Biden admin preparing to ask Congress to approve sale of F-16 jets to Turkey
By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve the sale of 40 F-16…
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Supreme Court to hear challenge from ex-Postal Service worker who refused to work on Sundays
By Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker who wants the…
Continue Reading What we know about Joe Biden’s private office where classified documents were found
By Maegan Vazquez, Marshall Cohen, MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz and Zachary Cohen, CNN It was an office fit for a former vice president working in…
Continue Reading Missouri lawmakers adopt stricter dress code for women in state House
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules…
Continue Reading RNC braces for three-way chair race at winter meeting
By Gabby Orr, CNN A three-way race for chairman of the Republican National Committee could deal another setback to a party looking to enter the 2024…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg tells CNN that his office’s investigation of Trump Org. will continue
By Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN Investigations into the Trump Organization’s business practices are entering a new chapter and will…
Continue Reading Justice Department announces new rule to regulate pistol-stabilizing braces
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland and Steve Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
Continue Reading Steve Bannon must find new lawyers to advise him in ‘We Build the Wall’ criminal fraud case
By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge has given Steve Bannon until the end of February to find new lawyers to advise him in a criminal fraud case…
Continue Reading Steve Bannon must find new lawyers to advise him in ‘We Build the Wall’ criminal fraud case
By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge has given Steve Bannon until the end of February to find new lawyers to advise him in a criminal fraud case…
Continue Reading Treasury secretary warns US could default on its debt as soon as June
By Nikki Carvajal and Tami Luhby, CNN The Treasury Department said Friday the US could default on its debt as soon as June, setting up one of the…
Continue Reading Biden to deliver State of the Union address on February 7
By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has invited President Joe Biden to deliver the annual State of the Union address to Congress on…
Continue Reading Treasury secretary warns US could default on its debt as soon as June
By Nikki Carvajal and Tami Luhby, CNN The Treasury Department said Friday the US could default on its debt as soon as June, setting up one of the…
Continue Reading Missouri lawmakers adopt stricter dress code for women in state House
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg tells CNN that his office’s investigation of Trump Org. will continue
By Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN Investigations into the Trump Organization’s business practices are entering a new chapter and will…
Continue Reading George Santos said accused ‘Ponzi scheme’ he worked at was ‘100% legitimate’ when accused of fraud in 2020
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Republican Rep. George Santos, said a company later accused of running a “Ponzi scheme” was…
Continue Reading US hostage envoy quietly traveled to Venezuela to see detained Americans
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department’s top official for hostage and detainee issues quietly traveled to Venezuela last month as…
Continue Reading US carrier strike group begins operating in South China Sea as tensions with China simmer
By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US carrier strike group began operating in the South China Sea on Thursday, the Navy announced, amid heightened tensions…
Continue Reading Trump’s 2024 bid is off to a rough start. But other Republicans aren’t eager to take him on just yet
By Gabby Orr, CNN In the two months since Donald Trump launched his third presidential campaign, potential rivals have been casting doubt over his…
Continue Reading Justice Department wants to talk to people hired to search Trump properties for classified docs
By Katelyn Polantz and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Justice Department is seeking to question two people who searched Donald Trump’s properties in…
Continue Reading Trump Org. fined $1.6 million after conviction for 17 felonies, including tax fraud
By Kara Scannell and Nicki Brown, CNN The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million — the maximum possible penalty — by a New York judge…
Continue Reading Affordable Care Act open enrollment ends Sunday amid record sign-ups
By Tami Luhby, CNN Those who want Affordable Care Act coverage for 2023 have only a few days left to sign up. Open enrollment ends Sunday on the…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Afghanistan withdrawal investigation launched by top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday requested from the State Department a vast number of…
Continue Reading Lawmakers renew bipartisan push to ban congressional stock trading
By Sonnet Swire, CNN A bipartisan duo of House lawmakers reintroduced legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office,…
Continue Reading Biden’s whirlwind final days as vice president had aides scrambling to close his White House office
By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny and Arlette Saenz, CNN The early days of 2017 were a whirlwind for Vice President Joe Biden: swearing in…
Continue Reading Paul Ryan says he ‘had too much power’ as House speaker
By Sonnet Swire, CNN Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he believes he “had too much power” when he wielded the…
