GOP senator says Black woman Supreme Court pick would be ‘beneficiary’ of affirmative action
By Sonnet Swire and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The first Black woman nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Joe Biden will be a…
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Senate Judiciary chair says panel will move quickly on Biden’s Supreme Court nominee
CNN By Devan Cole, Sonnet Swire, Daniella Diaz and Aaron Pellish, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee will move quickly once President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingKansas woman led female ISIS battalion in Syria, prosecutors say
By Sonnet Swire and Evan Perez, CNN An American woman from Kansas who allegedly joined ISIS and led an all-woman battalion in Syria has been arrested…
Continue ReadingPentagon to host high-level meeting to ‘light a fire’ and speed up hypersonic weapon development
By Kristin Fisher and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon is preparing to push the CEOs of America’s largest defense companies to accelerate…
Continue ReadingThe 3 Supreme Court justices to watch after Breyer retires
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor would gain new power, Justice Elena Kagan…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota’s longest-serving attorney general dies at 68
By Raja Razek, CNN Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota’s longest-serving attorney general, has died “unexpectedly” at age 68, according…
Continue ReadingUS Secret Service charges Kansas man with threatening to harm Biden
By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The US Secret Service has charged a Kansas man with threatening to harm President Joe Biden, allegedly telling agents that…
Continue ReadingWhite House confirms J. Michelle Childs is among ‘multiple individuals’ under consideration for Supreme Court nomination
By MJ Lee, CNN White House Correspondent South Carolina US District Judge J. Michelle Childs is among the people President Joe Biden is considering…
Continue ReadingDaniels to Avenatti in court: ‘You lied to me, that’s not respectful’
By Lauren del Valle, CNN Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, on trial for federal fraud charges, continued his cross-examination of his former client…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the $2.3 million Ruth Bader Ginsburg library auction
By Dan Berman, CNN The bidding war for parts of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s library is over, and it’s clear that fans of the late Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingTwitter says it has quit taking action against lies about the 2020 election
By Daniel Dale, CNN Twitter quit taking action to try to limit the spread of lies about the 2020 election, the company said on Friday — a day…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Trump WH spokesman is sent subpoena by January 6 committee
CNN By Gloria Borger and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House Select Committee investigating January 6 has issued a subpoena Friday for a former White House…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Trump WH spokesman is sent subpoena by January 6 committee
By Gloria Borger and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House Select Committee investigating January 6 has issued a subpoena Friday for a former White House…
Continue ReadingAlabama asks Supreme Court to intervene in congressional redistricting dispute
By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Ethan Cohen, CNN Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Friday to freeze a lower court decision ordering the state…
Continue Reading60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests, White House says
By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The White House said on Friday some 60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests so far,…
Continue ReadingVirginia AG says state universities cannot mandate Covid-19 vaccines without lawmakers’ approval
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Virginia’s newly sworn-in Attorney General Jason Miyares says that state universities cannot require the…
Continue ReadingTensions growing between Washington and Kyiv as Ukraine-Russia crisis drags on
By Natasha Bertrand and Kevin Liptak, CNN As the US has been warning the world of a potentially “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingDemocrats so far falling in line behind push for quick confirmation of Biden’s Supreme Court pick
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN A narrow Democratic majority in Congress has derailed key legislative priorities for the White House, but so far…
Continue ReadingBette Midler hits back at West Virginia governor’s request she kiss his dog’s derrière
CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Actress Bette Midler on Friday hit back at West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who earlier this week told…
Continue ReadingThe ultimate rebuttal: West Virginia governor hoists dog’s derrière in cheeky response to critics
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had some back talk for his state’s critics when he hoisted the posterior of his…
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