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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

By Whitney Wild and Chandelis Duster, CNN Seven US Capitol Police officers are suing former President Donald Trump, Stop the Steal rally organizers and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of spreading lies, using White supremacist sentiments to attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, and ultimately bearing responsibility for the riot that injured more

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to retaliate for a terrorist attack that killed 13 US service members outside Kabul’s international airport even as he said the frantic mission to airlift Americans from Afghanistan would continue. “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you

By Maeve Reston, CNN As polls have tightened dramatically in recent weeks in the effort to recall Gavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor and his allies have been warning of doomsday scenarios if he is ousted on September 14 and replaced by a conservative Republican bent on unraveling the state’s progressive agenda. But as some

By Maeve Reston, CNN As conservative talk radio host Larry Elder has surged to the front of the Republican pack in the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats have redoubled their efforts to activate female voters to come to Newsom’s defense — warning that California could face a very different future under Elder