By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee is planning to present live testimony during its first public hearing Thursday night from two people who interacted directly with the Proud Boys on and around the events of January 6, 2021, according to three sources familiar with the committee’s hearing agenda.
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The US military is investigating whether an American service member set off explosives in an insider attack on a small US base in northern Syria that injured four service members in April, according to three defense officials and a statement from the military. One of the officials confirmed the
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN The New York attorney general’s office says it is not satisfied that former President Donald Trump has met the conditions to lift his civil contempt and is asking for additional sworn statements from several units within the Trump Organization over its document retention policy. The attorney general’s office requested the new
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia voiced his support Monday for raising the age to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic weapons and questioned why individuals need to own high-powered AR-15-style weapons, putting him at odds with Republicans who are resisting imposing any restrictions on access to firearms. “I never
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department on Monday charged the head of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, and four other leaders with seditious conspiracy in the January 6 US Capitol attack, escalating the criminal case against the far-right extremist group. These are the most aggressive charges brought by the Justice Department
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A US judge approved the seizure of two of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich‘s private planes, valued at more than $400 million, for violating US export and sanctions laws. The planes, a Gulfstream and a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is believed to be one of the most expensive private planes in the
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A US judge approved the seizure of two of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich‘s private planes, valued at more than $400 million, for violating US export and sanctions laws. The planes, a Gulfstream and a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is believed to be one of the most expensive private planes in the
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought to it by a Missouri Republican Senate candidate and his wife, who were seeking review of the professional disciplinary action they faced, as lawyers, for pointing guns at racial justice protestors demonstrating outside their St. Louis home. There were
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia voiced his support Monday for raising the age to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic weapons and questioned why individuals need to own high-powered AR-15-style weapons, putting him at odds with Republicans who are resisting imposing any restrictions on access to firearms. “I never
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Jeremy Herb, CNN Iran is only a few weeks away from having a “significant quantity of enriched uranium,” the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi said on Monday. “Having a significant quantity does not mean having a bomb,” Grossi told a press conference following the start of the quarterly
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought to it by a Missouri Republican Senate candidate and his wife, who were seeking review of the professional disciplinary action they faced, as lawyers, for pointing guns at racial justice protestors demonstrating outside their St. Louis home. There were
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, Ana Cucalon and Mia Alberti, CNN Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he won’t be attending the Summit of the Americas, hosted later on this week by the United States, due to the exclusion of several countries in the region. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans. James Goldston — the former president of ABC News
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris made a late May call to Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro with a subtle nudge that would neatly encapsulate her fraught task of addressing the root causes of migration to the southern border. From her West Wing office, she received an update on the Central
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN California’s nonpartisan redistricting commission bucked the national trend last year by creating a new congressional map with at least eight competitive seats, offering pickup opportunities to both Democrats and Republicans vying for control of the US House. Tuesday’s House primaries in California will serve as an early test of strength for
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind. In a difficult political year for Democrats, the climate groups are forming the new Climate Votes Project, shared
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN More than 500 days removed from the violent attack on the US Capitol, the committee investigating it is ready to show its work. The House select committee will hold its first public hearing this week, on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Sources told CNN this hearing will be a broad
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans. James Goldston — the former president of ABC News
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, has asserted that the attack was part of an “extremely well-organized” conspiracy. The Wyoming lawmaker’s comments to CBS “Sunday Morning” come before the panel is set to hold its first
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