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Analysis: McConnell's near-comic attempt to not talk about Trump
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked Monday about the outsized role former President Donald Trump is playing in the 2022 midterms.
[ cnn.com ]Why top Republican is quitting congress to run Trump's media company
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who is in line to chair the powerful House Ways and Means committee if the GOP takes back the House in 2022, announced that he is leaving congress in December to become CEO of former President Donald Trump's media company.
[ cnn.com ]Biden backlash in Nevada raises Republicans' hopes of taking back Senate in 2022
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell didn't get the candidate he wanted in New Hampshire. He's seen states like Pennsylvania and Arizona turn into brutal primary fights. And he's had to deal with the constant barrage of attacks from former President Donald Trump over his leadership.
[ cnn.com ]Bannon seeks to delay contempt of Congress trial until October
The Justice Department and Steve Bannon, ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, are heading into court Tuesday to discuss Bannon's desires to make evidence public and not to schedule a trial until October.
[ cnn.com ]Regulators investigating Trump SPAC deal
The shell company that is facilitating former President Donald Trump's return to Wall Street disclosed Monday that federal regulators are investigating the deal.
[ cnn.com ]Reports: Perdue plans to challenge Kemp in GOP primary for Georgia governor
Former GOP Sen. David Perdue plans to announce Monday that he's mounting a primary challenge against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a move that will pit the ally of former President Donald Trump against the incumbent Republican governor and set up an intra-party fight in one of the nation's closely watched political battlegrounds, according to multiple reports.
[ cnn.com ]Trump's White House doctor facing fresh scrutiny over Covid test timeline
Former President Donald Trump's positive Covid test in September 2020, three days before the first presidential debate, is raising new questions about whether Trump's physician at the time, Dr. Sean Conley, had a duty to inform the public -- and Joe Biden -- about Trump's positive result.
[ cnn.com ]Trump says Mark Meadows' Covid claim is 'fake news'. Hours later, Meadows agreed
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly 'furious' over a forthcoming book written by Mark Meadows, his former chief of staff, in which Meadows says Trump tested positive for Covid-19 on September 26 - three days before his first debate with Joe Biden. CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger has more.
[ cnn.com ]Trump's former chief of staff could flip Trump's January 6 narrative on its head. Here's why
Former President Donald Trump maintains strong support among Republicans even though the party suffered significant losses in both the House and Senate during his presidency. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza talks about how Trump is tricking Republicans into thinking he's the party's the best option in 2024.
[ cnn.com ]New details shed light on ways Mark Meadows pushed federal agencies to pursue dubious election claims
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' new cooperation with the January 6 House select committee could give investigators a valuable window into how former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to enlist government officials to pursue baseless election conspiracy theories -- an effort new CNN reporting reveals Meadows was central to in the weeks after the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]Ex-White House official says Trump showed 'flagrant lack of regard for public health' in keeping positive Covid test secret
Former President Donald Trump showed "a flagrant lack of regard for public health" and endangered White House staff by not disclosing a positive Covid-19 test he received last year, his former communications director said Wednesday.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Is Mark Meadows turning on Trump?
Just when you think you know the depth of former President Donald Trump's recklessness and arrogance, something new comes along to prove you don't. According to The Guardian, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reveals in a new book that Trump tested positive for the Covid-19 virus three day before his first debate with then-presidential candidate Joe Biden. The book says another test in that period came back negative.
[ cnn.com ]Here's what Trump was up to around the time of his positive Covid test
Here is a broad-strokes timeline of then-President Donald Trump's activities around the time he first tested positive for Covid-19. According to excerpts from a forthcoming book by Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows as reported by The Guardian, this was three days ahead of Trump's first 2020 presidential debate with Joe Biden.
[ cnn.com ]Sobbing rioter described his assault of Capitol officer: 'My God. What did I just do?'
The Capitol rioter accused of firing the Taser at one of the most outspoken police officers wounded on January 6 had told federal investigators in March he had come to Washington, DC, to respond to then-President Donald Trump's call -- and that he regretted what he had done.
[ cnn.com ]Takeaways from the appeals court hearing in the Jan. 6 Trump documents case
An appeals court hearing Tuesday on former President Donald Trump's claim to keep January 6 documents from his presidency private showed that Trump faces an uphill battle to keep the documents out of the hands of House investigators.
[ cnn.com ]Trump's businesses made $1.7B while in office, book says
Author David Cay Johnston says former President Donald Trump's businesses made $1.7 billion in revenue while he was in office.
[ cnn.com ]Ex-CIA officer reacts to new report about Trump's CIA briefings
The CIA released a new report which discusses how intelligence officials struggled to brief President Donald Trump before and while he was in office.
[ cnn.com ]Trump makes attempt to block release of his January 6 documents to court today
Former President Donald Trump faces a major test in Washington on Tuesday, as he attempts to convince a federal appeals court he should be able to keep records from his presidency from the House select committee that's investigating the January 6 US Capitol riot.
[ cnn.com ]Esper says Americans deserve 'unvarnished' look at 'tumultuous' Trump administration as he sues Pentagon over book redactions
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that the American people deserve an "unvarnished" look at former President Donald Trump's "tumultuous" presidency after he filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon for not clearing his book manuscript for publication.
[ cnn.com ]Defense Department wants Esper to remove parts about Trump from book, lawsuit says
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is suing the Department of Defense for not clearing his book manuscript for publication, after the agency told Esper he needed to take out parts of the book about his time working under then-President Donald Trump.
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