Continue Reading Paul Ryan says he ‘had too much power’ as House speaker
By Sonnet Swire, CNN Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he believes he “had too much power” when he wielded the…
Continue Reading US government has received more than 350 new UFO reports
By Katie Bo Lillis and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US government has received over 350 new reports of what the US government terms “unidentified…
Continue Reading Paul Ryan says he ‘had too much power’ as House speaker
By Sonnet Swire, CNN Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he believes he “had too much power” when he wielded the…
Continue Reading US government has received more than 350 new UFO reports
By Katie Bo Lillis and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US government has received over 350 new reports of what the US government terms “unidentified…
Continue Reading Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans use of term ‘Latinx’ in state documents
By Gustavo Valdes and Nicole Chavez, CNN Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order this week barring the use of the term…
Continue Reading US rolls out tool for Afghans in US to reunify with family members
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The US State Department rolled out a tool for Afghans in the US under parolee status to begin the process of reunifying with…
Continue Reading Inside a White House in the dark on Biden’s classified documents crisis
By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s private office in Washington, DC…
Continue Reading Key questions and what’s next in the Biden special counsel probe
By Marshall Cohen President Joe Biden is now facing a special counsel investigation after Obama-era classified files were found at his private office…
Continue Reading Former US attorney named special counsel in Biden document probe
By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to take…
Continue Reading ‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys,’ Proud Boys member said on Jan. 6, prosecutors say as trial begins
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Dozens of messages, social media posts and videos show that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys not only…
Continue Reading Alabama attorney general says people who take abortion pills could be prosecuted
By Shawna Mizelle and Chris Boyette, CNN Alabama’s Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription…
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From gun laws to climate change: How liability drives policy discussions on controversial issues
Estey & Bomberger, LLP investigated how liability drives policy discussion on controversial issues using a variety of news and academic…
Continue Reading House Democrats urge Biden not to ‘provide shelter’ to Bolsonaro
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden not to “provide shelter” for former Brazilian…
Continue Reading House Democrats urge Biden not to ‘provide shelter’ to Bolsonaro
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden not to “provide shelter” for former Brazilian…
Continue Reading McCarthy stands by Santos despite growing calls for resignation from other GOP lawmakers
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his…
Continue Reading Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel overseeing the Biden document probe
By Devan Cole and Paula Reid, CNN The Justice Department’s probe into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former…
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Idaho House introduces bill to withhold tax revenue for cities supporting abortion
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho House State Affairs Committee introduced a bill Wednesday that would withhold sales and use tax revenue from from any…
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Gov. Little announces staff changes
Governor Brad Little announced two changes to his…
Continue Reading Garland appoints special counsel to take over Biden classified documents investigation
By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the…
Continue Reading McCarthy stands by Santos despite growing calls for resignation from other GOP lawmakers
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his…
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First on CNN: US Navy veteran released from Russian custody
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN An American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Former US attorney named special counsel in Biden document probe
By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to take…
Continue Reading Nebraska Gov. Pillen appoints Pete Ricketts to Sasse’s Senate seat
By Eric Bradner, CNN Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday said he is appointing former Gov. Pete Ricketts to fill the Senate seat left vacant by…
Continue Reading First on CNN: US Navy veteran released from Russian custody
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN An American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday,…
Continue Reading ‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys,’ Proud Boys member said on Jan. 6, prosecutors say as trial begins
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Dozens of messages, social media posts and videos show that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys not only…
Continue Reading Special counsel seeks information on who is paying Trump orbit legal bills as investigation intensifies
By Kristen Holmes A new round of subpoenas were sent to former President Donald Trump’s associates in recent weeks as part of special counsel…
Continue Reading First weeks of Proud Boys sedition trial marked by courtroom drama and fighting
