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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A pregnant 16-year-old in Florida was denied a waiver to get an abortion in the state without legal guardian notification and consent, after a court deemed she did not prove that she is mature enough to make the decision. Florida, which currently bans most abortions at 15 weeks, requires physicians to

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban from being enforced, granting a request from state abortion providers for a temporary injunction while their challenge to the law continues. South Carolina’s law, ​S.1, ​had been in effect since June 27, ​when a judge lifted a

By Gabby Orr, Sara Murray, Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Some allies of former President Donald Trump are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of FBI agents executing a search warrant on his Mar-a-Lago residence, a proposal that has drawn mixed reaction inside his orbit, CNN has learned. The CCTV footage has been

By Justin Gamble, CNN One of the largest majority Black cities in America is likely not to be represented by a Black lawmaker in Congress for the first time in almost 70 years — and residents and community activists worry their economic and racial justice concerns will go unaddressed. Three weeks after Indian American Shri

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a subpoena from the Fulton County district attorney requiring the Republican governor to appear before the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Kemp had been scheduled for a

By Geneva Sands, CNN The US Secret Service, on the evening of January 6, 2021, notified the US Capitol Police that it had discovered an online threat — made days earlier — directed toward House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to an email notification obtained by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

By Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming lost her primary election Tuesday, but her work with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack is far from over. At a private event with staff the night before the election, Cheney specifically thanked people on her team for all they’ve done

By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN The day after losing the Republican primary for Wyoming’s House seat, Rep. Liz Cheney is positioning herself for a longer-term fight with former President Donald Trump. The question Cheney must confront is whether there is an appetite within the Republican Party for a candidate singularly focused on serving

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is strongly condemning calls from some members of the Republican Party, including some elected lawmakers, to “defund the FBI” in the wake of last week’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The pushback marks the White House’s most aggressive response to the FBI’s search to date

By Steve Contorno, CNN As soon as next week, Florida pension fund managers could be barred from considering the social impact of their financial decisions as Gov. Ron DeSantis opens a new front in his anti-“woke” crusade, this time focused on Wall Street and corporate CEOs. In new draft rules posted Monday on the website

By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN The family of a US Navy officer imprisoned in Japan rallied outside the White House on Wednesday to protest his detention and try to attract President Joe Biden’s attention to the case. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis was sentenced to three years in a Japanese prison in October for

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden was feeling “a bit better” on Wednesday morning as she continues to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander told CNN. Biden tested positive Monday evening for Covid-19 after feeling unwell. Alexander said Biden’s “cold-like symptoms” remain, despite the uptick in her

By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would give “due consideration” to any formal invitation to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, while hinting at potential executive privilege issues. Pence made the remarks during a Q&A after a speech here

By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US airstrike in Somalia over the weekend killed 13 members of the al-Shabaab terror group, US Africa Command said in a statement. The US carried out the strike on Sunday in support of the Somali military, which was under attack near Teedaan, Somalia. According to an initial assessment, no civilians

By Amanda Watts and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida state attorney Andrew Warren, who was suspended earlier this month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his position on abortion, is appealing his suspension by claiming the Republican governor abused his authority. “The Florida Constitution sets very limited parameters under which a governor can suspend an elected