Takeaways from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious Senate hearing
By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee…
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Supreme Court’s conservative majority prepared to rule against conversion therapy ban
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion…
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Mamdani’s statement on October 7 attacks draws sharp rebuke from Israel
By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reflected on the second anniversary of the October 7…
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Trump questions back pay for federal workers furloughed as part of government shutdown
By Alejandra Jaramillo, Tami Luhby, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal…
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A court race in Pennsylvania quietly has major implications for 2028
By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has…
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Suspected Chinese government operatives used ChatGPT to shape mass surveillance proposals, OpenAI says
By Sean Lyngaas, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct…
Continue ReadingThe making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps
By Jake Tapper, CNN Spin Ghul’s desire for jihad started when he was a child in Saudi Arabia, where his parents had remained after traveling from…
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Virginia Democrats criticize AG candidate Jay Jones for violent texts but aren’t demanding he quit race
By Eva McKend, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Top Virginia Democrats have sharply criticized attorney general nominee Jay Jones but are stopping short…
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A swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town…
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Jack Smith investigation into January 6 obtained phone records of GOP lawmakers, Republicans say
By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans announced Monday the FBI, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6…
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Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes…
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Who is Karin Immergut, the Trump-appointed judge who ruled against his push to deploy troops in Oregon?
By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge in Oregon who ruled against President Donald Trump by temporarily blocking his push to…
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The lone US House Democrat to vote with Republicans on the funding bill draws a primary challenge
By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill,…
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Supreme Court brushes aside Laura Loomer lawsuit against social media companies
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from Laura Loomer, the prominent far-right influencer and…
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Supreme Court declines to hear Native American fight to save sacred site threatened by copper mine
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to step into a fight over a land transfer in Arizona that the Western…
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside…
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Treasury names Social Security head as CEO of IRS
By Tami Luhby, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also take on the newly created role…
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Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that his pre-9/11 book warned about Osama bin Laden
By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump likes to portray himself as a visionary, someone who sees important things before others.…
Continue ReadingRep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton
Associated Press (CNN) — Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the US Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new…
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Inside the Trump administration’s unprecedented purge of immigration judges
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Shira Levine was on her third case of the day. By the afternoon, she had already presided over two…
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