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By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman, and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The US strongly rejected Iran’s accusation that the US Navy had…

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Dan Merica, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin’s projected win in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday…

By Oren Liebermann, CNN China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and may have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade as it aims to…

By Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN US Cyber Command head and director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone said Wednesday that…

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added…

By Jeff Zeleny, John Harwood, Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday received an unwelcome wake-up call…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN After President Joe Biden entered the US into a global pledge at COP26 to end and reverse deforestation, a top Democrat in the…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security has rescinded a Trump-era policy limiting entry of undocumented immigrants at legal…

By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden’s commission on the Supreme Court is delaying submission of its final report by one month to December…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over two…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Meeting his foreign counterparts behind closed doors in Rome this weekend, President Joe Biden repeatedly recited for them a key…

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown declared victory Tuesday night in his write-in campaign for a fifth term. Brown lost the Democratic…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Winsome Sears, a conservative Republican, will be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, breaking barriers as the first…

By Lauren Dezenski and Rachel Janfaza, CNN City Councilor Michelle Wu will become Boston’s next mayor after her more moderate challenger…

By Gregory Krieg, Omar Jimenez and Peter Nickeas, CNN Voters in the city rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing drafted amid the national…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Democrat Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County Council member, will win Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, CNN projected…

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Donald Trump’s lawyers are defending his ability to assert executive privilege, even as an…

By Maeve Reston, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday night, CNN projects,…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Health care workers in New York have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the state’s Covid-19…

By Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is not concerned with the possibility of an armed conflict with China, adding that…

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN It’s Election Day in America, with a number of high-profile seats up for grabs across the country, most notably the…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new military and veteran suicide prevention strategy that includes promoting safe…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A day after blockbuster Supreme Court arguments, Justice Neil Gorsuch called in sick on Tuesday and…

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Ethiopia will lose access to a lucrative US trade program due to human rights violations unless it takes significant steps…

By Kate Sullivan, Emmet Lyons and Ken Olshansky, CNN US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said Tuesday there is “something…

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Rapid construction at three suspected silo fields in China — which could eventually be capable of…

By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN For about 30 minutes on Monday, it appeared as if West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin had rolled a hand grenade down…

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Dan Merica, CNN Tuesday’s elections in states and cities across the country are set to serve as an early…

By Harry Enten, CNN Election night in America has turned into the electoral version of the Super Bowl. You know what I’m talking about —…

By Alex Rogers, CNN The primary election Tuesday to replace the late Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings has been marked by two things: the massive number of…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden targeted planet-warming methane emissions on Tuesday from the UN climate summit, announcing strong new US…

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Beth Robinson to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the first out LGBTQ…

By Kyung Lah and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, who was instrumental in arranging the state’s sham election…

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court was more than two hours into arguments over a Texas abortion…

By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US nuclear-powered submarine that struck an underwater object in early October had hit an uncharted underwater mountain, an…

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on…

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ali Zaslav, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin said he won’t support the $1.75 trillion social safety net expansion bill…

By Natasha Bertrand and Ella Nilsen, CNN US Climate Envoy John Kerry and his team were hoping things would look very different heading into the…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Two key conservative justices seemed open to arguments from abortion providers that they should be…

By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden’s ambitions to lead the world in slowing the planet’s warming will be tested…

By Ellie Kaufman A US military panel asked for clemency in the case against a Guantánamo detainee, saying in a letter obtained by CNN that the…

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who dropped off President Joe Biden’s international trip shortly before he…

By Sonnet Swire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent airplane passengers “should be on…

By Daniella Diaz, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Most House progressives signaled during a virtual meeting Sunday they are likely to back the…