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The preliminary stage of the trial of five Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy related to the…
Continue Reading House passes ‘born alive’ abortion bill
By Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans are spotlighting the issue of abortion as they roll out their legislative agenda in the new…
Continue Reading GOP strategist alleges powerful conservative Matt Schlapp sexually assaulted him
By Jamie Gangel, Gregory Krieg and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American…
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Wyoming governor: ‘Make hay’ and save amid near-$1B surplus
Wyoming’s Republican governor is urging state lawmakers to save half of a nearly $1 billion surplus that follows a dramatic turnaround in the state’s…
Continue Reading Biden’s legal team found another batch of classified documents in search of second location
By Phil Mattingly, Evan Perez, Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden’s legal team found another batch of…
Continue Reading Jill Biden ‘feeling well’ after two cancerous lesions removed during hospital trip
By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden on Wednesday spent several hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, undergoing a…
Continue Reading House passes ‘born alive’ abortion bill
By Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans are spotlighting the issue of abortion as they roll out their legislative agenda in the new…
Continue Reading 5 reasons why the Republican claim about 87,000 new IRS agents is an exaggeration
By Katie Lobosco, CNN In its first vote on legislation, the new Republican-controlled House approved a bill Monday that would rescind nearly $80…
Continue Reading Barbara Lee says she plans to run for Senate, sources say
By Daniella Diaz, CNN Rep. Barbara Lee of California told her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus during a closed-door meeting Wednesday…
Continue Reading GOP strategist alleges powerful conservative Matt Schlapp sexually assaulted him
By Jamie Gangel, Gregory Krieg and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American…
Continue Reading Alito and Thomas encourage opponents of gun control laws to keep pressure on the courts
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas sent a strong signal Wednesday that they are…
Continue Reading Illinois governor signs extensive ban on firearms and high-capacity magazines
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Illinois’ Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that enacts an extensive ban on firearms as well…
Continue Reading Biden not in favor of ban on gas stoves, White House says
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Wednesday asserted that President Joe Biden does not support a ban on gas stoves after a federal consumer…
Continue Reading Nassau County GOP calls for Santos to resign
By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party on Wednesday called for Rep. George Santos, elected to…
Continue Reading Biden not in favor of ban on gas stoves, White House says
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Wednesday asserted that President Joe Biden does not support a ban on gas stoves after a federal consumer…
Continue Reading Nassau County GOP calls for Santos to resign
By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party on Wednesday called for Rep. George Santos, elected to…
Continue Reading Judge will allow prosecutors to use Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ comment in Proud Boys trial
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors can use video of then-President Donald Trump telling…
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Greater Idaho movement gaining momentum
Oregon senators just heard details of a bill inviting Idaho to discuss relocating the Idaho/Oregon state…
Continue Reading Biden administration renews Covid-19 public health emergency
By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday again renewed the Covid-19 public health emergency, a provision that gives…
Continue Reading Yellen will remain Treasury secretary heading into the Biden administration’s third year
By Phil Mattingly and Betsy Klein, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to stay in her Cabinet role heading into the third year of the…
Continue Reading FAA without permanent leader as Biden’s nominee faces criticism
By Kevin Liptak, CNN As the Federal Aviation Administration scrambled to get its systems back online Wednesday, causing nationwide delays in air…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows New York gun law placing restrictions on concealed firearms to remain in effect pending legal challenges
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a New York gun law that places restrictions on carrying a…
Continue Reading House Oversight chairman seeks Biden family financial transaction data
By Sara Murray and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. James Comer, in one of his first moves as House Oversight Chairman, is seeking information from the…
Continue Reading US and Japan strengthen military relationship with upgraded Marine unit in attempt to deter China
By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Phil Mattingly and Brad Lendon, CNN The US and Japan announced a significant strengthening of their military…
Continue Reading Another ‘radical’ change to the Voting Rights Act could reach the Supreme Court
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court appears open to further shrinking the scope of the Voting Rights Act in a case that could lead to…
Continue Reading Lynette Hardaway, of pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk, has died
By Jack Forrest, CNN Lynette Hardaway, a pro-Donald Trump social media personality and part of the duo most commonly known as “Diamond &…
