By Josh Campbell and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Specialized strike forces from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives targeting gun traffickers seized more than 7,700 guns and silencers associated with crimes in the past year in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York and San Francisco, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday. Speaking alongside
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, marking the most significant response by Congress to former President Donald Trump’s relentless pressure campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The proposal still needs to be
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN With their once-sweeping budget reconciliation package whittled down to two health care measures, Senate Democrats are moving ahead with pushing the legislation through the chamber. Another hurdle, however, remains, and it’s not Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has blocked his party from including climate, tax, social safety net
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Georgia’s law banning abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy with some exceptions can take effect immediately, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday immediately stayed a federal district court’s order that had blocked the abortion law from going into effect. “It
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A former Trump White House aide who met with the January 6 committee earlier this week went on a profane and sexist rant on a livestream after his testimony, where he railed against the lawmakers and attacked other witnesses, according to audio posted to his Telegram. The aide,
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ belief that society and government can do something about mass shootings is at a new high, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Most of the public favors stricter gun laws, the survey finds, with more than 4 in 10 saying that recently enacted gun legislation doesn’t go far
Continue Reading By Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN Republican and Democratic senators said Wednesday they expect a bill to codify same-sex marriage to eventually win the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, a sign of growing public acceptance and a sea change over an issue that had once badly divided the two parties. While most
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said former President Donald Trump called him last week as part of a fresh effort to decertify the state’s 2020 presidential election results. “He would like us to do something different in Wisconsin,” Vos, a Republican, explained to CNN affiliate WISN in relaying his phone conversation
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, marking the most significant response by Congress to former President Donald Trump’s relentless pressure campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The proposal still needs to be
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Glenn Ivey, former Prince George’s County state’s attorney, will win the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating former Rep. Donna Edwards, who previously represented the district. The race for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue district — currently held by Rep. Anthony Brown, who
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr and Melanie Zanona, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence is no longer keeping his cards close, telegraphing in several high-profile moves this week that he is actively exploring a 2024 presidential bid and working to gain a foothold in Trump-fatigued corners of the Republican Party. These speeches and appearances undoubtedly reflect the
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Guantanamo detainee Khalid Ahmed Qasim has been cleared for release from the US detention facility in Cuba after being held for 20 years without a trial, according to documents from the Department of Defense. Qasim, a Yemeni national, was taken into custody in December 2001 and transferred to the Guantanamo prison
Continue Reading By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN A New York judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify next month as a witness before the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury that’s investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the 2020 election. Giuliani, who is Trump’s former lawyer, was subpoenaed earlier this month. The order to appear on
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, Paul LeBlanc and Jason Carroll, CNN Ivana Trump, a longtime businessperson and an ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, was mourned Wednesday in New York. Funeral goers gathered at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church to remember the noted socialite. Former President Trump entered the church through a side entrance, and their
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, CNN Arizona Republican Blake Masters, who earned Donald Trump’s endorsement for the Senate race by embracing the former President’s lies that he won the 2020 election, has turned to questioning whether the 2022 midterm election will be legitimate, as he tries to lock up support among the party faithful ahead of next
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Americans’ approval of the Supreme Court has fallen again, according to a new poll released Wednesday, with just 38% of the country saying it approves of the nation’s highest court after it overturned Roe v. Wade — a dramatic shift in public opinion from one year ago. The Marquette Law School
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Americans’ approval of the Supreme Court has fallen again, according to a new poll released Wednesday, with just 38% of the country saying it approves of the nation’s highest court after it overturned Roe v. Wade — a dramatic shift in public opinion from one year ago. The Marquette Law School
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden escalated his warnings about climate change Wednesday, calling it a “clear and present danger” as he previewed a slate of executive actions meant to combat a crisis whose effects are bearing down on a wide swath of the country. Speaking under beating sun at a defunct coal power
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress were among those arrested by Capitol Police on Tuesday afternoon as part of an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court. Wearing specially made green bandanas with “Won’t Back Down,” they marched from the Capitol to the Court, which has been
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, CNN The Secret Service was only able to provide a single text exchange to the DHS inspector general who had requested a month’s worth of records for 24 Secret Service personnel, according to a letter to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, whose details were first reported by CNN. The
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