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WH says oversight of Boeing should reassure Americans, but won’t say if Biden thinks it’s safe to fly on company’s planes

By Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Friday said federal regulators are doing everything they can to assuage Americans’ anxieties about flying after notable recent mishaps on Boeing planes. But asked directly whether President Joe Biden thinks it’s safe to fly, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sidestepped. “I think

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Israel slams Hamas’ latest Gaza ceasefire proposal as ‘ridiculous’ but says it will send negotiators to latest talks

By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israel has called the latest set of demands from Hamas “ridiculous” and “absurd” but said it will send a negotiating team to Qatar in the coming days to continue negotiations on a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and release of hostages held by the terror group. Hamas submitted a new set of demands

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READ: Georgia prosecutor Nathan Wade’s resignation letter and DA Fani Willis’ response

CNN From CNN Staff (CNN) — The prosecutor leading the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia stepped down following a scathing ruling from the Fulton County judge overseeing the criminal case, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Nathan Wade wrote in his letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that he was “proud

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READ: Georgia prosecutor Nathan Wade’s resignation letter and DA Fani Willis’ response

From CNN Staff (CNN) — The prosecutor leading the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia stepped down following a scathing ruling from the Fulton County judge overseeing the criminal case, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Nathan Wade wrote in his letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that he was “proud of

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G7 issues warning to Iran not to send ballistic missiles to Russia

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The G7 issued a strong joint statement warning that the international community’s response will include “new and significant measures against Iran” if the country moves ahead with sending ballistic missiles to Russia to use in its war effort against Ukraine. “We are extremely concerned about reports that Iran is considering transferring ballistic missiles

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Takeaways from the scathing ruling that allows DA Fani Willis to remain on the Trump election subversion case

By Jeremy Herb, Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Scott McAfee is allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue on the election subversion case against Donald Trump – but she was forced to lose special prosecutor Nathan Wade after an embarrassing two months that put Willis and Wade on trial themselves over their romantic relationship.

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Takeaways from the scathing ruling that allows DA Fani Willis to remain on the Trump election subversion case

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Scott McAfee is allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue on the election subversion case against Donald Trump – but she was forced to lose special prosecutor Nathan Wade after an embarrassing two months that put Willis and Wade on trial themselves over their romantic

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GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden

CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican nominee for superintendent overseeing North Carolina’s public schools and its $11 billion budget has a history marked by extreme and controversial comments, including sharing baseless conspiracy theories and frequent calls for the execution of prominent Democrats. Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who last

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Supreme Court rules that public officials can block social media followers in some circumstances

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances, tossing aside challenges against local government officials in Michigan and California who blocked followers who were critical of them on Facebook. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Amy

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READ: Fulton County judge’s decision allowing Fani Willis to continue prosecuting 2020 election interference case

By CNN staff (CNN) — Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants. McAfee said, however, that Willis would have to remove special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case in

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Fulton County judge says district attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute the 2020 election interference case

By Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants, Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday, but only if she removes the special prosecutor with whom she

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Harris says it’s absurd and unfair that marijuana is treated more seriously than fentanyl under federal law

By Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that it is “absurd” and “patently unfair” that marijuana is treated the same as heroin and other Schedule I drugs – and more seriously than fentanyl – under federal law. “Marijuana is considered as dangerous as heroin and more

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Judge in Trump’s Georgia election case says upcoming ruling on whether to disqualify DA Willis won’t ‘be based on politics’

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election subversion case said he will deliver his decision on the ethics allegations against District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday and that it will not “be based on politics.” Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee confirmed to CNN affiliate

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GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican nominee for superintendent overseeing North Carolina’s public schools and its $11 billion budget has a history marked by extreme and controversial comments, including sharing baseless conspiracy theories and frequent calls for the execution of prominent Democrats. Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who last week

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Democratic senators have privately warned White House that votes aren’t there to confirm Biden’s Muslim judicial nominee

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple Democratic senators and their staff have privately warned the White House in recent days that there does not appear to be enough votes in the Senate to confirm Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s Muslim-American judicial nominee, sources familiar with the conversations tell CNN – appearing to suggest

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RFK Jr.’s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations

CNN By Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real. CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers

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Feds investigating whether hacked health care giant complied with law protecting patient data

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is opening an investigation into whether a major US health care firm that has been hobbled by a cyberattack complied with federal law to protect patient data, the department announced Wednesday. The cyberattack on health insurance billing firm Change Healthcare, which handles one in

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Biden announces $3 billion project to restore communities split by highways as he continues campaign blitz

By Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced $3 billion in funding meant to help reconnect communities split by highways and other infrastructure projects decades ago as he continues his post-State of the Union campaign blitz in several crucial battleground states. The $3.3 billion, funded by the infrastructure

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RFK Jr.’s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations

By Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real. CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers has

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US held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman earlier this year amid tensions in Middle East

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US officials held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman in January amid rising tensions in the Middle East, according to a US official familiar with the matter. The meetings marked the first known engagement between the US and Iran since the prisoner swap between the two countries in September, which was

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Judge dismisses some Trump Georgia election subversion charges but leaves most of the case intact

CNN By Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies has thrown out some of the charges against the former president and several of his co-defendants. The partial dismissal by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee leaves most of the sprawling racketeering indictment intact.

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TikTok ban: How each member of the House voted

CNN By Matt Stiles, CNN The US House on Wednesday approved legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States over concerns about the video sharing platform’s Chinese ownership. The bill, which passed on a bipartisan 352-65 vote, would require the app to part ways with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, within 180 days or face a

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Judge dismisses some Trump Georgia election subversion charges but leaves most of the case intact

By Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies has thrown out some of the charges against the former president and several of his co-defendants. The partial dismissal by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee leaves most of the sprawling racketeering indictment intact. McAfee

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RNC to add new lawyers focusing on claims of election fraud – including one key figure from 2020 challenges

By Kristen Holmes, Daniel Strauss and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee, now under the control of former President Donald Trump and his campaign, is bringing on a slate of new lawyers both internally and externally who will focus intensely on election fraud, an issue Trump has remained fixated on. The lawyers “will

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US intel chief says she can’t rule out possibility that China will use TikTok to influence 2024 elections

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence officials “cannot rule out” the possibility that the Chinese government will use TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers on Tuesday. Haines’ comment, in response to a question from a lawmaker during a House Intelligence Committee hearing, comes after US

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Biden and Trump clinch nominations, heading to another general election rematch

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has clinched the Republican nomination for president, CNN projects, setting up a rematch with Joe Biden, the incumbent president who secured the Democratic nomination earlier Tuesday night. Biden and Trump will win their parties’ presidential primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington, while Trump will also win the

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Georgia judge says he’s on track to rule this week on whether to remove DA Fani Willis from Trump election case

By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election subversion case says he is on track to order this week on whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In an interview last week on WSB Radio in Atlanta to discuss the challenger he will

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Federal judiciary clamps down on ‘judge-shopping’ tactics that have helped Texas block Biden and liberal policies

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The policy-making body of the federal judiciary is clamping down on the system that conservatives have successfully used in recent years to hamstring President Joe Biden’s agenda and other federal policies, including those concerning reproductive rights. The new policy seeks to curb “judge-shopping,” the strategy where litigants strategically file lawsuits in courthouses where the

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Opinion: The biggest potential danger from the Hur report is one no one’s talking about

CNN Opinion by Gary Ross (CNN) — Over the past year, we’ve seen an alarming wave of current or former senior government officials who reportedly failed to properly safeguard classified information. This includes classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 and additional classified material discovered and surrendered from the homes of President

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Biden admin announces new weapons package for Ukraine following months of warnings there was no money left

By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced another package of military aid to Ukraine worth up to $300 million on Tuesday after months of warning there was no money left, with officials saying the new funding became available as a results of savings made in weapons contracts. National security adviser Jake

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Takeaways from Robert Hur’s testimony on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents

By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN Former special counsel Robert Hur appeared before Congress on Tuesday to explain his investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents – which led to no charges against the president but plenty of consternation among Democrats when Hur described Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a

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Red and blue states are competing for Biden’s climate funds. Here’s what they’re planning

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of states are rolling out new climate plans to tackle planet-warming pollution in preparation to compete for billions of dollars of funding in President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill. Forty-seven states and territories, including deeply red states like Alaska, Missouri, Montana, Utah and Alabama, are planning to install

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Harris acknowledges heightened emotions around crisis in Gaza amid increasing voter concerns

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged the heightened emotions surrounding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying in an interview with Snapchat that she understands the frustration as the campaign tries to quell voter concerns. Harris has forcefully spoken about the situation unfolding in Gaza, most recently in remarks in Selma,

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4 key questions ahead of Robert Hur’s testimony on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — All eyes on Tuesday will be on special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and delivered a political bombshell with his conclusions about Biden’s memory. The special counsel is set to testify at the GOP-run House Judiciary Committee,

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