Politics

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday took a break from the middle of a contentious Supreme Court term to console a law student disillusioned with the American justice system. “Wrong things can be changed, ” Sotomayor told the student, Lauren Burgess, adding: “So don’t give up, OK?” Sotomayor

By Shania Shelton, CNN The Georgia state legislature on Wednesday passed an elections bill that would make it a felony for local election offices to accept private funds. Violations of SB 222, which is headed to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to sign, would result in a felony punished by at least one year in prison

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US citizens who are sponsoring family members to come to the United States are seeking to intervene in a case over a key immigration program that’s been challenged in court by several Republican-led states. At the center of the case is the so-called humanitarian parole program that provides a way for

By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump is appealing a court ruling that would force several of his former aides, including Mark Meadows, to answer questions before a grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter

By Ali Zaslav, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would rescind a second Biden administration policy, this time challenging an EPA rule that Republicans argue places a burden on the agriculture community by being too restrictive in defining what is a navigable waterway. The final vote was 53-43.

By Daniel Dale, CNN Former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to inaccurately describe the Presidential Records Act. In a Fox interview that aired on Monday, Trump criticized the FBI for searching his Mar-a-Lago resort in August for presidential documents and argued he should have been allowed to engage in further discussions with

By Sydney Kashiwagi and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that lawmakers must see “all the facts” before any gun legislation can be put forward following the shooting in Nashville this week, the first public comments the California Republican has made to reporters since the incident. McCarthy’s remarks ultimately follow a similar

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter After pressure from members of Congress, the federal judiciary revised its financial disclosure rules to require that federal judges — including Supreme Court justices — to be more specific when disclosing non-business travel. Under the Ethics in Government Act, judges are required to report information related to

By Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN The Manhattan grand jury hearing the hush money case involving former President Donald Trump is currently scheduled to break after April 5 and restart later in the month, according to a source familiar with the matter. If the grand jury does not hear the case

By Rashard Rose, CNN Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said a stabbing attack for one of his staffers over the weekend in Washington, DC “was life threatening, but he will recover.” The staffer told police that on March 25, just after 5 p.m. ET, he was attacked after he and his friend left a

By Daniel Dale, CNN Former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump has gone on the attack against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential rival for the Republican nomination in 2024 — bashing the governor over everything from pandemic policy to Social Security. CNN looked into the accuracy of seven of the assertions Trump has