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By Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is threatening to block all action on nominees and legislation in the committee unless progress is made to pass sanctions against the International Criminal Court, which has drawn bipartisan fire for its recent indictments of top leaders of both Israel

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In its latest effort to minimize the impact of medical debt on consumers, the Biden administration proposed Tuesday banning such debt from credit reports. The move would remove medical debt from the credit reports of more than 15 million Americans, which would raise their credit scores by an average

CNN, POOL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SKETCHES BY BILL HENNESSY, GETTY IMAGES By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges he faced, concluding that he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. The conviction marks the first time

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the Hunter Biden gun case was deadlocked in an initial vote Monday night over whether to convict the president’s son, one of the jurors told CNN in an interview, adding that “no politics came into play” during deliberations before they arrived at a guilty verdict.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the Hunter Biden gun case was deadlocked in an initial vote Monday night over whether to convict the president’s son, one of the jurors told CNN in an interview, adding that “no politics came into play” during deliberations before they arrived at a guilty verdict. The

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented two weeks of legal drama that yielded historic convictions of a former president and a sitting president’s son have also produced a clear political takeaway. The survival of the rule of law in America and untainted justice may depend on the choice voters make in

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A new star will appear in the night sky any day now as space enthusiasts await an explosive celestial event known as a nova. The “once-in-a-lifetime” sighting promises to be an exciting one for amateur astronomers, a NASA spokesperson said. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A left-wing activist on Monday released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, discussing a range of politically sensitive topics. In conversation with the activist, who represented herself as a religious conservative and did not disclose in the recordings she

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A left-wing activist on Monday released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, discussing a range of politically sensitive topics. In conversation with the activist, who represented herself as a religious conservative and did not disclose in the recordings she

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday heralded the steps his administration has taken to strengthen the country’s gun laws and enhance the penalties for those who violate them, in what was an awkward political moment for a man whose son had been convicted just hours earlier on federal gun

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges he faced, concluding that he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. The conviction marks the first time a president’s immediate family member has been found guilty of a

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has once again asked a judge to throw out the classified documents case, arguing this time that investigators destroyed exculpatory evidence by rifling through boxes for classified documents gathered in the FBI’s 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago. The motion filed late

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza as he again called on Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal that he described as the most effective way to address the humanitarian devastation. The top US diplomat,

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has falsely claimed over and over this year that Iran was so impoverished because of his policies as president that it did not provide any money to terror groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. “Iran was, as you know,

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was a team player and a reliable Republican leadership ally for nine months under former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, willing to swallow tough votes and fall in line even when it meant defying her right-wing colleagues. All of that has

By Colin McCullough and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a Washington Post op-ed published Tuesday that rising “baseless, personal and dangerous” attacks on the Justice Department have become “dangerous for our democracy.” “We will not be intimidated by these attacks. But it is absurd and dangerous that public servants,

By Alison Main, Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — In Wisconsin, a 62-year-old tree farm owner who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and a 22-year-old who cast her first presidential vote for Joe Biden that same year share one major thing in common now – they’re both planning to vote for Robert

CNN, POOL, YOUTUBE, TEAM KENNEDY, Youtube/Team Kennedy By Alison Main, Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — In Wisconsin, a 62-year-old tree farm owner who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and a 22-year-old who cast her first presidential vote for Joe Biden that same year share one major thing in common now –

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump lately has dangled some very specific promises to his audiences. At a Las Vegas campaign rally on Sunday, for example, Trump pledged to exempt tips from income taxes, a proposal tailor-made for the hundreds of thousands of people working in America’s tourism capital. Speaking at

By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was a team player and a reliable Republican leadership ally for nine months under former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, willing to swallow tough votes and fall in line even when it meant defying her right-wing colleagues. All of that has changed.