Politics

By Jeremy Herb, Ellie Kaufman and Kylie Atwood, CNN A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that patterns of violent acts by Russian forces in Ukraine meet the qualification of crimes against humanity, detailing horrific actions by Russian forces including the discovery of torture chambers at a summer camp

By Holmes Lybrand and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, one of two GOP members of the House select committee investigating January 6, told the Wall Street Journal that the panel is considering asking former President Donald Trump to testify and may request a written interview with former Vice President Mike Pence or

By Eric Bradner, Jeremy Harlan and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of Tina Peters, the indicted Mesa County clerk and leading election denier who lost last month’s Republican primary for secretary of state. District Judge Matthew Barrett issued the no-bond warrant, granting District Attorney Dan Rubinstein’s request, after Peters

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Texas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging actions taken by the Biden administration in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal — actions that Texas alleges illegally preempts the state’s abortion laws. Texas is challenging recent guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services — released Monday after

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A US Army brigade in Germany has been confined to its base during evenings and temporarily banned from consuming alcohol, a spokesman for the Army said Thursday, after five troops were charged with driving scooters under the influence in Nuremberg over the July 4 holiday weekend. All five soldiers

By Manu Raju, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pushing to move forward with a $52 billion bill to boost domestic semiconductor production to address the chip shortage, according to a source familiar with the matter, but key Republicans who would be needed to advance the plan are pumping

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Indiana asked the Supreme Court Thursday to move quickly to officially transmit its opinion overturning Roe v. Wade to a federal appeals court so that the state can attempt to put its strict parental notification law into effect. The Indiana law was enjoined by a district court

By Ali Zaslav, CNN Emotion fueled a debate on the Senate floor on Thursday as Republicans objected to taking up a Democratic bill that would guarantee a woman’s constitutional right to travel across state lines to receive abortion care. The Democratic bill, called the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022 was introduced

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal judge is keeping the door open for Steve Bannon to use a potential new defense argument where he could present his recent bid to testify for the House January 6 committee to the jury when he goes on trial on contempt of Congress charges next week

By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Senators from both parties have reached an agreement to clarify that the vice president only has a ceremonial role in overseeing the certification of the electoral results, according to two Senate sources, the first legislative response to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential

By Gabby Orr, CNN In the new post-Roe landscape, Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano seems to have strayed from what he once described as his “number one” focus. As the GOP nominee for governor navigates one of the most closely watched contests this year, there has been a noticeable drop off in his public comments on