By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Rep. Ryan Zinke, who left his seat for a scandal-plagued tenure as then-President Donald Trump’s Interior secretary, has won the GOP primary in Montana’s 1st Congressional District, CNN projects. Zinke, a former Navy SEAL and Montana state senator who was first elected to the House in 2014 and reelected in
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, is acknowledging publicly for the first time that she discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with other Cabinet members and then-Vice President Mike Pence following the January 6 US Capitol attack. DeVos resigned from
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN The California man arrested near US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s home and charged with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge said in calls he made to 911 before the arrest that he was thinking of killing himself and needed psychiatric help, according to audio recordings released
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley was arrested Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested in Allendale on charges “stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed,CNN The Supreme Court declined Thursday to step in to block a lower court decision that allowed the counting of undated ballots in a local Pennsylvania judicial race. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch in the case, which had been closely watched when
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Jim Acosta, CNN The American people may soon hear directly from a key witness in the House January 6 select committee’s investigation who can speak to former President Donald Trump‘s approving reaction to the US Capitol riot — live testimony that could be the most important moment of the panel’s upcoming
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday watched on as Latin American leaders lambasted his decision to exclude autocratic leaders from the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, just moments after the President had delivered remarks underscoring his belief that the future of the Western Hemisphere should be a democratic one. Belize’s
Continue Reading By Andrew Millman A father and son were sentenced by a federal judge Thursday for their role in the January 6 US Capitol attack after pleading to a misdemeanor charge earlier this year. DC District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced William Michael Sywak to 4 months home confinement and 2 years’ probation and his son William
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, is acknowledging publicly for the first time that she discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with other Cabinet members and then-Vice President Mike Pence following the January 6 US Capitol attack. DeVos resigned from
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN The House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will hold its first public hearing Thursday night and will reveal it findings surrounding the insurrection. The nine-person panel has spent months investigating the insurrection, interviewing members of the Trump administration and President Donald Trump’s inner
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN A White House official is strongly criticizing Big Oil for banking huge profits in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which the administration has blamed for soaring gas prices. “It’s outrageous that oil and gas companies are able to take advantage and make four times the profits that they made
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, CNN Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott dropped his proposal requiring low-income Americans to pay at least some federal income tax in his revised agenda for the country, after facing withering criticism from fellow Republicans in Washington, President Joe Biden and Democrats. In his updated “Rescue America” platform, Scott, the National Republican Senatorial
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate negotiators are racing to finalize a deal on bipartisan gun legislation, but it’s not clear when they’ll be able to nail down an agreement, the latest sign of the challenge facing lawmakers as they attempt to find consensus on the highly polarizing issue. Texas Sen.
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Five US Marines died after a military aircraft crashed during a training mission Wednesday near Glamis, California, the US Marine Corps said in a statement Thursday. Equipment recovery efforts “have begun” and an investigation into the crash involving a MV-22B Osprey is “underway.” “We mourn the loss of
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV-positive from joining the US military as officers or deploying abroad. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo this week updating HIV policies for the military “in view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention” of
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the Jan. 6,
Continue Reading By Donald Judd and Betsy Klein, CNN The White House has announced a highly anticipated Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan for children under 5. The administration “has made 10 million vaccine doses available for states, Tribes, territories, community health centers, federal pharmacy partners, and others to pre-order,” according to a White House fact sheet shared with
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Kylie Atwood, Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Thursday that it will “further complicate” efforts to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if Iran removes cameras that monitor its nuclear program and could lead to “a deepening nuclear crisis and further economic and political isolation
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson and Daniella Diaz, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a federal “red flag” bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others as a bipartisan group of senators work to figure out a package that could garner 60 votes in the
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson and Daniella Diaz, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a federal “red flag” bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others as a bipartisan group of senators work to figure out a package that could garner 60 votes in the
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