By Oren Liebermann, CNN A Navy SEAL died over the weekend after taking part in a free-fall parachute training, according to a statement from Naval Special Warfare Command. Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael Ernst was participating in the training on Sunday in Arizona when the accident occurred. Ernst was taken to the hospital, where he
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US is planning to increase the number of US troops training Taiwanese forces on the self-governing island in the coming months, according to US officials. It is unclear how many additional US troops will take part in the expanded training efforts. On Tuesday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting
Continue Reading By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The voting rights of thousands of convicted felons in Minnesota are poised to be restored this summer once they leave prison, instead of after they complete parole, thanks to new legislation that is poised to be signed into law by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. SF26 was passed by the state Senate
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday laid out the Biden administration’s ambitious vision for the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act over the next decade. The act was signed into law by President Joe Biden last summer and will allow the government to invest more than $200 billion over the
Continue Reading By Sara Murray and Evan Perez, CNN Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to testify in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move comes after Pence was subpoenaed and attorneys for former President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege over Pence’s
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By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis prosecutor decried efforts to oust her from office Thursday and defended herself from blame after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both her legs in a vehicle crash that police say was caused by a speeding driver facing
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans had hoped to pass a narrow border security bill within the first two weeks of their new majority, notching an easy win and delivering on a key campaign promise in the process. But a three-page bill from conservative Texas Rep. Chip Roy has run into fierce
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Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. to talk about the state’s lawsuit against the Biden administration over the “Waters of the U.S.” rule.
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended his controversial move to grant Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to security footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, telling the New York Times he “promised.” “I was asked in the press about these tapes, and I said they do belong to the
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Everett R. Berryman Jr. was 11 years old when the Supreme Court handed down the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which made racial segregation in public schools illegal. But supervisors in Prince Edward County, Virginia, where Berryman was attending public school, had no intention of complying. Five years
Continue Reading By MJ Lee and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The split screen was striking. President Joe Biden in Warsaw, Poland, expressed unequivocal support for refugees borne out of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Back home, his administration just hours later announced its toughest policy yet aimed at turning away migrants, many of whom are fleeing persecution and
Continue Reading By Alayna Treene and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee on China will feature four high-profile witnesses during its first hearing Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, including former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, and top China expert and former deputy national security adviser, Matthew Pottinger, sources familiar with the hearing told
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal appeals court on Thursday questioned the access that Justice Department prosecutors can have to a GOP lawmaker’s phone seized as part of the special counsel investigation into 2020 election subversion. At a partially public hearing Thursday, the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals grappled with the
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A bill that would implement Gov. Mike Parson’s 8.7% pay raise for state workers is now awaiting Parson’s signature.
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A 28-year-old Russian man accused of developing and selling a hacking tool used to obtain the login information for tens of thousands of computers worldwide was arrested in the country of Georgia and extradited to the US, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Dariy Pankov is accused of advertising access to more
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The sole Proud Boy to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection to the US Capitol riot testified on Wednesday that members of the far-right organization believed the country was barreling toward revolution and that they were the “tip of the spear.” Jeremy Bertino, a top lieutenant to
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The top investigator on the House committee that probed the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack said Wednesday it is “likely” that the Georgia and federal investigations into efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election will produce indictments. Timothy Heaphy told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “Erin Burnett OutFront” that “unless there
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri was the first state to ban abortions once Roe v. Wade was overturned, but the feud between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over abortion rights continues in the capital city. On Wednesday morning, a Senate committee heard three anti-abortion bills. Two aimed to defund any clinic that provides abortions. One was
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Missouri is known among many for lax gun laws, and one Republican Missouri senator is introducing a law to pre-empt more regulations.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Texas man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for assaulting police officers during the US Capitol riot and threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter shortly after the attack. Garret Miller, 36, pleaded guilty in December to charges related to his conduct on January
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