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Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work by a conservative judicial activist who specified that her name wouldn’t appear on the paperwork, according to a Washington Post report. CNN’s Joan Biskupic has more. #CNN #News
Russia claimed Ukraine attempted to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by flying two drones toward the Kremlin overnight. Retired Major General James “Spider” Marks and CNN Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance weigh in. #CNN #News
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence. #CNN #News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells CNN's Michael Smerconish that he is running for president because he thinks "our country is headed in a bad direction."
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At least eight of the Republican "fake electors" in Georgia have accepted immunity deals in an ongoing criminal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election there, according to a new court filing. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig and CNN political correspondent Sara Murray weigh in. #CNN #News
After Russia alleged that Ukraine attacked the Kremlin in Moscow with drones, Kyiv faced its worst strikes in months, reports CNN's Nick Paton Walsh in Ukraine. CNN's Jim Sciutto discusses with retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson. #CNN #News
Speaking to CNN's Irish affiliate, Virgin Media News, former President Donald Trump said he will cut short his trip to Ireland to "confront" rape allegations made against him in New York. Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll is suing the former president for allegedly raping her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s. #CNN #News
A former Russian lawmaker, Ilya Ponomarev, living in exile believes an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin was the work of what he calls "Russian partisans," and not the Ukrainian military as alleged by Moscow. CNN's Pamela Brown speaks with him about his allegations. #CNN #News
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from Ukraine where attacks behind Russian lines indicate the possible beginnings of a counteroffensive. Then, CNN’s Jake Tapper speaks with Trevor Reed, the Marine veteran released from Russian captivity in 2022, and his parents about the plight of Americans jailed overseas. #CNN #News
Scuffles broke out between Ukrainian and Russian delegates at a summit in Turkey, state-run news agency Anadolu reported. Video posted to social media showed Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Marikovskyi punching a Russian representative in an altercation after the man tore down the Ukrainian flag on the sidelines of the conference. #CNN #News
First Republic Bank is the third bank to fail since March 2023. CNN's Christine Romans breaks down its failure, its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and what the forecast is now saying for the financial sector. #CNN #News
Voters from all political sides in Arizona speak up about the Democrat turned Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and share their thoughts on a potential reelection bid. CNN's Kyung Lah reports. #CNN #News
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that his private military company would leave the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on May 10 because his fighters lack ammunition. #CNN #News
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh offers a glimpse into the front lines of Russia's war with Ukraine as a Ukrainian counteroffensive looms. CNN's Wolf Blitzer discusses with John Kirby, the National Security Council’s Coordinator for Strategic Communications. #CNN #News
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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Former CIA chief of Russia operations Steve Hall reacts to video of Yevgeny Prigozhin's warning to the Kremlin about pulling his troops out of Bakhmut, Ukraine. #CNN #News
CNN’s Nic Robertson breaks down new reporting from the Washington Post that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky only learned about the Pentagon intelligence leaks through the news. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer discusses with former NATO Supreme Allied Commander retired Gen. Wesley Clark and William Taylor, former ambassador to Ukraine. #CNN #News
Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties since December in a key signal that Moscow's winter offensive has "backfired," according to new estimated figures from the White House. #CNN #News
The FBI released a new wanted poster for Francisco Oropesa, accused of killing four adults and one 9-year-old child in Texas with an AR-15 style rifle, CNN’s Ed Lavandera reports. CNN’s John Berman breaks down the latest in the investigation with CNN law enforcement analysts John Miller and Andrew McCabe. #CNN #News
Former attorney general Eric Holder speaks with CNN's Abby Phillip about the range of legal issues facing former president Donald Trump, as well as the probes facing Hunter Biden and the end of immigration rule Title 42. #CNN #News
Conservative lawyer George Conway reacts to a photo taken of former President Donald Trump hugging a woman convicted for unlawfully entering Capitol grounds on January 6th. #CNN #News
CNN's Elle Reeve takes a closer look at protests on college campuses when planned speakers are deemed controversial and whether or not today's students are interested in debate. #CNN #News
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) weighs in on President Joe Biden's 2024 presidential bid and discusses House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) advocacy for a bill to raise the national debt limit. #CNN #News
A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a rampage that started with a noise complaint about gunfire, according to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect, identified as 38-year old Francisco Oropeza, was apparently shooting a rifle in his yard when neighbors asked him to stop because a baby was trying to sleep, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said. The suspect then opened fire on the neighbors, Capers said.
