Senators say agreement on gun violence compromise is at hand
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told reporters that a final agreement on the proposal’s details was at hand.
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Biden celebrates US Covid-19 vaccine rollout for kids under 5 years old
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a Washington, DC, vaccination clinic on Tuesday where children under the age of 5 are being immunized against Covid-19 — part of the first cohort of young kids to be immunized against the virus following the US Centers for Disease Control and
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings
The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Continue Reading US Air Force service member arrested in connection to insider attack on base in Syria that injured 4 Americans
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent An airman has been arrested by military law enforcement in connection to an April attack at a US military base in northern Syria that injured four US service members. “As part of an ongoing investigation, on June 16, an Airman was taken into custody stateside in conjunction with the
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings
By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading Justice Sonia Sotomayor continues her warnings of a dramatic conservative turn at the Supreme Court
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor made crystal clear on Tuesday that she believes the conservatives on the Supreme Court — including three of President Donald Trump’s nominees — are set to move the country sharply to the right by eviscerating or ignoring decades of precedent on issues that most
Continue Reading IRS will finally finish processing last year’s tax return backlog this week
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Internal Revenue Service will finally get through the massive pandemic-induced backlog of federal tax returns filed in 2021 this week, the agency said on Tuesday. But more than twice as many returns filed in 2022 still await processing compared with a typical year at this point. The IRS began the
Continue Reading Justice Department to drop 31 remaining fraud charges against Michael Avenatti following guilty plea
By Kara Scannell The Justice Department will drop the remaining fraud counts facing disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti after he agreed to plead guilty to multiple charges last week. Prosecutors with the US attorney’s office for the Central District of California said in a court filing Tuesday they wouldn’t move ahead with the remaining 31 counts
Continue Reading How to follow Tuesday’s primary elections in Alabama, Virginia, Georgia and DC
By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s Election Day in Alabama, Virginia, Georgia and Washington, DC, with voters picking their nominees in primaries or primary runoffs for the November midterms. In Alabama, Republicans Katie Britt and Mo Brooks are going head-to-head in a runoff for their party’s Senate nomination. Britt won
Continue Reading White House says it’s ‘appalling’ Russia won’t rule out executing detained Americans who volunteered to fight for Ukraine
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it is “appalling” Russia won’t rule out applying the death penalty on two American citizens who are detained after volunteering to fight in Ukraine. “We still are trying to learn more about these two individuals,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security
Continue Reading White House says it’s ‘appalling’ Russia won’t rule out executing detained Americans who volunteered to fight for Ukraine
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it is “appalling” Russia won’t rule out applying the death penalty on two American citizens who are detained after volunteering to fight in Ukraine. “We still are trying to learn more about these two individuals,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security
Continue Reading Frustrated with January 6 hearings, Trump turns ire toward his allies
By Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr and Zachary Cohen, CNN Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot as it lifts the curtain on some of its findings with public hearings that have garnered gavel-to-gavel cable coverage — much to the annoyance of the TV-obsessed former President. Tucked
Continue Reading Independent candidate Al Gross drops out of Alaska special House race
By Alex Rogers and Ethan Cohen, CNN Independent orthopedic surgeon Al Gross dropped out of the Alaska House race on Monday and threw his support behind two Native women candidates: Republican Tara Sweeney and former Democratic state Rep. Mary Peltola. In a statement, Gross said that he and his wife Monica decided “it is just
Continue Reading Top US ‘Nazi hunter’ to lead Justice Department effort to uncover war crimes in Ukraine
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The top US “Nazi hunter” will lead a Justice Department team to identify and prosecute anyone who has committed war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday during an unannounced visit to that country. The team, Garland said, will be led by the department’s best-known Nazi hunter Eli Rosenbaum,
Continue Reading Top US ‘Nazi hunter’ to lead Justice Department effort to uncover war crimes in Ukraine
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The top US “Nazi hunter” will lead a Justice Department team to identify and prosecute anyone who has committed war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday during an unannounced visit to that country. The team, Garland said, will be led by the department’s best-known Nazi hunter Eli Rosenbaum,
Continue Reading How the myth of a stolen presidential election has ‘penetrated all levels of government’
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The nation recently faced a jarring split screen: In Washington, DC, witnesses before the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol described then-President
Continue Reading Biden reverses Trump policy and commits to limiting US military’s use of anti-personnel landmines
By Kate Sullivan, Jennifer Hansler and Allie Malloy, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was reversing a Trump-era policy and joining the majority of countries around the world in committing to limit the use of anti-personnel landmines. The new policy prohibits the use of the landmines outside of the Korean Peninsula and bans
Continue Reading Supreme Court says certain gun crimes are not ‘crimes of violence’ under federal law
By Jessica Schneider, Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Virginia man who is seeking to challenge one of his convictions for using a firearm in an attempted robbery. The ruling will allow the man to attempt to reduce his sentence by 10 years. In
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