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CNN's Anderson Cooper discusses the subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the requests by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol to voluntarily cooperate.
In addition to McCarthy, the Democrat-led panel is subpoenaing Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
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The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week, aides told CNN, and replaced by those of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago.
White House tradition calls for portraits of the most recent American presidents to be given the most prominent placement, in the entrance of the executive mansion, visible to guests during official events.
That was the case through at least July 8, when President Donald Trump welcomed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The two stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and made remarks, with the portraits of Clinton and Bush essentially looking on as they had been throughout Trump's first term.
But in the days after after that, the Clinton and Bush portraits were moved into the Old Family Dining Room, a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitors.
That places the paintings well outside of Trump's vantage point in the White House. In their previous location, the pictures would have been seen daily as Trump descends the staircase from his third floor private residence or when he hosts events on the state floor of the White House. Now, they hang in a space used mainly for storing unused tablecloths and furniture.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Sen. Ted Cruz said it is “utter garbage” when potential Republican candidates pronounce that they would run in 2024 whether or not former President Donald Trump does. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza discusses how the Texas senator evolved from calling Trump a “sniveling coward” to becoming an astute observer of Trump’s hold on the GOP.
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he video deposition of Donald Trump played before the jury in the E. Jean Carroll civil battery and defamation trial was made public, showing the former president misidentifying the defendant in a photo as his ex-wife Marla Maples. CNN legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers says this was a blunder by Trump because it appeared to undercut his claim that Carroll wasn't his "type."
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When a baby girl died of injuries doctors said were consistent with being shaken, her nanny faced a murder charge. Things took a turn when a small but vocal group of defense witnesses said the science behind shaken baby syndrome had been debunked - something mainstream medical organizations say isn't true. CNN's Sanjay Gupta reports. #cnn #news
