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Takeaways from the first Iowa Senate debateBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s shadow looms over every contest in November’s midterm elections — but on an Iowa debate stage Wednesday night, the president’s name was rarely mentioned. The two candidates battling for Iowa’s Senate seat, Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek, kept their sometimes sharp disagreements
ABC17News.com15h agoWhole story →
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GOP candidate Steve Hilton grapples with Trump’s policies and other takeaways from the California governor debateBy Eric Bradner, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Becerra, the Democratic favorite in California’s race for governor, sought to tie his Republican opponent Steve Hilton to the policies of President Donald Trump as the two debated Wednesday night on CNN. “You’re going to end up with Trump results if you follow Steve Hilton’s plan,”
ABC17News.com8d agoWhole story →
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Trump’s ads have cost taxpayers at least $2.5 million, with funding from Customs and Border ProtectionBy Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Betsy Klein, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Millions of taxpayer dollars have already been spent on President Donald Trump’s hagiographic ads, according to estimates by a leading political ad-tracking firm. And a total of $20 million has been allocated for the effort, which watchdog groups have deemed illegal. The TV
ABC17News.com9d agoWhole story →
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico ask judge to stop Trump from reviving White House banBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — News organizations targeted by President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban them from the White House asked a federal judge late Monday to extend his order temporarily restoring their access, describing the ban as an “unlawful assault on the most fundamental First Amendment freedoms.” The new filing, submitted by attorneys
ABC17News.com10d agoWhole story →
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source saysBy Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, taxpayer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Two Trump advisers familiar with the ads said that they were being created in-house by
ABC17News.com10d agoWhole story →
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Trump posts series of attacks on GOP congresswoman who criticized him on immigrationBy Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump appeared to intensify his irritation with GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Saturday evening after reposting a series of social media attacks on the congresswoman who made waves last week for breaking with him on his immigration tactics. The president shared in quick succession on Truth
ABC17News.com12d agoWhole story →
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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump. Kelly found that the revocation of reporter’s press badges was done without “constitutionally adequate due process,”
ABC17News.com15d agoWhole story →
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White House strips CNN of TV pool assignment as Trump’s press ban escalatesBy Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Trump White House has removed CNN from its Monday assignment as the television pool representative for the entire White House press corps. The change breaks with decades of precedent and deepens the dispute that began Friday when President Donald Trump said he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and
ABC17News.com18d agoWhole story →
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GOP Rep. Salazar says she spoke with Trump and he is ‘very receptive’ to her warning about Hispanic votersBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar Sunday said that President Donald Trump was “very receptive” to her warning that Hispanic voters feel “betrayed” by his immigration agenda ahead of the midterm elections. The Florida Republican told CBS’ “Face The Nation” that she had a “very good conversation” with the president
ABC17News.com18d agoWhole story →
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Vulnerable Republicans are increasingly defying President Trump ahead of the midtermsBy Patrick Svitek, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Two vulnerable House Republicans from Iowa voted this week for the first time to rein in President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers. A lawmaker from South Florida, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, released an ad saying Trump’s immigration crackdown had “gone too far.” And a bevy of farm-state
ABC17News.com19d agoWhole story →
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Trump says his son paid back Russian billionaire who funded parts of wedding celebrationBy Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday claimed his son, Donald Trump Jr., paid back the Russian billionaire who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund parts of Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration in the Bahamas. “As I understand it, he paid him back,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office,
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US Institute of Peace and ousted board members ask court to block Trump from carving his name into the buildingBy Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Another DC institution is fighting to stop President Donald Trump from permanently planting his name on the front of their building. The US Institute of Peace and its ousted board members on Thursday asked a federal appeals court for emergency relief to prevent the administration from carving Trump’s name
ABC17News.com21d agoWhole story →
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Josh Shapiro wades into AI debate with call for ‘strict guardrails’By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called for greater federal regulation of artificial intelligence while criticizing President Donald Trump for minimizing concerns, saying “We cannot ignore the warning signs nor downplay the very real risks.” “I am not a doomer. I don’t think that it is inevitable that AI
ABC17News.com21d agoWhole story →
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Victims of sexual abuse with NDAs would be able to speak freely under new bill from GOP committee leaderBy Jake Tapper, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — Survivors of sexual abuse would be free to speak about their experiences even if they sign a nondisclosure agreement under a new bill put forward by the House Republican leading the Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Congress. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the push to protect survivors’
ABC17News.com23d agoWhole story →
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Mitch McConnell has been absent from Capitol Hill for three months. It’s still unclear when he’ll returnBy Annie Grayer, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues. McConnell was hospitalized in June, which his office later said was due to a
ABC17News.com26d agoWhole story →
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