John Roberts takes aim at the Voting Rights Act and political money disclosures, again
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has hollowed out the historic…
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Biden Cabinet set to ramp up push as Democrats enter critical stage in infrastructure negotiations
By Phil Mattingly, CNN As Democrats enter a critical stage in the negotiations over the shape of a sweeping, multi-trillion dollar social safety net…
Continue ReadingA ‘gut decision’: Inside Biden’s defense of Afghanistan withdrawal amid warnings of country’s collapse
By Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN Sitting alongside Afghanistan’s President in the Oval…
Continue ReadingAll US forces have left Bagram Air Base, as US withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion
By Oren Liebermann and Sandi Sidhu, CNN The last US troops have left Bagram Air Base, according to a US defense official, marking the end of the…
Continue ReadingPresidential historian: Trump should not be happy with this
CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali analyzes a C-SPAN poll that ranks former President Donald Trump as the worst living…
Continue ReadingGarland suspends federal executions and orders review of Trump-era rules
By Christina Carrega, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporarily halt to federal executions as Justice Department senior…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioters smashing media equipment prompt several new criminal cases
By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department has rounded up several new defendants this week accused of destroying thousands…
Continue ReadingMost surprise medical bills to end under new rule
By Tami Luhby, CNN Patients would no longer receive surprise medical bills for emergency treatment and certain other health care services from…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg indictment
By Erica Orden On Thursday, New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with running a…
Continue ReadingSEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS: BIDEN VISITS SURFSIDE (330PM ET)
As President Biden visits families and crews, work is halted at the condo collapse due to structural…
Continue ReadingSurvivor heard noises well before collapse
One Surfside condo resident heard noise well before; a new survivor’s recording shows the shock of the collapse; and CNN gets a birds eye view of…
Continue ReadingElection to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom set for September 14
By Ethan Cohen, CNN California voters will decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom in an election on September 14, the state lieutenant governor…
Continue ReadingAll eyes on Stephen Breyer’s retirement plans as Supreme Court term ends
By Devan Cole, CNN After the Supreme Court issued its final two opinions of this term on Thursday, all eyes turned to Justice Stephen Breyer, the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court says Arizona limits don’t violate Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court on Thursday said two provisions of an Arizona voting law that restrict how ballots can be cast do not violate the historic Voting…
Continue ReadingWhite House says more than half of its staffers are women
By Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly, CNN Women make up approximately 60% of the staff at the White House and 56% of senior staff, the White House…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court invalidates California’s donor disclosure requirement
The Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated a California rule that requires charitable organizations to disclose the names of contributors in a case…
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US to share tens of millions more Covid-19 vaccines this summer
The Biden administration will share tens of millions of US Covid-19 vaccines this summer to countries around the globe, in addition to the 80 million…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy: ‘Unprecedented’ move by Liz Cheney
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took questions from reporters the day after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy: ‘Unprecedented’ move by Liz Cheney
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took questions from reporters the day after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the…
Continue Reading‘This is no gift’: McCarthy faces GOP resistance to serving on January 6 panel
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans don’t want to touch the select committee on January 6 with a 10-foot pole.…
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