Politics

By Devan Cole, CNN Jim Obergefell, the gay rights activist and named plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, argued Wednesday that a constitutional right to marriage equality is at risk if the high court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade. Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion authored by

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday sharpened the contrast between his policies and what he derided as an “ultra-MAGA agenda” on the right as he looks to hone his midterm message heading into a high-stakes campaign season. The President zeroed in on an economic plan put forward by the leader of the

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The parents of a sailor who died by suicide while on board the USS George Washington — one of the seven crew members who have died in the past year, including four by suicide — on Wednesday blasted the Navy’s response to the crisis as “ridiculous.” John Sandor and Mary Graft,

By Gregory Krieg, Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN The throngs of demonstrators amassed outside the US Supreme Court, enraged over a report that a draft majority opinion would strike down abortion rights protected by Roe v. Wade, chanted a crisp, clipped demand to Democratic officials: “Do something!” The cry echoed across social media and

By Daniel Dale, CNN At a Monday debate between the Republican candidates for Georgia secretary of state, incumbent Brad Raffensperger said his leading opponent, US Rep. Jody Hice, “has just not been honest for the last 18 months, and he has been spreading misinformation, disinformation.” Fact check: true. Hice, who has been endorsed by former

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Samuel Alito, in his draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, tries to make clear it should not necessarily impact other decisions such as the right to marry a person of a different race or same sex and the right to contraception, which rely on

By David Williams and Devan Cole, CNN The Smithsonian National Zoo said Tuesday that 25 American flamingos and a Northern pintail duck were killed a day earlier by a wild fox that entered the animals’ outdoor habitat. In addition to the killed birds, three flamingos were injured in the attack and are being treated by

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will convene a White House conference in September focused on ending hunger and improving nutrition across the nation, a White House official told CNN, as the US sees higher rates of food insecurity amid the coronavirus pandemic. The last time the White House hosted a conference focused on

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Chinese government-linked hackers have tried to steal sensitive data from some three dozen manufacturing and technology firms in the US, Europe and Asia, security researchers said Wednesday, in findings that shed new light on Beijing’s alleged use of hacking to buttress its powerhouse economy. The hackers targeted blueprints for producing materials

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Ohio’s Republican Senate primary was the first major midterm test of former President Donald Trump’s enduring influence over the Republican Party — and Trump’s candidate won. J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author, emerged from a well-funded field of Republicans vying to replace retiring