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CNN's Chief White House Correspondent, 9 p.m. Anchor and diehard Alabama fan.

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Pete Buttigieg will also be joining me tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

25.03.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 630 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 6
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Jeffrey Goldberg will join me at 9 p.m. ET tonight.

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24.03.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 409 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 13
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Trump says he didn't sign Alien Enemies Act. "I don't know when it was signed 'cause I didn't sign it. Other people handled it. But Marco Rubio's done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that." But the proclamation on reads, "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."

21.03.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 588 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 23

Rebecca Slaughter, the Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission fired by President Trump yesterday, will join me at 9 p.m. ET. tonight.

20.03.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

19.03.2025 00:45 πŸ‘ 537 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4

As President Trump argues the pardons President Biden issued are null and void -- and the White House seems to walk it back -- I'll be joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, who received one of those pardons, tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

18.03.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 312 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2

Kentucky is the heart of America's bourbon industry. How will a 50% tariff from the EU impact them? I'll speak to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about it at 9 p.m. ET.

14.03.2025 00:14 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 4

Elon Musk met with House Republicans tonight about his efforts to slash federal spending and the size of the workforce. We'll speak with one lawmaker who was in the room at 9 p.m. ET.

06.03.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 1
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Coming up tonight, I’ll sit down with Secretary Rubio at 9 pm ET.

28.02.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 260 πŸ“Œ 20

But the Ukrainians would not be dining at the White House. As the prepared food sat nearby on carts in a hallway, the Ukrainians were instructed to leave.

The White House official said the Ukrainians wanted to continue the talks. But they were told no.

Zelensky left shortly thereafter.

28.02.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 203 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 7

He directed Secretary Rubio and his national security adviser Mike Waltz to deliver the message: it was time for Zelensky to leave.

The Ukrainians were holding nearby in a separate room. (That's standard for foreign leader visits.) Typically they reconvene for lunch.

28.02.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

What happened inside the WH after the Oval shouting match:

Trump huddled with his key advisers immediately afterward inside the Oval.

According to a White House official, Trump consulted Vance, Rubio, Bessent, etc. That was when Trump decided that Zelensky was "not in a place to negotiate."

28.02.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 459 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 17
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Coming up tonight, I'll sit down with House Speaker Mike Johnson after he pulled off a close win in the House last night, amid major questions about what's next for President Trump's agenda. See you at 9 p.m. ET.

26.02.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 4
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Coming up tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

26.02.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Elon Musk will be at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow, per the press secretary.

25.02.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 55

President Trump has ousted Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and says he is replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine. A retired four-star general expressed serious dismay over this move to me tonight, calling it "sadly political and tragic for our nation."

22.02.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 676 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 9

Coming up tonight, after Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, I'll speak with Fareed Zakaria, Maggie Haberman and GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt. See you at 9 p.m. ET.

20.02.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 2

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, I'll ask Amb. John Bolton for his view of President Trump meeting with President Putin, potentially in Saudi Arabia. Bolton was serving as his national security adviser when he met with Putin in Helsinki.

13.02.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 1

News β€” President Trump had a call with Russian President Putin this morning, I'm told.

12.02.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 15
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...

11.02.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 2284 πŸ” 968 πŸ’¬ 408 πŸ“Œ 316

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Sen. Chris Murphy will join me as a federal judge says the Trump White House has failed to comply with a court order.

11.02.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, whose state is home to nearly 6% of the federal workforce.

06.02.2025 01:13 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

"The Gaza thing has never worked," President Trump says in the Oval Office. "If we could find the right piece of land, pieces of land, and build them some really nice places...I think that would be a lot better than going back to Gaza."

04.02.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 9
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Elon Musk is serving as a β€˜special government employee,’ White House says | CNN Politics Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...

03.02.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

Elon Musk is officially serving as a special government employee, according to a White House official. Per a DOJ summary, a special government employee is "anyone who works, or is expected to work, for the government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period." Musk is not being paid, I am told.

03.02.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 15

Officials have just held a short briefing on the plane crash in Philadelphia. The FAA has just updated its numbers to say six people were on board the aircraft. We'll have the latest updates at 9 p.m. ET.

01.02.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 1

We're live tonight at 9 p.m. ET outside of Reagan National airport with the latest on the airliner-helicopter crash.

31.01.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 1

Coming up tonight at 9 pm ET, I’ll speak with Sen. Elizabeth Warren about her explosive exchange with RFK Jr. today.

30.01.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump signs settlement agreement with Meta, source says | CNN Business President Trump signed a settlement agreement at the White House Wednesday to end the lawsuit he brought against Meta after the company suspended his account in the aftermath of the January 6 attack o...

Trump signed a settlement agreement today ending his lawsuit against Meta after the company suspended his account after Jan. 6. This requires Meta to pay out roughly $25 mil, $22 mil of which will go to a fund for his forthcoming presidential library.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/b...

29.01.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 9

News β€” The Office of Management and Budget has just issued a memo rescinding the federal funding freeze following a lot confusion and calls to the White House about its impact.

29.01.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 9