Steve Bannon surrenders to authorities and is expected to face New York State charges related to the border wall fundraising effort

CNN — Steve Bannon turned himself in to authorities on Thursday morning and is expected to face New York State Fees linked to an effort to raise money to finance the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. Former Donald Trump aide is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday … Read more

West Point displays Ku Klux Klan plaque at entrance to Science Building, congressional naming commission says

CNN — West Point, the United States Military Academy, has a plaque with the name Ku Klux Klan writing and a hooded figure displayed at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, the science center on the campus of the military academy, according to a new report from the Congress Naming Commission. The Commission, which was created … Read more

Mississippi weather: A train is derailed and roads are washed out after torrential rains in the region

CNN — Wading through thigh-deep water, dozens of nursing home residents clung to a rope stretched across a flooded parking lot on Wednesday as they were evacuated from a Mississippi nursing home. Residents, aided by firefighters, volunteers and state troopers, passed submerged cars as they departed by school bus from the Peach Tree Village assisted … Read more

Syria: US soldier injured after rockets hit coalition bases, US official says

Washington CNN — Several rockets were fired at coalition bases in Syria on Wednesday, wounding a US service member, according to a statement from US Central Command, in apparent response to American airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in the region. The rockets hit two bases in the northeast Syria which house US troops, Green Village and … Read more

Maxwell Frost: Gen Z candidate to win Democratic nomination in Florida’s 10th district, CNN projects

CNN — Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, will win the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 10th congressional districtCNN projects, and could become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress. He beat out a crowded field of candidates seeking to replace the Democratic representative. Val Demings in an Orlando-based district, including state senator Randolph … Read more

Judge gives Trump until Friday to better explain why he wants special master for Mar-a-Lago documents

CNN — A federal judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump until Friday to fine-tune his legal case. special master’s request to oversee the review of evidence collected during the search for Mar-a-Lago. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida ordered Trump’s lawyers to expand on why the court … Read more

Trump legal team asks ‘special master’ to review Mar-a-Lago evidence and determine if any should be fired

CNN — Former president donald trumpThe legal team of has asked a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to ensure that the Department of Justice returns all of its private documents seized during the search for Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago. Trump is asking for a special master — a third-party attorney — to oversee … Read more

Pentagon rejects DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for National Guard to assist migrants arriving in nation’s capital for second time

CNN — The Pentagon rejected a second request from the mayor of Washington, DC, to help manage migrants arriving in the city by bus from Texas and Arizona, according to a defense official. The Pentagon, according to a copy of the rejection letter reviewed by CNN, said it “would not be appropriate” to use the … Read more

Dow: Stocks fall on fear of another big Fed rate hike

New York CNN Business — We might as well hope that the Federal Reserve will rein in its aggressive interest rate hikes. Shares fell on Monday as investors began to fear again that the central bank could raise rates by three-quarters of a point next month. The Dow ended the day with a loss of … Read more

Trump legal team asks ‘special master’ to review Mar-a-Lago evidence and determine if any should be fired

CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has asked a federal judge to appoint a ‘special master’ to ensure the Justice Department returns all of his private documents seized during the Mar-a-Lago raid two weeks ago. Trump is asking for a special master — a third-party attorney — to oversee the review of evidence … Read more