Federal prosecutors were rebuffed in their effort to secure an indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to four sources briefed on the grand jury proceedings.
Hutchinson, who was a top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, angered President Trump's allies and his base when she testified in 2022 before the House select committee investigating the 2021 Capitol attack.
Neil Young says President Trump's fundraising committee is breaking a vow that "it would never again use Rockin' in the Free World'" at a campaign rally, and the musician is filing a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit.
The "Heart of Gold" singer filed the suit against the Trump 47 Committee on Monday. In the filing, Young alleges that his 1989 hit was played just before Trump took the stage at a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Oct. 12.
The lawsuit described the tune as a "blistering anthem that contrasts the hollow promises of American political rhetoric with the harsh realities faced by the poor, homeless and forgotten."
Brazilian senator Flvio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is headed to the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election, two sources have confirmed to CNN.
A US official told CNN that Bolsonaro is currently flying to Florida. It is unclear how he left Brazil. Bolsonaro said Monday that police forbade him from leaving the country.
A Brazilian source close to Bolsonaro said that the politician had feared arrest in Brazil, where he is under investigation by the country's highest court for alleged acts of corruption, money laundering and currency evasion. Bolsonaro denies all wrongdoing.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth apparently wants to take his talents to the U.S. Senate.
The news outlet Puck reported on Sunday that Hegseth wants Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn to appoint him to fill her Senate seat after she wins the gubernatorial election in the state next week"a win that is widely expected to happen"and thus vacates her seat in Congress' upper chamber.
Being a senator would be a launching pad for Hegseth's larger reported ambition: becoming president of the United States.
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"Trump approved allowing Flvio Bolsonaro to enter US after Brazil election loss, source says
President Donald Trump approved allowing Brazilian senator Flvio Bolsonaro entry into the United States following his election loss, a Trump adviser told CNN.
Trump administration officials were aware on Monday that Bolsonaro had roughly 24 hours to surrender his passport and made clear to the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate that he would be allowed entry in the US, the adviser said.
The US is issuing visas to Bolsonaro and his family, two US officials earlier told CNN.
Flvio's journey mirrors his father's actions after losing the 2022 presidential election.
Shortly after his loss, Jair Bolsonaro decamped for Orlando, Florida, where he remained for three months. During that time, hundreds of his supporters stormed the seats of power in the capital Braslia, vandalizing the supreme court, congress and the presidential palace in an attack reminiscent of the insurrection on the US Capitol in 2021."
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