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Ben Carson has placed first in a national Republican presidential primary poll, pushing Donald Trump into second place for the first time since June. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Far-right lawmaker Javier Milei celebrates with his supporters after he was chosen in the primary election as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election in October. Milei emerged as the leading candidate, taking more than 30 percent, with 93 percent of the votes counted. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden maintains "complete confidence" in the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a book reported that the top US general secretly contacted China amid worries that Donald Trump was out of control, the White House says. "The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism and his fidelity to our constitution," Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters during a press briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
The top Republican in the House of Representatives says that Donald Trump "bears responsibility" for inciting a riot at the US Capitol, in a floor speech an hour before a bipartisan majority is expected to impeach the president for an unprecedented second time. SOUNDBITE
"I believe impeaching the president in such a short time frame would be a mistake," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warns in a floor speech an hour before a bipartisan majority is expected to impeach Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time. SOUNDBITE
Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)"And now for something completely different," John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on "Monty Python's Flying Circus." He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit. After the debacle of 2020 — a year that felt a little like being on that spit -- many people are yearning for a clean break, "something completely different."