Donald Trump has chosen John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director, the president-elect announced in a statement. CNN's Kristen Holmes reports.
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Trump safe, two dead after assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called for an end to divisive political rhetoric on NBC's "TODAY" show after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
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Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after intel of Iran plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting
Fareed Zakaria sat down with Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and pressed him on the CNN reporting of an alleged Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald Trump. The reporting stemmed from US authorities obtaining intelligence on the alleged plot from a human source in recent weeks, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations denied the accusation. Zakaria’s full interview with Kani will air Sunday at 10 a.m. ET on “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. There is no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill the former president on Saturday, was connected to the Iranian plot, the sources said. CNN's Evan Perez has the details.
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