Month: July 2023

By Rebekah Riess and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, a voting rights group, and several Florida citizens this week filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials, alleging they created “a bureaucratic system around the implementation of Amendment 4,” preventing Florida citizens with prior felony convictions

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Media organizations, including CNN, asked a magistrate judge Friday to unseal court filings related to seven search warrants the Justice Department sought in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. The existence of the seven warrants – which were sought in addition to the warrant

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen reached a settlement with the Trump Organization in a dispute over nearly $1 million in unpaid legal bills, averting a civil trial set for Monday. During a court hearing Friday, lawyers for Cohen and the Trump Organization announced they reached the settlement and said the terms were

By Gregory Krieg, Eva McKend and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Cornel West’s candidacy on the Green Party line confuses some of his longtime political allies and friends – while also alarming top Democrats and Black leaders as a potential ticking time bomb for President Joe Biden in next year’s election. The political philosopher and

By Priscilla Alvarez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN. The Justice Department