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By Zachary Cohen, CNN The CIA inspector general has opened an independent investigation into the agency’s alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases involving its officers, according to a senior CIA official and an official from the watchdog’s office. The watchdog’s decision to initiate a “special review” comes as the CIA has come under

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Ohio voters will decide this summer whether to make it more difficult to change the state’s constitution — only months before a potential ballot measure in November over whether to guarantee abortion rights in the state. Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature this week approved a resolution that will ask voters in August to

Nicky Robertson, CNN In an interview with a local Alabama radio station, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville was asked if he believes White nationalists should be allowed in the military. He responded, “I call them Americans.” Tuberville is now attempting to clarify his comments, arguing that Trump Republicans in the military are being unfairly characterized as

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a sweeping GOP border security bill after Republican leaders worked to lock down votes and win over holdouts within their own party. The GOP border bill is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House has issued

By CNN staff Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a CNN town hall Wednesday where he made numerous false claims about the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check of some of those claims. Security on January 6 Former President Donald Trump tried

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former aide of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, who argued that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been used to convict him. The court’s opinion continues a recent trend of narrowing the government’s ability to prosecute

By Julia Vargas Jones and Marcos Moreno, CNN US Rep. George Santos has signed a deal with Brazilian authorities to avoid prosecution in lieu of a confession, reimbursement for the victim and a fine to the state stemming from a 2008 fraud case, his attorney said. “From now on, he is not answering to any

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court upheld a California law that bars the sale of pork produced in other states unless the sow was housed in conditions that allowed her to move freely. The law was the brainchild of animal rights activists in the state, who worked for its passage

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court cleared the way for a transgender woman from Guatemala to appeal her deportation from the United States in federal court. The woman argues that she should not have been deported back to her home country because she will face sexual discrimination and assault. She

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Sam Fossum, CNN National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with top Chinese official Wang Yi in Vienna for “candid” and “constructive” talks, the White House announced Thursday. The previously undisclosed meeting is among the highest-level engagements between US and Chinese officials since the spy balloon incident earlier this year,

By Tami Luhby and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN After more than three years, the Covid-19 public health emergency in the US is finally ending on Thursday. While many Americans may not initially notice the sunsetting of the declaration, they are likely to feel it if they come down with Covid-19 or suspect they might have

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House is drawing its battle lines. As spending negotiations get underway, the White House has conveyed to congressional negotiators that President Joe Biden‘s most recent legislative accomplishment, the Inflation Reduction Act, is off the table as the two sides begin to eye potential spending cuts, two sources familiar with

By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN As President Joe Biden‘s approach to migration at the US-Mexico border confronts its most critical test yet when Title 42 expires, his No. 2, Kamala Harris, will face what’s likely to be her own perception problem. Aides of the vice president know the expiration of the Trump-era border

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed one of its most highly anticipated climate rules to date, compelling nearly all US power plants that generate the nation’s electricity to capture or otherwise slash their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions. The rules would apply to the nation’s fleet of existing and new power

By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent The United Kingdom has delivered multiple “Storm Shadow” cruise missiles to Ukraine, giving the nation a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces, multiple senior Western officials told CNN. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, calling the donation Ukraine’s “best chance to

By Jack Forrest, CNN Former President Donald Trump would not say Wednesday night who he thinks should prevail in Russia’s war against Ukraine, instead telling New Hampshire GOP primary voters that he wants “everybody to stop dying.” “I want everybody to stop dying. They’re dying. Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying,” Trump

By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN The 2024 presidential campaign is only beginning, but former President Donald Trump made clear that his third bid for the White House will feel very much like the first two. Could he stop lying about the 2020 election? Did he regret his role in the US Capitol riot

By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, once again refused to concede that he lost the 2020 election and repeated false claims about it being stolen at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday. Taking questions from GOP primary voters at the town

By Haley Talbot, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy canceled a Wednesday event sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib meant to commemorate al-Nakba, or “the catastrophe,” as many Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel, saying it’s “wrong for members of Congress to traffic in antisemitic tropes about Israel.” As Israel was created

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States is “cautiously optimistic” that there will be an agreement to allow humanitarian aid to get into Sudan, a top State Department official said Wednesday amid ongoing talks between the warring Sudanese military factions. However, the US is also prepared to apply economic pressure to the parties “depending upon

By Sydney Kashiwagi, Devon Sayers and Rebekah Riess, CNN Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Wednesday out of the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature that aims to enhance school safety across the state following the deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville earlier this year. The March shooting claimed the lives of three

By CNN staff The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed 13 federal charges against Rep. George Santos and the New York Republican is in custody, a spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York said. Santos has been charged on seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public

