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By Emma Tucker and Evan Perez, CNN US Marshals preparing for a recent operation with local police in Missouri to arrest a fugitive allegedly involved in drug trafficking faced last-minute hurdles because of a controversial new state law aimed at protecting gun rights, according to US law enforcement officials. The officials told CNN that local

By Maeve Reston, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to cancel her Friday rally in California with embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt a setback to Democrats’ intensive efforts to spur their voters to vote against the effort to recall the first-term governor. The former California senator would have been among the most high-profile surrogates

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By Kyung Lah, Stella Chan and Jon Passantino, CNN The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating domestic violence accusations against California Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder — allegations he has denied. “The department was made aware of domestic violence accusations against Larry Elder,” an LAPD spokesperson told CNN, but they said additional details on the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-related eviction moratorium. “Congress was on notice that a further extension would almost surely require new legislation, yet it failed to act in the several weeks leading up to the moratorium’s expiration,” the court wrote in an unsigned, eight-page opinion. “If a

By Carma Hassan and Steve Almasy, CNN An attorney for South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday entered no-contest pleas on his behalf to two misdemeanors in connection with a crash last year that left a 55-year-old pedestrian dead. Last September, on the night of the crash, Ravnsborg told a 911 dispatcher, “I hit

By Sonia Moghe, CNN The federal detention center in New York that is notoriously known as the place where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell is in the process of being temporarily closed, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan drew criticism for its management after Epstein

By Marshall Cohen, CNN The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and defending his actions on January 6. “I know that day I saved countless lives,” Lt. Michael Byrd said in an interview with “NBC Nightly News.” “I know members of Congress, as well

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen on Thursday announced she was resigning from her position at the women’s rights organization amid backlash over its connection to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal. “Now is the time for TIME’S UP to evolve and move forward as there is so much

By Alex Rogers, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again urged members of Congress to not visit Afghanistan or neighboring countries after at least 12 US service members and dozens of civilians were killed on Thursday, noting that the Departments of Defense and State have “explicitly stated” that such trips would “unnecessarily divert needed resources” from

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in El Paso, Texas, granted the Biden administration’s request for a preliminary injunction halting an executive order issued by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that targeted the transport of migrants. The executive order had already been put on hold with a temporary restraining order from US District Judge

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education said Thursday that it will cancel $1.1 billion in student loan debt for some students who attended the now-defunct for-profit ITT Technical Institute — bringing the total amount of loan discharges approved under President Joe Biden to $9.5 billion. The majority of that debt is held by

By Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN Two prominent New York defense attorneys have joined the legal team for Tom Barrack, the former adviser to then-President Donald Trump who is now facing federal foreign lobbying charges. Last month the Justice Department charged Barrack with acting as an agent of a foreign government and lying to

By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to China and Japan next week to meet with top climate officials in the lead-up to a pivotal United Nations climate conference in Glasgow in November. Kerry will be in Japan on August 31, then China from September 1-3, according to a person familiar

By CNN staff The unprecedented expansion of unemployment benefits that Congress approved at the start of the coronavirus pandemic is set to expire nationwide in early September. Are your pandemic unemployment benefits — including the $300 weekly boost and payments to freelancers, independent contractors and the long-term unemployed — about to end? Tell us about

By Melanie Zanona, Jeremy Herb and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday vowed that President Joe Biden will face a “reckoning” for his handling of the US’ exit from Afghanistan but stopped short of calling for his resignation or impeachment over the episode — as some congressional Republicans have — according