Pence faces hecklers shouting ‘traitor’ at religious conservative conference
By Gabby Orr, CNN Former vice president Mike Pence on Friday was heckled at a conference for religious conservatives, ahead of a speech that took aim…
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New videos show police getting punched during US Capitol riot
By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN Newly released footage from January 6 shows a supporter of former President Donald Trump taunting,…
Continue ReadingTrump’s new chief spokeswoman, Liz Harrington, has been a serial promoter of election lies
By Daniel Dale Former President Donald Trump’s new chief spokeswoman has been a serial promoter of lies about the 2020 election. Trump, himself…
Continue Reading’10 years is enough’: Advocates and bipartisan lawmakers push for sentencing reform for drug-related offenders
By Christina Carrega and Joe Beare, CNN William R. Underwood was a 17-year-old father living in New York City when former President Richard Nixon…
Continue ReadingTo some, she’s a patriot. To others, a domestic terrorist. How the memory of a woman killed in the Capitol riot got so politicized
By Scott Glover, CNN On a sunny morning in February, as a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” filled the salt air, Ashli Babbitt’s…
Continue ReadingRoberts, Kavanaugh and Barrett have seized the Supreme Court for now
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett…
Continue ReadingHis cybersecurity firm is working on the Arizona ‘audit’. But people who know him have questions
By Bob Ortega, Kyung Lah, Stephanie Becker and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN In recent weeks, GOP lawmakers from at least 16 states have flocked to Phoenix…
Continue ReadingWhat’s open and closed on Friday now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday
By Paul LeBlanc and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Most federal government employees across the country will have Friday off after President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingUS Military Command reinstates diversity head after investigation into social media posts
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military’s Special Operations Command reinstated its head of diversity following an investigation that concluded…
Continue ReadingJuneteenth bill sails through Congress but key legislation targeting racial inequity faces major obstacles
By Clare Foran and Jessica Dean, CNN Legislation moved quickly through Congress this week to establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence…
Continue ReadingJustice Department releases harrowing new bodycam footage from January 6 attack
By Marshall Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday released horrifying new police body camera footage from the January 6…
Continue ReadingBiden administration to invest $3 billion for Covid-19 antiviral medicines
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced it would invest more than $3 billion from the American Rescue Plan to accelerate…
Continue Reading‘I have visited the border,’ says DHS Secretary in testy exchange over VP role
By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declared it is his responsibly to manage security at the US-Mexico border,…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 outbreak hits US Embassy in Afghanistan
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN More than 100 people at the US Embassy in Kabul have Covid-19, one person has died, and several have been medically…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to repeal Iraq War authorization
By Jeremy Herb, CNN The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 legal authorization for the war in Iraq, marking what the bill’s backers hope…
Continue ReadingREAD: Supreme Court opinion in same-sex couple foster care agency case
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic Foster Care Agency that…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy slams Biden for giving ‘Putin a pass’ after years of silence on Trump’s relationship with Russian president
By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Continue ReadingHere’s what the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act ruling means for you
By Tami Luhby, CNN The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s dismissal Thursday of the latest Republican-led…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place
By Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will…
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