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in February 2021, after…
Last week’s US-led airstrikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen destroyed less than a third of the Iranian proxy group’s overall offensive capabilities, a US official told CNN, with the group maintaining the majority of its ability to strike ships in the Red Sea. Despite a barrage of strikes last…
The Iowa caucus on Monday will provide the first test of whether Donald Trump’s secret weapon in the 2016 GOP presidential nomination contest – his strong support among blue-collar evangelical Christians – is still working for him in 2024. All signs suggest the answer is: yes. The biggest surprise in…
Congressional leaders have come to an agreement on a two-tranche short-term funding bill to keep the government funded into March, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The new continuing resolution will fund the government through March 1 and March 8. The agreement comes just before the first funding…
When Nathan Wade was appointed lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case in 2021 to prosecute former President Donald Trump, some of his closest allies, lawyers in Cobb County where Wade practiced law, universally wondered, “Why him?” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had the largest staff of any…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The ultimate winner of the Republican presidential primary is TBD, but the primary campaign has already had an effect on the direction of the party, which continues to reckon…
Suspected Chinese hackers used two previously undiscovered software flaws to break into a US-based research organization last month as part of a persistent spying campaign aimed at collecting intelligence in China’s interests, researchers said Wednesday. The hackers used the flaws — which are coveted by spy agencies because they aren’t known…