Continue Reading Pentagon officially rescinds Covid-19 vaccine requirement for troops
By Haley Britzky, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has officially rescinded the military’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate for troops after…
Continue Reading Biden’s legal team found another batch of classified documents in search of second location
By Phil Mattingly, Evan Perez, Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden’s legal team found another batch of…
Continue Reading Russian artillery fire down nearly 75%, US officials say, in latest sign of struggles for Moscow
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Alex Marquardt, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month, US and Ukrainian officials…
Continue Reading Federal judge temporarily blocks parts of New Jersey gun law that restricted concealed carry in certain places
By Nicki Brown, CNN A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of portions of a New Jersey gun law that…
Continue Reading Trump’s recent smears against rape accuser brought up as he tries to fend off White House-era defamation suit
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday was grilled about the former president’s recent inflammatory statements against a…
Continue Reading Sarah Huckabee Sanders focuses on education reform as she’s sworn in as Arkansas’ first female governor
By Shania Shelton, CNN Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who gained national recognition as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, was sworn…
Continue Reading Biden’s classified documents issue adds to House Republicans’ growing list of investigations
By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN As House Republicans officially take over Congress and clamor to investigate the Biden…
Continue Reading Morad Tahbaz’s daughter calls on US, UK to do everything they can to free her father from Iran
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN On the fifth anniversary of her father’s arrest, the daughter of a man wrongfully detained in Iran is calling on the…
Continue Reading Allen Weisselberg, former Trump Org. CFO, sentenced to 5 months in jail
By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Allen Weisselberg, former President Donald Trump’s long-time chief financial officer, was sentenced…
Continue Reading Nearly 300 previously unheard recordings by Alexander Graham Bell to be restored by Smithsonian
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Nearly 300 never-before-heard recordings by inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell will be restored and made…
Continue Reading Allen Weisselberg, former Trump Org. CFO, sentenced to 5 months in jail
By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Allen Weisselberg, former President Donald Trump’s long-time chief financial officer, was sentenced…
Continue Reading Santos defends himself as Democrats file ethics complaint
By Clare Foran and Jessica Dean, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of…
Continue Reading Right-wing provocateur ‘Baked Alaska’ sentenced to 2 months in prison for involvement in Capitol riot
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A far-right internet personality who goes by the pseudonym “Baked Alaska” was sentenced on Tuesday to two…
Continue Reading Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump’s fundraising
By Katelyn Polantz and Sara Murray, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani,…
Continue Reading GOP leaders and McCarthy holdouts defend deals as some Republicans complain they’re in the dark
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP leaders and key negotiators won’t commit to publicly releasing details about the…
Continue Reading Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden’s private office, source tells CNN
By Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Paula Reid, CNN Among the items from Joe Biden‘s time as vice president discovered in a private…
Continue Reading Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden’s private office, source tells CNN
By Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Paula Reid, CNN Among the items from Joe Biden‘s time as vice president discovered in a private…
Continue Reading US intercepts Iranian shipment of 2,000 assault rifles destined for Yemen
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US intercepted a shipment of more than 2,000 Iranian assault rifles destined for Yemen, according to a statement from the…
Continue Reading US has made ‘substantive’ change in weaponry provided to Ukraine, officials say
By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent There has been a “substantive” change in the type of weaponry the US and its allies…
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Wyoming Legislative website provides up-to-date information on 2023 General Session
Wyoming residents are encouraged to use the Wyoming Legislature’s website to track legislation and participate in policymaking during the 2023…
Continue Reading Progressive Rep. Katie Porter launches bid for Feinstein’s California Senate seat
By Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN California Rep. Katie Porter announced a 2024 Senate bid on Tuesday, launching her campaign for Sen. Dianne…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Ukrainians to start training on Patriot missiles in US as soon as next week
By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN Ukrainian troops are set to begin training on the Patriot missile system in the United States as soon as…
Continue Reading Pence courts social conservatives once loyal to Trump
By Michael Warren, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence is making a hard play for social conservatives as he prepares for a potential run for…
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