President Donald Trump issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations early Wednesday that included his onetime political strategist, a former top fundraiser and two well-known rappers but not himself or his family.
Once omnipresent Kushner now MIA from Trump’s political pack
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As Donald Trump plotted his Conservative Political Action Conference appearance last week, and a broader, more-robust plan to return to politics as an omnipresent disruptor, one person was conspicuously absent from ...
Trump’s surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
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Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration's current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines -- which were tested an...
This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn’t commit. Now it’s going statewide
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After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan. The feeli...
The 50 most ridiculous lines from Donald Trump’s CPAC speech
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Donald Trump delivered his first major post-presidential speech on Sunday, an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference laden with falsehoods and attacks on his fellow Republicans -- suggesting absolut...
The specter of Trump’s comeback raises a practical question
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This was excerpted from the February 26 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. We're going to have to talk about ...
‘Where is everyone?’: Inside Trump’s DC hotel post-presidency
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Washington A sprawling lobby and bar with only a handful of people. Confused guests asking where everybody went. Elegant, but empty hallways. These are the scenes CNN observed inside the Trump International Hotel in ...
Justice Clarence Thomas reveals some sympathy for Trump’s baseless fraud claims
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday claimed election fraud is a threat to America, revealing in a forceful dissent some support for former President Donald Trump and Republicans who have refused to accep...
‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Ted Cruz’s trip to Cancun and others who needed to apologize
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New York (CNN Business)"Saturday Night Live" felt like a lot of people needed to apologize this week, so on Saturday's episode that's what happened. The NBC variety show opened with Britney Spears, played by Chloe Fi...
6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot
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Six US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation, for their actions in the January 6 riot, a department spokesman said Thursday. "The investigation into...
Why people are asking the wrong question about Donald Trump’s future
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When people talk about Donald Trump's future, they almost always focus on whether or not he will run for president in 2024. That's the wrong question to ask. The right question is this: Just how much jeopardy -- le...
The single most ridiculous claim in Donald Trump’s statement slamming Mitch McConnell
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Former President Donald Trump made a number of wild claims in a statement Tuesday savaging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. But one really stood out to me: His insistence that he had "single-handedly saved" m...
Federal judge blocks last-minute Trump rule limiting asylum claims
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A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the U...