Maria Butina’s defense team is fighting back against the prosecutors’ sentencing memo in her case, which came in Friday night before her sentencing this week and unexpectedly asked for more jail time for her. Prosecutors on Friday filed a pre-sentencing memo asking 18 months jail time for Butina, in a case where they’ve alleged scandalous…… MORE
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New Hampshire senator to call on 2020 Democrats to support repeal of voter residency law
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, plans to send 2020 Democratic presidential candidates a letter Monday, urging them to sign a petition condemning a state law that would require college students to be a permanent resident of the state to vote. “I am asking every candidate for President to stand up for these students, condemning these…… MORE
Defense Department announces deaths of US service members in Iraq and Qatar
The US Department of Defense over the weekend identified two US service members killed in non-combat related incidents in Iraq and Qatar. Army Spc. Ryan Dennis Orin Riley, 22, of Richmond, Kentucky, died Saturday in Ninawa Province in Iraq. Riley was supporting the effort against al Qaeda as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, according to…… MORE
The 5 biggest 2020 stories to watch this week, ranked
With 288 days until the Iowa caucuses and a record number of Democratic candidates, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I’ll tell you the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the #1 story is the most important…… MORE
Giuliani knocks Mueller’s investigators as ‘unfair’ to Trump
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani went after special counsel Robert Mueller’s team on Sunday, calling the investigators “unfair” to his client, President Donald Trump. Giuliani, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” even went as far as to characterize one member of Mueller’s team as a “hitman” as he described the special counsel’s…… MORE
Cain and Moore wouldn’t shift the Fed. A Trump 2020 victory might
President Donald Trump’s selection of former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and former Trump campaign adviser Stephen Moore to fill two open seats on the Federal Reserve board has unleashed a wave of anxiety about the independence of the world’s most powerful central bank. But even if they were to make it through Senate confirmation…… MORE
Voter excitement for the 2020 election is already on par with the days before the 2016 vote
Americans won’t go to the polls to choose who they want to be president for about 18 months. But bipartisan enthusiasm for the 2020 vote is so high that it’s comparable to the days before the last time they cast a presidential ballot. In a new poll by Fox News released Thursday, more than half…… MORE
Tim Ryan does not support impeachment proceedings against Trump: ‘Let the process play itself out’
2020 Democratic candidate Tim Ryan said he does not support beginning the impeachment process against President Donald Trump, even though he argued that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report shows the President committed obstruction of justice. “Let the process play itself out,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday on “State of the Union.” Though he argued…… MORE
Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo says
Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials because of its potential widespread lethality in terror attacks, and…… MORE
What we learned watching Robert Mueller for 18 months
Editor’s Note: When special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the US election, CNN, like most news organizations, endeavored to learn what we could about the famously secretive team’s work. So, in addition to other newsgathering efforts, CNN had journalists who stood outside their offices. Journalists often call this a stakeout.…… MORE
