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CNN Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the second Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Jeff Yang: The funniest moments on stage were all unintentional Human civilization has given us a few great unanswerable questions, such

By CNN Staff (CNN) — Seven Republican presidential candidates participated in a debate Wednesday night in California, while the front-runner in the party primary, former President Donald Trump, skipped the debate and instead gave a speech in Michigan amid a strike by autoworkers. The candidates on the debate stage made false or misleading claims about

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate ended just as it began: with former President Donald Trump – who hasn’t yet appeared alongside his rivals onstage – as the party’s dominant front-runner. The seven GOP contenders in Wednesday night’s showdown

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous consent. This comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chose to stop enforcing the unwritten requirement, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s casual dress became a

By Annette Choi, Ethan Cohen, Melissa Holzberg DePalo and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — We tracked how long each candidate talked at the second Republican primary presidential debate. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy led with over 12 minutes of speaking time during the debate, which saw candidates scrambling for airtime and talking over each other as they jockeyed for

By Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Documents released Wednesday by House Republicans shed new light on how two IRS agents who investigated Hunter Biden felt like they hit roadblocks whenever President Joe Biden’s name came up in the criminal probe. However, some of the documents also show that senior

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately delivered a message to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell this week: The Senate’s bipartisan bill to keep the government open wouldn’t get a vote in his chamber unless significant changes are made. And then when the speaker appeared before his conference

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous consent. This comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chose to stop enforcing the unwritten requirement, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s casual dress became a flashpoint

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former president’s team to remove her from the case.  In her 20-page ruling on Wednesday, Judge Tanya Chutkan spells out her approach to

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former president’s team to remove her from the case.  In her 20-page ruling on Wednesday, Judge Tanya Chutkan spells out her approach to previous

By Kristen Holmes, Sara Murray and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has added two new attorneys, including a former federal prosecutor from New York, to his legal team, a source familiar with the decision told CNN. Emil Bove, was the co-chief of the national security unit at the US attorney’s office for the

By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent (CNN) — The White House continues to argue that it is entirely up to House Republicans to avert a government shutdown: “The ball is completely in their court,” a White House official told CNN on Wednesday, just three days out from the end-of-month funding deadline. White House aides

By Kristin Wilson and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday declined join a growing group of Democrats who are calling on indicted Sen. Bob Menendez to resign his seat, though he did say the New Jersey Democrat’s actions fell “way, way below the standard” of the office. “Like you,

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is making “game-changing” modifications to the foster care system that will enable family members to care for children in foster care more easily. The administration is also proposing new rules to protect LGBTQ+ youth and expand legal services to those at risk of entering the child

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Betsy Klein, Rob Picheta, Gawon Bae, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — US Army Private Travis King is on a flight back to the United States after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The leader of White supremacist group pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to threaten a Brooklyn-based journalist, the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of New York said in a statement. As part of his plea agreement, Nicholas Welker, 32, admitted to threatening a reporter

By Sabrina Souza and Devan Cole, CNN New York (CNN) — The Trump Organization is trying to determine the sweep of Tuesday’s ruling that Donald Trump is liable for fraud and what it means for the future of the former president’s namesake business, his attorneys say. At a pre-trial hearing Wednesday, Trump attorneys said they

By Melissa Alonso and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has moved up planned festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday amid the possibility of a government shutdown by the end of the week. Some events will now be held on Saturday instead of Sunday, the Carter library said.

By Ella Nilsen and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Louisiana, the White House announced Wednesday, as the state battles saltwater intrusion along the Mississippi River that is contaminating drinking water and threatening water infrastructure. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards requested the declaration on Monday for four parishes:

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas declared on Tuesday that a state law that bans “sexually oriented performances” on public property and in the presence of anyone younger than 18 is unconstitutional. Senate Bill 12 “impermissibly infringes on the First Amendment and chills free speech,” US District Judge David