Politics

By Tierney Sneed A federal judge said Wednesday that Steve Bannon will not be able to include as part of his trial defense any evidence that he was following the advice of his attorney in refusing to participate in the House January 6 probe. The move by US District Judge Carl Nichols to grant the

By Andrew Millman and Casey Gannon, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday found Matthew Martin not guilty of four federal misdemeanors related to trespassing — marking the first time a US Capitol riot defendant was acquitted of all charges. Martin, who worked for a government contractor before his arrest following the riot, successfully argued that

By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signaled his support for Amazon warehouse workers’ efforts to organize after employees at a New York City facility made history by successfully voting to form a union for the first time. Last Friday, the results of a union election showed that employees at

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The leader of the West Virginia chapter of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally entering the US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021. Jeffrey Finley, 29, faces up to one year in prison. The plea could be a significant step in one of the Justice Department’s most crucial

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Justice Department is charging Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since Russia invaded Ukraine. “As the indictment charges, the Treasury Department previously identified Malofeyev as one of the main sources of financing for Russians promoting

By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden declared “major war crimes” were being discovered in Ukraine as Russian forces retreat from areas around Kyiv, citing scenes of brutal, cold-blooded executions as rationale for ratcheting up US sanctions on Moscow. “Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable,”

By Rachel Janfaza Voters in Milwaukee have elected Cavalier Johnson as the city’s next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson, a Democrat who currently serves as the city’s acting mayor, is the first African American elected to the post. “This city, for the first time in our 176-year history, has elected its first Black mayor. We did

By Leyla Santiago, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly pointed to the case of a family in the state’s Leon County to explain the need for a controversial new law, dubbed by critics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that bans schools from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity, particularly to young children. On