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By Kylie Atwood, CNN Biden administration officials are concerned that China could seek to declare a no-fly zone over Taiwan ahead of a possible visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as an effort to upend the trip, potentially raising tensions even further in the region, a US official told CNN. China could also respond by

By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who is in a tough reelection battle in Wisconsin, indicated he would vote for a bill to codify same-sex marriage, moving supporters closer to the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster in the Senate. In a statement, Johnson called the bill “unnecessary,” but

By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to freeze a lower court order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from implementing new immigration enforcement priorities, in a case marking Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s first vote since joining the court. Jackson and Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN After more than 35 years in the US Marine Corps., Lt. Gen. Michael Langley is set to be the first Black general to achieve one of the branch’s highest rankings. The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday held a confirmation hearing for Langley, who’s nominated to be the Commander of US

By Avery Lotz and Holmes Lybrand A rioter who asked “where those pieces of sh-t at?” during the breach of the US Capitol was convicted by a Washington, DC jury in federal district court Thursday for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack. Matthew Bledsoe, a Memphis-area businessowner, was found guilty on five counts,

By Kate Bennett, CNN Former first lady Melania Trump said in a new interview with Fox that she was “unaware” of the ongoing riot on January 6, 2021, because she was too busy photographing a rug in the White House. “On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as First Lady of

By Holmes Lybrand A January 6, 2021, US Capitol rioter who said she had looked for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to kill her that day was sentenced to 60 days behind bars Thursday. “We broke into the Capitol, we got inside, we did our part,” Dawn Bancroft said in a selfie video she took after

By Natasha Bertrand and Jim Sciutto, CNN The chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence service believes that Russia is losing steam in its invasion of Ukraine, and has lost its ability to spy in Europe “by half” following the expulsion of more than 400 Russian intelligence officers from cities across Europe and the arrest of several

By Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny, CNN John Fetterman will continue his soft return to the campaign trail on Thursday, attending a fundraiser in Philadelphia two months after a life-threatening stroke sent him to the sidelines of one of the most closely-watched Senate contests in the country. The fundraiser, sponsored by Democratic Jewish Outreach Pennsylvania,

By Kate Bennett, CNN Prompted by a series of national crises and global anxiety, Michelle Obama has written a new book, the former first lady announced Thursday via Twitter. “These past few years, I’ve been thinking about how to stay centered in a world filled with so much uncertainty,” Obama said in her social media

By Rachel Janfaza and Devan Cole, CNN A historic number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office this year, according to new data from LGBTQ Victory Fund, a national organization dedicated to helping elect LGBTQ candidates. At least 1,008 LGBTQ people are running for office — of all levels — so far in 2022, according