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Ukrainian and Russian accounts speak of heavy fighting along part of the southern front, as Kyiv’s forces try to push further toward the strategic hub of Tokmak.Much of the combat is taking place south and east of the village of Robotyne, which the Ukrainians claimed to have secured last week.One unofficial Ukrainian Telegram channel used

Atlanta CNN  —  Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. For roughly three-and-a-half hours Monday, Meadows testified about his job at the White House and the chaotic post-2020 election period when then-President

CNN  —  Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is ending his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains,” Suarez said in a statement. Suarez’s move comes after he failed to fully

CNN  —  It’s a coincidence of the 2024 calendar and US history. March 4, 2024, is the scheduled date to kick off what may be the most consequential of former President Donald Trump’s four criminal trials, where he’ll answer federal charges in Washington, DC, that he illegally tried to subvert US democracy. Trump says he

CNN  —  No one may have been more surprised by the decisive moment in last week’s first GOP presidential debate than Desmond Meade. Meade is executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which works to restore voting rights in the state to former felons. Florida has long been one of the states that have

CNN  —  A trial date was set Monday for former President Donald Trump right in the middle of the 2024 presidential primary calendar, while Trump’s former chief of staff took the stand in Georgia in what amounted to a mini-trial in the election subversion case there. The split-screen developments Monday in Washington, DC, and Atlanta

CNN  —  A trial date was set Monday for former President Donald Trump right in the middle of the 2024 presidential primary calendar, while Trump’s former chief of staff took the stand in Georgia in what amounted to a mini-trial in the election subversion case there. The split-screen developments Monday in Washington, DC, and Atlanta

Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar towards Russian positions near Bakhmut on August 12. Libkos/AP/FILEA Ukrainian commander in the Bakhmut area has said it is critical to prevent the Russians from establishing proper defenses in the area.Maksym Zhorin, deputy commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, said on his Telegram channel that “one of the most important

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  Donald Trump’s very complicated legal calendar is coming into view. It currently appears that his criminal trials will occur after a large portion of Republican primary voters have decided whether to

Washington CNN  —  The federal judge overseeing Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress criminal case on Monday called his defense arguments “pretty weak sauce,” injecting last-minute uncertainty into how the former Donald Trump adviser will be able to defend himself during his upcoming trial. Navarro, Trump’s one-time trade adviser, testified Monday in his defense during a