Why now? How four senators finally got a gun deal no one thought was possible
CNN 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
CNN 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 ReadingSenate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades
CNN 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 ReadingJanuary 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 ReadingGallup: 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingTrump’s allies claim they were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed
CNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Several of Donald Trump‘s closest allies sat for interviews with a British filmmaker during his final weeks as…
Continue ReadingPaul 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 ReadingPaul 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 Reading5 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 ReadingCalifornia 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 Reading5 takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings
CNN By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The January 6 select committee’s latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable…
Continue ReadingFeds search home of Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official who pushed Trump’s false election fraud claims
CNN By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal investigators on Wednesday conducted a search of the home of former Justice Department official…
Continue ReadingBiden 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 ReadingClarence Thomas’ Second Amendment ruling shows power of conservative supermajority
CNN: NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE: NY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE: KCPQ: WLS: SENATE TV By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer For…
Continue ReadingClarence 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingSamuel 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 ReadingSenate 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…
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