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By Dana Bash, CNN Some 10,000 people from all over the world gathered last week in Poland for the annual March of the Living, a 2-mile walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau, where Nazis murdered over a million civilians — mostly Jews — during World War II. One of the most famous marchers was Meek Mill,

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN House Republicans are abandoning a years-long push by their party to pass a federal abortion ban and are exploring other ways to advance their anti-abortion agenda — a remarkable shift that underscores how the GOP is wrestling with an issue that has become a political landmine

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan announced Saturday that he has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery this week to remove a small cancerous tumor in his tonsil. “I am happy to be leaving the hospital after a successful surgery to remove a small cancerous tumor. I want to

By Sydney Kashiwagi and Camila Bernal, CNN Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is expected to sign a series of bills that would further enshrine the right to abortion and gender-affirming care into state law while banning so-called conversion therapy. The Democratic-led state Senate passed three bills Friday after their Democratic colleagues in the House advanced

By Tierney Sneed The abortion rights community and its allies in the Biden administration secured a striking victory from the conservative Supreme Court with an order Friday night that stopped restrictions on medication abortion drugs from taking effect. The Supreme Court’s brief, unsigned order came in an emergency dispute over lower court rulings that would

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone and subsequent actions that made it

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Intelligence Committee is investigating the CIA’s handling of sexual assault and harassment cases, CNN has confirmed. The bipartisan probe comes as multiple female CIA employees have approached the committee since the beginning of this year and told lawmakers the agency is discouraging women from filing sexual misconduct complaints, according

By CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on medication abortion. Read the order here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Wolf Blitzer and Dana Bash, CNN This week, we traveled to Poland to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jews revolted against their Nazi oppressors, who had forced them to live behind barbed wire walls in horrific conditions. We also participated in the March of the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States government has not yet made a decision about whether to evacuate US diplomatic personnel from Sudan, but preparations are continuing for a potential evacuation, multiple US officials said Friday. Officials from the White House, State Department, and Defense Department stressed that they are closely monitoring the volatile situation

By Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, Alayna Treene and Sara Murray, CNN Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters to discuss the long-running investigation into the president’s son, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The

By Kylie Atwood, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN The Republican chairs of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday asking for information related to the crafting of a public letter signed weeks before the 2020 presidential election by dozens of former intelligence officials, who

By Casey Tolan and Isabelle Chapman, CNN The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures, in what legal experts described as an unusual move that conceals the bulk of his personal fortune. In his 2020 and 2021 annual

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is planning to roll out aggressive new rules to regulate planet-warming pollution from natural gas power plants, three sources familiar with the plan and who have been briefed on the rules told CNN, in a move that could face fierce legal challenges. President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency

By Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN In a rare moment of bipartisanship warmth Thursday, the top Democrat and Republican in the Senate halted floor action for a few minutes to praise Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, after she cast her 10,000 vote, becoming the first woman in US history to vote in

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The death penalty was abolished in Washington state Thursday after Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law eliminating the state-sanctioned punishment. Besides the death penalty, Senate Bill 5087 also eliminated other laws, including a measure that allowed sterilization as criminal punishment. The Democratic-controlled legislature passed the bill earlier this

By Arlette Saenz, CNN The White House is bringing in a celebrity chef and a trio of Broadway stars for its glitzy state dinner for the South Korean president next week, a White House official said. First lady Jill Biden asked chef Edward Lee, a Korean-American James Beard Award winner with restaurants in Washington, DC,

By Rebekah Riess and Joe Sutton, CNN A number of Republican lawmakers from the Montana Freedom Caucus are demanding Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr be censured by the state House for “using inappropriate and uncalled-for language” during a floor debate over amendments concerning a bill that bans medical care for transgender minors. “If you are

By Mary Kay Mallonee and Jack Forrest, CNN A Texas man facing charges in connection to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol opened fire on law enforcement officers last week when they arrived at his house in the Dallas area for a welfare check, according to an affidavit. Nathan Donald Pelham, who

