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Tough new criticism emerges of the decision to have a special master review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. Former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr is weighing in tonight, calling the judge’s opinion wrong and urging the Justice Department to appeal. Plus, newly obtained surveillance video shows a fake GOP elector helped pro-Trump operatives enter a county election office in Georgia on the same...

A federal judge ordered an independent review of the documents seized in the search of Mar-a-Lago, granting former President Trump’s request to appoint a special master. We break down the ruling and what happens next. Also, President Biden speaks this hour from Pennsylvania in an effort to push for Democrats in key swing state midterms. Plus, Liz Truss is set to be the next prime minister of the U...

New developments in the Mar-a-Lago investigation as a federal judge unseals an inventory divulging the trove of material seized from Donald Trump’s Florida home. The extensive list  raises new questions about the dozens of empty folders marked classified. Plus, President Biden is touting another round of good news for the U.S. economy as 315,000 jobs were added last month. To learn more about how...

The courtroom’s showdown over Donald Trump’s request for a special master has just concluded without a decision from the judge. Trump attorneys are making their case, comparing his retention of classified documents to an overdue library book. Then, President Biden is heading to Philadelphia for a primetime address on threats to American democracy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener priv...

In Jackson, Mississippi, a third straight day of misery amid a water supply crisis. Emergency distribution measures struggle to reach the city’s 150,000 residents. Then, the FDA has authorized the first updated booster vaccine targeting the Omicron variant. Americans could get the new shots as soon as Friday. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more a...

A new deadline for the Justice Department approaches as prosecutors are about to submit a lengthy response to former President Trump’s request for a special master in the Mar-a-Lago investigation. Also, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow at the age of 91. We look back at his life and place in history. Then, Mississippi’s largest city is in crisis amid a cata...

The Justice Department says a limited set of materials seized from Mar-a-Lago could be covered by attorney-client privilege. Former President Trump is pushing for a special master to review the materials as the intelligence community assesses the potential national security fallout. Also, engine trouble has caused NASA to postpone a critical first step toward returning Americans to the moon. To le...

The newly unsealed Mar-a-Lago search affidavit reveals the level of Top Secret intelligence that was taken to former President Trump’s home, stored in an unauthorized location, and at a risk of falling into the wrong hands. The affidavit also shows the FBI believed its search might uncover evidence of obstruction. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn m...

The Mar-a-Lago search affidavit will be released with the Justice Department’s redactions. A federal judge just ordered the information to be unsealed by noon tomorrow. Also, the Biden White House is struggling to answer questions about the president’s new student loan relief program and the criticism it is getting from both the left and the right. To learn more about how CNN protects listener pri...

The death toll is rising from an attack at a train station in Ukraine as the country marks six devastating months since Russia launched its invasion. CNN is live in Kyiv and in Moscow at this critical and dangerous moment in the war. Also, new court deadlines are fast approaching in connection with the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. The Justice Department has only a day left to propose how much of the...

A just released letter reveals new information about classified material retrieved from Mar-a-Lago months before the FBI search. The letter shows the National Archives was pushing back in May to share hundreds of documents with the intelligence community, including some of the most sensitive government secrets. Also, Ukraine is on heightened alert for new Russian attacks as the United States urges...

Trump's legal team just asked a federal judge to appoint a third party attorney known as a special master to go through evidence that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago. We will break down the significance of the move. Also, a car bombing threatens to escalate Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Kremlin is now accusing Ukrainians of killing the daughter of a prominent Putin ally. To learn more about how...

Senator Lindsey Graham just lost a new bid to avoid facing a Georgia grand jury next week. The investigation into the efforts to try to overturn the state’s presidential election results is heating up and a prosecutor said Graham is a crucial witness. Also, urgent new warnings emerge that a Ukrainian nuclear plant may be on the brink of a disaster. To learn more about how CNN protects listener pri...

A federal judge released some documents tied to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, and is signaling he may unseal parts of the search affidavit as well. This as 18 former senior Trump administration officials tell CNN they never heard of Trump's standing order to declassify documents he took from the White House. And, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg plead guilty today for his role in...

Rudy Giuliani was questioned under oath today about the ex-president's potentially illegal attempts to stay in power. He's the closest adviser to former President Donald Trump to be named a target in the Georgia investigation, raising questions about Trump's own criminal exposure. CNN political correspondent Sara Murray begins our coverage. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, vi...

We’re learning that the FBI has interviewed the former top lawyers in the Trump White House in connection with the investigation of classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago. Rep. Adam Schiff, a key member of the January 6th committee and the House intelligence committee, joins. Plus, we're tracking Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary battle in Wyoming. Also, President Biden has just singed a sweeping climat...

Chilling new threats to kill law enforcement personnel emerge in the wake of the search of former President Trump’s Florida home. Now, Trump makes new claims about what agents seized during their search. January 6th select committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins to discuss. Also, Rudy Giuliani is now a target in the criminal investigation into efforts to try to flip the 2020 presidential electi...

The Mar-a-Lago search warrant is now public and it reveals FBI agents went to Trump’s home looking for possible violations of the Espionage Act and other major crimes. The FBI left with a trove of secret documents including some classified at the very highest level. We examine all the information which has just been been released by a federal judge. To learn more about how CNN protects listener pr...

President Trump is now responding to the U.S. Justice Department’s new move to unseal the warrant used to search his Florida home. The attorney general revealed that he personally approved the request to retrieve documents from Mar-a-Lago and condemned the attacks on the integrity of his department and the FBI. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more...

Former President Trump pleads the fifth and refused to answer questions in a New York investigation of his company. His legal perils appear to grow as new details emerge about the FBI’s search of his Florida home. Also, a new report shows inflation cooling as gas prices keep going down. We examine what this means for consumers. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/p...

New urgency in the U.S. Justice Department investigation of former President Trump after the unprecedented FBI search of his Florida home. We explore details on what federal agents found. Some prominent Republicans, including the House minority leader, are slamming the search and vowing investigations of both the Justice Department and the FBI. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy...

President Biden is on the brink of a much needed win after the Senate passage of a landmark economic package. Plus, CNN has learned that two years worth of Alex Jones' text messages have been turned over to the January 6th select committee. Also, singer and actor Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73 and we look back at her life and career. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, vi...

A new jobs report shows hiring in the United States was hot in July, throwing cold water on recession fears but adding to concerns about inflation. Also, U.S. and Chinese tensions rise after Beijing’s missile fire near Taiwan and its new sanctions against Nancy Pelosi. Plus, Moscow says it is ready to discuss a proposed prisoner swap that could lead to the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. To...

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay over $4 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre as compensation for his lie that the shooting was a hoax. Then, WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. Also, CNN has learned that former President Trump’s lawyers are now in direct talks with the U.S. Justice Department about the Jan...

Abortion rights advocates are celebrating a big win in the red sate of Kansas where voters overwhelmingly refused to clear the way for a state abortion ban. We’ll break down the vote and what it could mean for the midterms. Then, CNN has learned that a second top lawyer in the Trump White House has been subpoenaed in the criminal investigation of January 6th. To learn more about how CNN protects l...