Pentagon won’t change policy to allow Pride flag to be flown at military bases
By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Department of Defense will “maintain existing policy for the display of unofficial flags” and…
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Texas GOP chair Allen West resigns
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Ashley Killough, CNN Allen West, the chair of the Texas Republican Party, announced his resignation on Friday, with the…
Continue ReadingRepublicans draw inspiration from problem-plagued Arizona audit
By Eric Bradner, CNN Arizona’s problem-ridden audit has inspired Republicans elsewhere to push for reviews in their own states as the party…
Continue ReadingBiden touts May jobs numbers as he pushes for infrastructure funding
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the progress the US has made in its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and argued now…
Continue Reading‘Whole thing is a joke’: Arizona Secretary of State on election audit
A summary report from Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ office details a slew of security problems with the state’s audit of its 2020 election…
Continue ReadingFBI director sees ‘parallels’ between challenge posed by ransomware attacks and 9/11
By Brian Fung, Geneva Sands, Rachel Janfaza and Zachary Cohen, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray sounded the alarm on ransomware in stark terms by…
Continue Reading‘A betrayal’: Capitol Police officer on those who deny insurrection
US Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells CNN’s Don Lemon how he feels about those who deny what happened at the Capitol on January…
Continue ReadingCapitol Police officer ‘insulted’ after Republicans block January 6 commission and continue to whitewash the attack
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN US Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who was wounded while defending the US Capitol during the January 6…
Continue ReadingAlleged US Capitol rioter who heckled police for ‘protecting pedophiles’ served jail time for statutory rape of 14-year-old girl
By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting…
Continue Reading‘I keep subscribing to live in the United States’: Two generations of DACA remain frustrated by a dream deferred
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Undocumented immigrants who arrived to the United States as children have been banking on an Obama-era program to shield…
Continue ReadingBiden’s high-wire act on infrastructure is at a critical moment
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden has entered a critical moment where the decisions he makes will dictate the success of his…
Continue ReadingAs Trump readies summer rallies and speeches, allies worry he’s stuck in the past
By Gabby Orr, Dana Bash and Michael Warren, CNN A cadre of aides and advisers working to tame Donald Trump‘s obsession with the 2020 election,…
Continue ReadingBehind the scenes of the Supreme Court’s busiest season
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices have known for months whether the Affordable Care Act will…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats finally get to interview former White House counsel McGahn
By Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz and Annie Grayer, CNN Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn is testifying Friday before the House Judiciary…
Continue ReadingRep. Mo Brooks says he isn’t hiding from an insurrection lawsuit after Rep. Eric Swalwell hired a private investigator to find him
By Katelyn Polantz and Caroline Kelly, CNN Republican Rep. Mo Brooks pushed back Thursday on Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s account of having to…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence officials have no evidence confirming Navy pilot UFO encounters were alien spacecraft
By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Williams, CNN US intelligence officials have found no evidence confirming that unidentified flying objects encountered…
Continue ReadingMike Pence on Donald Trump: ‘I don’t know if we’ll ever see eye to eye’ on January 6
By Gabby Orr, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence acknowledged on Thursday that he and former President Donald Trump maintain starkly different…
Continue ReadingNC civil rights leaders request DOJ investigation into Andrew Brown Jr.’s death
By Christina Carrega, CNN Members of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP met with Justice Department officials Thursday to request that they…
Continue ReadingManchin speaks out on Biden’s concessions to GOP
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a pivotal swing vote for the Democratic party, tells CNN’s Manu Raju bipartisan infrastructure talks should continue even as…
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