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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes unannounced trip to Ukraine

CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited unannounced Ukraine Thursday – making his second visit to the country’s capital since the start of the war with Russia more than six months ago. While in Kyiv, Blinken met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and visited a children’s hospital. His trip comes as Ukraine has launched … Read more

Trump Mar-a-Lago docs: Why finding a special master won’t be easy

CNN — A federal judge’s decision to bring in a special master for review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s home opened up an extraordinarily murky, sensitive, and high-stakes task of finding a lawyer to fill that role and defining exactly what he or she will do. Whoever U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ultimately … Read more

Chicago bus: First bus carrying migrants from Texas-Mexico border arrives in Illinois, officials say

CNN — The State of Texas, which for several months has thousands of buses of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York and Washington, DC, has defined a new metropolitan area as destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on a charter bus from Texas arrived in Chicago on Wednesday evening, according to the office … Read more

US sends two warships to Taiwan Strait, first transit since Pelosi voyage

Seoul, South Korea CNN — Two US Navy warships entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit of the waterway since US-China tensions rose this month during a visit to the island of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruisers were making the trip Sunday “through … Read more

Mississippi governor declares state of emergency amid massive flooding

CNN — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency On Saturday, as weather and emergency management officials now anticipate the Pearl River Ridge in Jackson on Monday – about 24 hours earlier than originally expected – after record rainfall this week. “If the forecast proves accurate, the Pearl River is expected to crest … Read more

‘It’s going to change everything for me’: Americans react to Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt

CNN — Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. Biden announced on Wednesday that borrowers who hold loans from the Department of Education and earn less than $125,000 a year are eligible for up to … Read more

Biden’s student loan relief plan will primarily help working-class and middle-class borrowers, report says

CNN — of President Joe Biden student loan debt relief plan should primarily help working-class and middle-class borrowers, according to an updated report from an influential research group. That’s a change from his earlier projection that more high-income borrowers would get basic loan forgiveness. About 75% of the profits will go to households earning $88,000 … 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