By Shania Shelton Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he’s launching a 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing list of Republicans vying for the GOP nomination. “I am announcing I am running for the presidency of the United States,” Elder told Tucker Carlson on Fox News. Asked for his key reasons for

By Holmes Lybrand The case against former Fugees rapper Pras Michel, accused of playing a central role in a geopolitical conspiracy spanning two US presidencies, will be in the hands of the jury Monday morning. In prosecutors’ closing arguments, which concluded late Thursday afternoon, they laid out their case of how Michel allegedly took more

By Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN Plans are in motion for President Joe Biden to formally announce his bid for a second term as soon as next week, with a campaign-style video set to be released to definitively answer the question of whether he will run again and igniting an

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Marking a rare combination of resources, supporters of gun regulations and anti-domestic violence groups joined Thursday to urge the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court opinion they say will make it easier for domestic abusers to obtain firearms. The groups say the high court needs

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Julie Su, the Biden administration’s labor secretary nominee, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee on Thursday, where she attempted to make the case for her confirmation as she was grilled by Republicans over her record. The Democratic majority on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,

By Steve Contorno and Fredreka Schouten, CNN For much of the past two years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has shaped his political narrative with rapid-fire policy moves and a resounding reelection victory fueling his ascendency as a potential 2024 candidate and top primary rival to former President Donald Trump. But as he steps out onto

By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Joan Biskupic, CNN Two Democratic lawmakers want former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to clarify certain aspects of the Supreme Court‘s investigation into last year’s the leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Chertoff was tapped by Chief Justice John Roberts to review a report compiled

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Suspected North Korean hackers infiltrated a software firm that claims hundreds of thousands of customers around the world in a cyberattack that shows Pyongyang’s advanced hacking capabilities, private investigators said Thursday. The breach of the software firm 3CX, discovered last month, provided a potential foothold for the North Koreans into a

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has unveiled his plan to address the nation’s looming debt ceiling drama, offering to raise the borrowing cap by $1.5 trillion to prevent a default. But the proposal comes with a long list of demands from House Republicans that Senate Democrats and the White

By Lauren Fox and Tierney Sneed, CNN Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin asked Chief Justice John Roberts or “another Justice whom you designate” to appear before his committee next month for a hearing on Supreme Court ethics rules — a request that is purely voluntary, with Durbin indicating he does not intend to subpoena the

By Tierney Sneed The logjam stalling the Senate confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial appointees loosened somewhat Thursday when the Judiciary Committee approved seven nominees on a bipartisan basis, though Republicans still maintain the ability to block nominees they don’t support. The advancement of the nominees comes amid the ongoing absence of California Democratic Sen.

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US transferred an alleged al-Qaeda associate from Guantanamo Bay to Algeria, the Defense Department announced Thursday, part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to close the prison facility. Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, a 72-year-old Algerian native who has been held in detention in Guantanamo Bay for 20 years,

By Sara Murray, CNN My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, according to a decision by the arbitration panel obtained by CNN. Lindell, a purveyor of election conspiracies, vowed to award the multimillion-dollar sum to any cyber

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green barred GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from speaking further in a hearing after she called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a “liar” — a stunning example of how Greene’s extreme rhetoric led even members of her

By Ted Barrett and Nicky Robertson, CNN The Senate on Wednesday rejected a GOP-led effort to overturn a recently adopted Veterans Affairs rule that allows the department to provide abortions if the health or life of the veteran is in danger, or when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. The resolution authored

By Phil Mattingly, CNN Chief White House correspondent White House officials have spent weeks engaged in skirmishes with House Republicans over the looming debt ceiling battle. Those skirmishes have now expanded into an all-out war. President Joe Biden’s economic speech in Maryland on Wednesday, which leveled a series of policy and political attacks at House

By Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Boris Epshteyn, an attorney and adviser to Donald Trump, is scheduled to be interviewed on Thursday by federal prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Epshteyn worked as a special assistant to then-President Trump at the White House, advised Trump

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The situation on the ground in Sudan on Wednesday remained too volatile to get diplomatic staff from the US Embassy in Khartoum out of the country, a top State Department official told congressional staffers. According to multiple staffers in the room, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Donald Trump’s attorney on Wednesday said the former president “wishes” to appear at next week’s civil trial where a jury will hear columnist E. Jean Carroll’s assault and defamation claims against him — but his attendance should not be necessary because it would be a “burden” on

By Sara Murray and Evan Perez, CNN An IRS supervisory special agent who claims to have information about alleged mishandling and political interference in the ongoing criminal probe into Hunter Biden is seeking whistleblower protections to share the information with Congress, according to a letter obtained by CNN. “Despite serious risks of retaliation, my client

By Jeremy Diamond and Arlette Saenz, CNN Top Democratic donors and fundraisers have been invited to meet with President Joe Biden in Washington next week as he nears a likely 2024 reelection announcement, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. The huddle with top donors is the latest signal that Biden is ramping up

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue. In a similar order last week, Alito

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday that the United States government has gained “vitally important” intelligence about the war in Ukraine from a surveillance law that allows the government to collect foreign communications without a warrant. The law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, enables the US government

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida’s state education board voted Wednesday to ban teaching students about sexual orientation and gender identity through high school, expanding the scope of a contentious state law that last year thrust Gov. Ron DeSantis to the forefront of the cultural clash over classrooms. The law DeSantis signed last year prohibited the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Republican attorneys general in Arkansas, Iowa and Missouri this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn the Biden administration’s new cybersecurity regulations for water facilities, calling the requirements overly burdensome and a violation of state sovereignty. It’s one of the biggest legal challenges yet to the Biden administration’s embrace of

By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The US government’s Afghanistan watchdog told lawmakers Wednesday that he cannot say with certainty that US aid to the country is “not currently funding the Taliban.” “While I agree, and we all agree Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian and economic situation, it is critical that our

By Manu Raju and Tami Luhby, CNN Speaker Kevin McCarthy has settled on a plan to raise the national debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for an array of cuts across domestic programs, setting off a furious effort to wrangle GOP votes and escalating a high-stakes standoff with the White House. After months of

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed to seek post-conviction DNA evidence to try to prove his innocence. Reed claims an all-White jury wrongly convicted him of killing of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old White woman, in Texas in 1998.

By Shania Shelton Francisco “Franky” Carrillo, who spent two decades behind bars and was featured in the Netflix series “The Innocence Files,” is launching a campaign on Wednesday for California congressional seat targeted by Democrats trying to win back the US House. As a 16-year-old, Carrillo was arrested for a drive-by shooting after police mistakenly

By Haley Britzky, CNN The Air Force unit to which the Air Guardsman who is suspected of leaking classified documents online was assigned is “not currently performing its assigned intelligence mission,” the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement. The secretary of the Air Force has directed the Air Force Inspector General to investigate the

By Melanie Zanona, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a meet-and-greet on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening, former President Donald Trump and his team aimed to be one step ahead — planning a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort with members of the Florida congressional delegation just two days after the

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated an ethics law that limits federal employees’ political activities when he stumped for Sen. Alex Padilla during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ annual awards gala last year, the Office of Special Counsel has found. During his speech, Becerra, in his official capacity as HHS

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are trying to restart momentum on a border security package that faced early opposition in the current Congress by beginning to move a slightly revamped package through the committee process on Wednesday, but early reactions indicate many of the same sticking points and hurdles remain. The conference, which has

By Clare Foran, CNN The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led resolution to block a DC policing bill aimed at accountability and reform. The vote took place not long after a similar measure sparked tensions and division among Democrats. In March, President Joe Biden said he would not veto a different resolution to