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By Maegan Vazquez and Oren Liebermann, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday bestowed the Medal of Honor to four Army veterans who fought in the Vietnam War, upgrading previous honors they had received for their acts of valor. The individuals who received the medal — the most prestigious decoration in the US military — are

By Steve Contorno, CNN Few people noticed when the Federal Election Commission deadlocked last month over whether US Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida in 2020 had broken a law intended to keep money raised for a state campaign out of federal elections. But election lawyer Brett Kappel closely followed the case, and he immediately thought

By Rosa Flores, Jacqueline Rose and Alexa Miranda, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees. “(As) I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with

By Rosa Flores, Jacqueline Rose and Alexa Miranda, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees. “(As) I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with

By Jennifer Hansler, Hadas Gold, Kareem Khadder and Abeer Salman, CNN The United States has determined that gunfire from the Israeli military was “likely responsible” for the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh in May, although an examination overseen by the US of the bullet “could not reach a definitive conclusion”

By Sonnet Swire Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, who was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the US Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. The date and other details will be announced later, Pelosi and Schumer said in a

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday defended her state’s abortion ban, which includes an exception when the pregnant person’s life is at risk but not in cases involving incest or rape. When asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” whether children similar to a 10-year-old child

By Donald Judd, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday warned migrants “not to take the dangerous journey” and attempt to cross the US-Mexico border after 53 migrants died in a sweltering semitruck in San Antonio, Texas, last week, in what is being called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history. “We have

By Kevin Liptak, Morgan Rimmer and Aaron Pellish, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection could make multiple criminal referrals, including of former President Donald Trump, the panel’s vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, said in an interview broadcast Sunday. “We’ll make a decision as a committee about it,” the Wyoming Republican

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Steve Contorno, CNN Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis aren’t just avatars for the different futures of their parties, but also for the separate realities blue and red Americans are living in — two people of opposing viewpoints looking at the exact same set of facts and coming to vastly different conclusions.