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CNN  —  An aggravated murder suspect who escaped a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while shackled at the arms, legs and stomach was taken back into custody after an unusual rescue, authorities announced Friday. Christopher Lee Pray, 39, was captured Friday, according to Oregon State Police. He had been in custody and a patient at the

CNN  —  A leader of the Proud Boys who led the far-right organization’s infamous march to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison – among the longest sentences handed down yet for a convicted rioter. Joe Biggs was convicted by a Washington, DC jury of several charges

CNN  —  It was an excruciating moment of powerlessness for one of Washington’s most powerful men. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s words dried up and he froze, standing silent and staring straight ahead for around 30 painful seconds in the middle of a press conference Wednesday – the second time he had endured such an

CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in the sprawling Fulton County election interference case, according to a new court filing. Trump had been scheduled to be arraigned in person next Wednesday. Georgia law allows criminal defendants to waive their in-person appearance and enter a formal plea through court filings. Trump also

Washington CNN  —  Election officials in key battleground states are studying the legal viability of efforts to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president, based on the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. A post-Civil War provision of the 14th Amendment says any American official who takes an oath to uphold the Constitution

CNN  —  Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow’s luxurious New York estate, as ethics questions continue to rock the Supreme Court. In one instance, Thomas said he took the private transportation

CNN  —  Ukrainian forces said they had penetrated the “first line” of Russian strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region, in a sign that Kyiv is edging closer to Moscow’s sprawling network of fortified trenches along the southern front. The Ukrainian military claimed on Thursday that its units had advanced towards two villages to the south and

Washington CNN  —  The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a rule intended to require people selling firearms at gun shows and on the internet to conduct background checks on potential buyers, in an effort to curb the so-called gun show loophole. The proposal comes a little more than a year after President Joe Biden signed

CNN  —  Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in one year, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office alleged as part of their civil fraud lawsuit against the former president, his adult sons and the Trump Organization. Over a 10-year period, the attorney general’s office said that when