Why now? How four senators finally got a gun deal no one thought was possible
By Lauren Fox, CNN Thursday night, both Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer had reason to celebrate. After decades of inaction on gun…
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Biden arrives in Europe to keep allies united against Russia as a grinding war in Ukraine takes its toll
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived in Europe Saturday for a week of summits, where the grinding war in Ukraine — entering its…
Continue Reading Senate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades
By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that…
Continue Reading January 6 committee showed particular interest in Ivanka Trump footage, filmmaker says
By Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, questioned British filmmaker Alex Holder on Thursday about his…
Continue Reading Gallup: Record low 25% of Americans have confidence in Supreme Court
By Dan Berman, CNN The Supreme Court is poised to make dramatic changes in the national legal landscape this month, and Americans don’t seem…
Continue Reading Biden administration to compensate some ‘Havana syndrome’ victims up to $187,000
By Kylie Atwood, Katie Bo Lillis and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department has announced that US diplomats and family members impacted by…
Continue Reading Trump’s allies claim they were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Several of Donald Trump‘s closest allies sat for interviews with a British filmmaker during his final weeks as…
Continue Reading Paul Pelosi charged with DUI with injury
By Megan Trimble House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving…
Continue Reading Paul Clement wins Second Amendment case at Supreme Court, leaves law firm
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Paul Clement, who served as solicitor general during the George W. Bush administration, won a major…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The January 6 select committee’s latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new…
Continue Reading California legislature passes bill to protect abortion providers and patients from civil suits
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients seeking abortion…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The January 6 select committee’s latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new…
Continue Reading Feds search home of Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official who pushed Trump’s false election fraud claims
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal investigators on Wednesday conducted a search of the home of former Justice Department official…
Continue Reading Samuel Alito lashes out at liberals in guns case as tensions boil over at SCOTUS
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter While Justice Clarence Thomas spent 63 pages in a 6-3 majority opinion Thursday painstakingly…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces new at-home Covid tests for blind and low-vision Americans
By Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out free at-home Covid-19 tests that are designed to be more…
Continue Reading Clarence Thomas’ Second Amendment ruling shows power of conservative supermajority
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer For more than a decade, individual Supreme Court conservatives lamented lower…
Continue Reading Clarence Thomas’ Second Amendment ruling shows power of conservative supermajority
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer For more than a decade, individual Supreme Court conservatives lamented lower…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces $450 million in additional military assistance for Ukraine
By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced an additional $450 million in military aid for Ukraine, with…
Continue Reading Senate committee moves to let intel agencies hire people who have used marijuana
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced legislation that would allow US intelligence agencies to hire applicants who…
Continue Reading What the Supreme Court’s new gun rights ruling means
By Tierney Sneed Justice Clarence Thomas opened the floodgates for all sorts of gun safety laws to be challenged in federal court. The 6-3 Supreme…
Continue Reading Senate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades
By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that…
Continue Reading Biden proposes strengthening Title IX protections for transgender students
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday proposed strengthening protections for transgender students under Title IX and overhauling…
Continue Reading Are you struggling to pay for electricity and air conditioning? Share your story
By Tami Luhby, CNN This summer is turning out to be a real scorcher. The heat, combined with higher prices for electricity, has made it tough for…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The January 6 select committee’s latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new…
Continue Reading Biden administration agrees to cancel another $6 billion in student loan debt for defrauded borrowers
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has agreed to cancel an estimated $6 billion in federal student loan debt for about 200,000 borrowers…
Continue Reading New documentary footage reveals Pence reacting to a resolution calling for him to invoke 25th amendment to remove Trump from power
By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President…
Continue Reading New documentary footage reveals Pence reacting to a resolution calling for him to invoke 25th amendment to remove Trump from power
By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President…
Continue Reading Trump’s allies claim they were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Several of Donald Trump‘s closest allies sat for interviews with a British filmmaker during his final weeks as…
Continue Reading Feds search home of Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official who pushed Trump’s false election fraud claims
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal investigators on Wednesday conducted a search of the home of former Justice Department official…
Continue Reading New documentary footage reveals Pence reacting on the night House pushed for him to invoke 25th Amendment
By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President…
Continue Reading These are the 15 Republican senators who voted to pass federal gun safety legislation
By Ali Zaslav, CNN Fifteen Republican senators on Thursday joined Democrats in voting to pass a bill to address gun violence, advancing the first…
Continue Reading Supreme Court says Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places…
Continue Reading Supreme Court limits ability to enforce Miranda rights
By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court limited the ability to enforce Miranda rights in a ruling Thursday that said that…
Continue Reading Supreme Court sides with inmate who wants to die by firing squad
By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a death row inmate in Georgia who is…
Continue Reading Supreme Court says GOP lawmakers can intervene to defend North Carolina voter ID law
By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court said on Thursday that two Republican leaders of North Carolina’s legislature could…
Continue Reading Newly elected GOP congresswoman spread Capitol riot conspiracies and QAnon hashtags in now-deleted tweets
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Newly elected Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores spread conspiracies on social media that the January 6 riot at the US…
Continue Reading Russia is gaining advantage in eastern Ukraine as forces learn from earlier mistakes, US officials say
By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made…
Continue Reading Watchdog says State Department and USAID are withholding information on Afghanistan withdrawal
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The State Department and United States Agency for International Development have not provided information to a government…
Continue Reading What Americans are saying about the Jan. 6 hearings
By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Before the congressional hearings this month, Franzetta Ivy offered private prayers for the…
Continue Reading What Americans are saying about the Jan. 6 hearings
By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Before the congressional hearings this month, Franzetta Ivy offered private prayers for the…
Continue Reading Biden White House has planned for Supreme Court to overturn Roe for months
By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden has been bracing for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for…
Continue Reading Inside the White House’s Spring scramble to contain the baby formula crisis
By MJ Lee and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Around early May, officials with the US Food and Drug Administration remained largely focused on persistent…
Continue Reading What to watch for in Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing
By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Thursday’s hearing before the House select committee investigating the January…
Continue Reading Trailer released for Trump documentary of interest to January 6 committee
By Zachary Cohen, CNN In a promotional video from a documentary that is of interest to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021,…
Continue Reading Trailer released for Trump documentary of interest to January 6 committee
By Zachary Cohen, CNN In a promotional video from a documentary that is of interest to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021,…
Continue Reading Families of unlawfully detained Americans left with mixed emotions after Blinken tried to reassure them in call
By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday did not promise a meeting with President Joe Biden for the…
Continue Reading Families of unlawfully detained Americans left with mixed emotions after Blinken tried to reassure them in call
By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday did not promise a meeting with President Joe Biden for the…
Continue Reading Rep. Mo Brooks says he’s willing to testify in public as Jan. 6 committee prepares to reissue him a subpoena
By Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Rep. Mo Brooks — one of the Republican lawmakers facing calls from the January 6 committee to testify about…
Continue Reading DOJ subpoenas Georgia Republican Party chairman as it expands Trump fake elector probe
By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN Federal investigators subpoenaed the Georgia Republican Party…
Continue Reading Amid high-profile hearings, some January 6 committee members beef up security
By Melanie Zanona, Whitney Wild and Annie Grayer, CNN When Rep. Adam Kinzinger recently received a letter at his home threatening to execute him, his…
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