Authorities found the victims Friday night after receiving a harassment report about 11:30 p.m. local time, the sheriff said. #RyanYoung #cnn
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The Kremlin has yet to present physical evidence supporting the Russian government’s claim that it foiled an attempt by Ukraine on President Vladimir Putin’s life with a drone attack, although videos have surfaced that purport to show the attack — including what appears to be the shooting down of a drone — and its aftermath. CNN military analyst Col. Cedric Leighton (ret.) analyzes videos of the alleged attack. #CNN #News
A transformative and largely untested technology looks set to revolutionize political campaigning: artificial intelligence. AI blurs the lines between fact and fiction and is raising concerns ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Donie O'Sullivan reports. #CNN #News
More than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are set to go on strike for the first time since 2007. The move could bring an immediate halt to the production of many television shows and possibly delay the start of new seasons. #CNN #News
Police departments across the US are using a new AI program called Truleo to analyze officers' bodycam videos and prevent problematic behavior. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reports. #CNN #News
The suspected leaker of the Pentagon documents is back in court today. Prosecutors are arguing that Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, should remain in jail during the course of his legal case, in part, because he has a history of violent threats and possessed an "arsenal of weapons." CNN's Jason Carroll reports. #CNN #News
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. poked fun at former President Donald Trump's classified documents scandal during the White House Correspondents' dinner. #CNN #News
A large blimp developed by the Chinese military has been spotted for the first time at a remote base in the desert of northwestern China, exclusive new satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows. #CNN #News
A federal judge overseeing a civil battery and defamation trial involving Donald Trump has denied the former president’s motion for a mistrial. CNN's Kara Scannell reports. #CNN #News
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talks about E. Jean Carroll's ongoing battery and defamation trial against former President Donald Trump. #CNN #News
Former FBI deputy director and CNN senior law enforcement analyst Andrew McCabe explains why former President Donald Trump should be "very nervous" after former Vice President Mike Pence testified to a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election. #CNN #News
Jessica Roth, a former federal prosecutor, speaks with CNN's John Berman about the latest developments in E. Jean Carroll's civil case against former President Donald Trump, and what's next to come in the trial. #CNN #News
The "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper about his concerns about the emerging technology. #CNN #News
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks on the Senate floor following a mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. #CNN #News #Shorts
One person is dead and four others have been taken to the hospital, the Atlanta Police Department said, as authorities continue to search for a gunman who they said shot multiple people at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown. CNN's Ryan Young reports live from the scene. #CNN #News
Longtime Trump Organization executives Matthew Calamari Sr. and his son Matthew Calamari Jr. are expected to appear before the grand jury investigating possible mishandling of classified documents brought to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, sources said. Prosecutors are expected to ask them about the handling of the surveillance footage and Trump employees’ conversations following the subpoena, according to the sources. #CNN #News
In a press conference, local and federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of Francisco Oropesa for allegedly shooting five people, including one child, after days of searching. His arrest came after a civilian tip on the case's tip line. #CNN #News
A manhunt is still underway in Texas as more than 250 law enforcement officers from more than a dozen agencies search for the man suspected of shooting and killing five of his neighbors, including a young child, after he was asked to stop firing his rifle near their home, authorities say.#CNN #News
A seventh grader in Michigan is being praised as a hero for preventing his school bus from crashing after his bus driver lost consciousness, according to a school official.
The British royals live like, well, royalty. But where do they get the money to fund it all? CNN's Max Foster breaks down their sources of income and what it all means for taxpayers. #CNN #News
"CNN This Morning" speaks with reporter Astead Herndon, who discusses his three-hour interview with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and his continued insistence that the 2020 and 2022 elections were stolen. #CNN #News
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, according to newly released Supreme Court documents. #CNN #News
Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith have been asking questions in recent weeks about the handling of surveillance footage from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort after the Trump Organization received a subpoena last summer for the footage, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses this further with CNN reporter Katelyn Polantz and Former Assistant US Attorney Elie Honig. #CNN #News
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu speaks with CNN's Anderson Cooper about the 2024 presidential election. #CNN #News
Five hours after saying “I do,” 34-year-old newlywed Samantha Miller died when she was hit by an alleged drunken driver in Folly Beach, South Carolina, as she left her wedding reception night.
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Gusty, high desert winds pushed a stroller with a baby boy inside toward a busy four-lane highway outside a car wash. Thanks to a good Samaritan, the great-aunt and baby are okay. #CNN #News #shorts
