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The US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are opening investigations into the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to sources familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued that the culprit was a 2018 law, signed by then-President Donald Trump, that rolled back regulations on banks of SVB’s size. CNN’s Jake Tapper discusses this with an expert panel. #cnn #news
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who was shot by members of the Peoples Temple during the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, says she sees similarities between cult leader Jim Jones and former President Donald Trump in the way they use their charisma to connect with disillusioned American and act as "merchants of deceit." Speier was shot five times on an airstrip in Guyana while accompanying a lawmaker to investigate the nearby cult.
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Actress Anne Heche remains hospitalized after a car she was driving crashed into a house in Los Angeles and became engulfed in flames. A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN the significant nature of Heche's injuries have prevented officers from interviewing her. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the crash.
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Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News in a written statement after the network reported that an Associate Press investigation found only 182 potentially fraudulent ballots out of 3 million votes cast in Arizona during the 2020 presidential election. Former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt shares what has surprised him the most about the reaction from Republicans and Trump supporters that Fox News called Arizona for President Joe Biden.
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During a historic trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her visit was intended to make it "unequivocally clear" that the United States would "not abandon" the democratically governed island. China responded to Pelosi's trip launching military exercises, which China's Ministry of Defense said began with drills in both the seas and airspace surrounding Taiwan. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said 27 Chinese warplanes made incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone, and 22 planes crossed the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait -- an unprecedented number since Taiwan began publicly releasing information about China's air incursions about two years ago. #cnn #news
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack is in possession of email correspondence between conservative attorney John Eastman and Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, a conservative activist who's the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a source familiar with the committee's investigation told CNN.
The source who spoke with CNN would not provide details on the emails' contents or say if they were direct messages between the two or part of a larger group correspondence. The Washington Post first reported on the emails. #cnn #news
Dr. Deborah Birx, former President Donald Trump's coronavirus task for coordinator, is making the rounds on television revealing the dysfunction in the Trump White House. CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on some of the times Birx could have spoken out about Trump but did not.
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CNN's Kristen Holmes reports on the growing concern inside the Republican party over former football star Herschel Walker's missteps which has him running behind incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock.
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'They were shooting directly at journalists.' These are the words of one eyewitness to the shooting of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin Camp, in the West Bank. Nearly two weeks on, CNN has found new video evidence and eyewitnesses which suggest the Israel Defense Forces carried out a targeted attack. CNN's Katie Polglase reports. #cnn #news
Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reprimanded right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying he violated his oath to tell the truth during his defamation trial. The trial will determine how much in damages Jones will have to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims, who won a default judgment against him earlier this year. #cnn #news
CNN's Anderson Cooper reports that Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while on assignment in Ukraine. His injury comes a day after journalist Brent Renaud was killed in Irpin, Ukraine. Jeff Newton, a friend and colleague of Renaud, shares his memories of the award-winning journalist with CNN's Alisyn Camerota. #cnn #news
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene yelled from the crowd at President Joe Biden as he delivered the State of the Union address. #cnn #news #stateoftheunion
CNN's Anderson Cooper discusses the subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the requests by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol to voluntarily cooperate.
In addition to McCarthy, the Democrat-led panel is subpoenaing Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
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The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week, aides told CNN, and replaced by those of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago.
White House tradition calls for portraits of the most recent American presidents to be given the most prominent placement, in the entrance of the executive mansion, visible to guests during official events.
That was the case through at least July 8, when President Donald Trump welcomed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The two stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and made remarks, with the portraits of Clinton and Bush essentially looking on as they had been throughout Trump's first term.
But in the days after after that, the Clinton and Bush portraits were moved into the Old Family Dining Room, a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitors.
That places the paintings well outside of Trump's vantage point in the White House. In their previous location, the pictures would have been seen daily as Trump descends the staircase from his third floor private residence or when he hosts events on the state floor of the White House. Now, they hang in a space used mainly for storing unused tablecloths and furniture.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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