By Nikki Carvajal and Katie Lobosco, CNN When President Joe Biden speaks at a community college in New York on Wednesday, he’s expected to hit Republicans hard for budget cuts they are demanding as part of their bill to raise the debt ceiling. Many of the programs Biden will warn about aren’t actually singled out

By Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign is pursuing a strategy of expanding his appeal by reaching out to audiences beyond friendly conservative media outlets, multiple advisers familiar with the strategy said, including a CNN town hall this week. The town hall event in New Hampshire Wednesday evening, Trump’s first appearance on

By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden took his case for raising the debt ceiling without conditions on the road to Valhalla, New York, Wednesday as he seeks to ramp up the public pressure campaign on lawmakers with the threat of default — and potential economic catastrophe — just over three weeks away. In his

By Haley Britzky, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote a letter strongly criticizing an ongoing hold on senior military promotions and nominations in the Senate led by Republican lawmakers, saying it would create a “perilous precedent” for the military and impose “unconscionable” burdens on military families. The letter, sent on May 5 in response to

By Kevin Dotson and Jack Forrest, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs football team declined an invitation to visit the White House next month to celebrate their second consecutive national championship, according to a statement from the University of Georgia Athletic Association. “The University of Georgia first received on May 3 an invitation for the Bulldog football

By Morgan Rimmer Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has returned to the Capitol after an extended absence while recovering from shingles. Feinstein, 89, issued a statement Wednesday saying she has been advised by her doctors to work a “lighter schedule.” “Even though I’ve made significant progress and was able to return to Washington, I’m

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Papua New Guinea during a trip to the Indo-Pacific region this month, the White House announced Tuesday, marking the first visit of a sitting US president to the Pacific country. The visit will take place between stops in Japan and Australia, according to White House

By Ariane de Vogue, Shawna Mizelle, Lauren Fox and Tierney Sneed, CNN Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor who paid for luxury travel for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, declined to answer questions raised by a key Democratic senator who is examining whether those trips and a private real estate deal could have triggered violations of

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden and top congressional leadership will meet again on Friday after they emerged from their hour-long meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday with little to show that they’re moving toward a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a default that would have catastrophic economic consequences. House

By Lauren del Valle, CNN E. Jean Carroll has prevailed in her civil trial against Donald Trump with a federal jury finding the former president liable for battery and defamation and awarding the writer $5 million. The panel in a Manhattan federal courtroom considered Carroll’s allegations that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman lingerie

By Tami Luhby, CNN Two new analyses are backing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s forecast that the nation could default on its debt — and unleash economic chaos — as soon as early June if Congress doesn’t act. The projections, which are roughly in line with those issued last week by Yellen and the Congressional Budget

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN The US has announced a $1.2 billion aid package to Ukraine intended to “bolster its air defenses” and “sustain its artillery ammunition needs,” with Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces looming. The package includes 155mm artillery rounds, additional air defense systems and munitions, and drone ammunition, as well as

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell should be brimming with confidence. Republicans are in the driver’s seat to take the Senate majority: with 23 seats held by Democrats, compared to just 11 for Republicans. There are likely just two GOP incumbents whose seats Democrats may try to flip —

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Nearly 610,000 student loan borrowers have received debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program since October 2021, when the Biden administration temporarily expanded eligibility. The program promises to wipe away remaining federal student loan debt after an eligible government or nonprofit worker makes 10 years of monthly payments. Another

By Lauren del Valle, CNN E. Jean Carroll‘s civil battery and defamation trial against Donald Trump neared a close Monday with closing arguments as her attorney told a federal jury in New York that no one is above the law, while Trump’s lawyer said not to hold any negative feelings about the former president against

By Alayna Treene House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress over his panel’s investigation into the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a letter the Texas Republican sent him Friday, a copy of which was obtained by CNN. The letter, the latest escalation

By Jack Forrest and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday will announce a proposal for a new rule that would examine mandating airlines to compensate and cover expenses for customers facing “controllable airline cancellations” or delays, according to a White House official. “When an airline causes a flight

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump will not testify in the E. Jean Carroll civil battery and defamation trial after his attorney did not inform the court of any change in strategy before a judge-imposed deadline of 5 p.m. Sunday. While attorneys for Carroll and Trump rested their respective cases in the trial

By Kyle Blaine, CNN Ron DeSantis grappled with how not to “piss off” then-President Donald Trump’s voters during 2018 debate preparation sessions in his first campaign for Florida governor, according to videos obtained by ABC News. In the videos, which have not been independently reviewed by CNN, the then-congressman can be seen talking through how

By Alayna Treene, CNN The House will vote on Republicans’ wide-ranging border security package on Thursday — the same day the Covid-era Title 42 policy that has enabled the US to swiftly expel certain migrants is set to expire, GOP leadership sources told CNN. The bill, known as HR 2, would codify some of the