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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. But in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more open

By Ryan Nobles and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Reps. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, chair and vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are not ruling out the possibility of concluding that the actions of former President Donald Trump and some of his associates constituted a crime. Speaking with CNN’s Jake

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice US Capitol Police Officer Briana Kirkland is suing former President Donald Trump for the physical and emotional pain she endured, including a traumatic brain injury, because of the Capitol insurrection, according to a new filing in DC District Court. Her complaint adds to other similar lawsuits, including

By Geneva Sands, CNN There has been an increase in online extremist content in the past 48 hours, including threats to lawmakers and the President, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence memo obtained by CNN. While there is still no indication of a specific and credible plot, officials fear the content could inspire

By Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN It was only a little more than a month ago when President Joe Biden, asked about another head-shaking revelation regarding his predecessor, seemed to balk at a mere mention of the man. “I don’t think about the former President,” he claimed, pausing for dramatic effect before

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge colorfully rejected a US Capitol riot defendant’s request for a 10-day getaway in Jamaica on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. Anthony Williams — who has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the January 6 riot — had asked to

By Jasmine Wright and Whitney Wild, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris was evacuated from the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington on January 6, 2021, minutes after a pipe bomb was discovered nearby. A former law enforcement official and a White House official confirmed to CNN that the then-vice president-elect was the unnamed “protectee” listed

By Whitney Wild In the three weeks leading up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, the US Capitol Police intelligence division produced four Special Event Assessments showing mounting evidence of a potentially volatile situation, as part of its overall effort to help the agency determine its security posture that day. The assessments, obtained by CNN,

By Rachel Janfaza Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof does not meet the residency requirements to run for governor in Oregon, the state Elections Division said Thursday. Oregon’s state constitution says a candidate must be “a resident within this state” for three years prior to an election. For Kristof, that period began in November

By Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden is nominating Army Lt. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla to be the next commander of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, according to multiple defense officials and nomination paperwork sent to Congress. Kurilla would replace Gen. Frank McKenzie, who has commanded

By Ryan Nobles, CNN Rep. Elaine Luria, a Democrat from Virginia and a member of the House committee investigating the Capitol Riot, announced on the anniversary of the attack that she will run for reelection in her Virginia Beach swing district. Of the Democrats on the panel, Luria represents a district that is at the