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@CNN Senior White House Correspondent. Former elementary school teacher, Oklahoma native, ranch dressing enthusiast.
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Joined February 2009
WH adviser Peter Navarro calls Russia, China & India show of unity “troublesome.”.“It was a shame to see Modi getting in bed, as the leader of the biggest democracy in the world, w/ the 2 biggest authoritarian dictators in the world, in Putin & Xi Jinping…doesn't make any sense”.
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Sec. Scott Bessent says “all options” on table for sanctions on Russia."Putin, since the historic meeting in Anchorage, since the phone call, when European leaders & Pres Zelensky were at the WH. has done the opposite of following through on what he indicated he wanted to do.”.
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The press pool has spotted President Trump getting into his motorcade this morning.
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Maxwell says there is no client list; explains origin of the client list story.
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The Justice Department has released transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview.
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UPDATE: DOJ has publicly released transcript & audio of interview that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislane Maxwell. Separately, DOJ says it has transmitted records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to House Oversight Committee.
The Justice Department is planning to publicly release a transcript of the interview that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislane Maxwell as early as Friday afternoon, a person familiar with the matter tells @HBRabinowitz.
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Multiple fatalities, including children, were reported Friday after a tour bus with about 50 passengers headed back to New York City from Niagara Falls crashed into a ditch, state police said.
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After spending the morning taking in the breathtaking sights at Niagara Falls, a group of tourists boarded a bus to return to New York City, not knowing about an hour later, their bus would be lying...
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The Justice Department is planning to publicly release a transcript of the interview that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislane Maxwell as early as Friday afternoon, a person familiar with the matter tells @HBRabinowitz.
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The FBI is also investigating whether former national security adviser John Bolton disclosed classified information outside of his 2020 book, potentially to clients or media members, a source familiar with the matter tells me.
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The FBI have begun searching John Bolton’s DC office, a source familiar with the matter tells me. CNN saw several unmarked federal vehicles outside Bolton’s office building in downtown Washington Friday morning.
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President Trump tells reporters he knew “nothing” about the search at John Bolton’s home. "I know nothing about it, I just saw it this morning they did a raid,” he said before calling Bolton “a real sort of a low life.”.
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Trump joining law enforcement tonight in DC amid federal takeover —>.
Trump tells @toddstarnes he's planning to join federal law enforcement in the streets of DC tonight. "I'm going to be going out tonight, I think, with the with the police, and with the military, of course. So we're going to do a job," he said. He didn't divulge more beyond that.
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RT @KitMaherCNN: CNN's @AlejandraJMillo video of Vance being boo'ed as he leaves Shake Shake at Union Station: . "This is the guy who think….
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Western leaders agreed Trump should tell Putin what they'd decided during their meeting, Finnish Pres. Alexander Stubb tells @OutFrontCNN .“It was coordinated” he said of Trump call to Putin. Stubb said one aim was to suggest a Putin/Zelensky bilat, which he said Putin agreed to.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says leaders did not discuss redrawing Ukrainian boundaries today.“Everybody is clear, including [Trump], that when it comes to territory, it is the Ukrainian president who has to discuss this in the trilateral. " Rutte told FOX.
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Putin agreed to meet Zelensky within the next 2 weeks during a phone call with US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters, adding no location has been chosen. Merz also said he doesn’t know if Putin would “have the courage” to attend such a summit.
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US President Trump and Putin spoke amid Trump’s meeting with Zelensky & other European leaders, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, adding the Europeans were not present for the conversation. European official tells CNN Trump paused the negotiations in order to call Putin.
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Zelensky says he’s grateful for new NATO program allowing member states to buy weapons from US to send to Ukraine. “We’re thankful for this program & this opportunity. We’re thankful for Europe-they pay for this” he said.Key WH complaint in Feb was Zelensky wasn’t grateful enough.
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President Trump says there’s “reasonable chance” of Russia-Ukraine war ending if trilateral meeting w/ Zelensky & Putin occurs. “I think if everything works out well today, we’ll have a trilat & I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that.”.
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Air raid sirens have been heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as European leaders arrive at the White House for talks with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and UK PM Keir Starmer have all arrived at White House.
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