By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday barred the use of most ballot drop boxes and ruled that no one can return a ballot in person on behalf of another voter — dealing a blow to Democrats ahead of crucial contests in this perennial battleground state. Voting rights groups and Democrats had
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. The executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A test rocket carrying a component for a future US nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile blew up 11 seconds after takeoff Wednesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to a statement from the base. An investigation is underway and the debris only affected the immediate launch
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN A false claim that President Joe Biden placed a Medal of Honor “backwards” around the neck of a Vietnam War hero has gone viral on social media — with some conservatives citing the invented tale as supposed evidence of Biden experiencing mental decline. A grainy video with the caption “Biden puts
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden’s first sweeping executive orders on climate included launching an entirely new office within the Department of Health and Human Services with an important mandate: dealing with the public health impacts of climate change. But nearly a year after the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity was established,
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The President said the order will safeguard access to abortion care and contraceptives, protect patient privacy and establish an interagency task
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN The liberal website Salon has changed a headline that had falsely said a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis forces Florida’s students and professors to register their political views with the state. The 2021 law does require public colleges and universities in Florida to administer annual surveys on the subject
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The President said the order will safeguard access to abortion care and contraceptives, protect patient privacy and establish an interagency task
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker was once a “partner” and “spokesman” for a subsidiary of an energy company, Just Energy, which was repeatedly targeted by states’ attorneys general and utility agencies over allegedly deceptive practices. Walker, the former football player turned businessman, and his technology company 34
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster President Joe Biden on Friday said he was “stunned, outraged and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot and killed while campaigning.” Abe, 67, died after being shot during a speech in Nara, Japan. “Above all, [Abe] cared deeply about the Japanese
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection has concluded its closed-door interview Friday with Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone during which it had been expected to ask about what he witnessed in the waning days of Donald Trump’s administration when the former
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN Brooke Jenkins, a former prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and a vocal opponent of Chesa Boudin, has been named as the new district attorney to replace him. Boudin was recalled during California’s June 7 primary election with 55% of voters choosing to remove him amid claims that his
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN Approximately 300,000 children under the age of 5 in the US — about 2% of that age group — have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine since it was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, a senior White House official told CNN
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild, CNN US Secret Service Director James Murray, who has served in the role under President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, will retire July 30, according to the agency. Murray spent 27 years with the Secret Service and ascended to the director position in April 2019. He will join a technology
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House staff joined a call with Elizabeth Whelan on Wednesday to discuss her brother Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia after she told CNN she was furious that President Joe Biden had not spoken with her family. Elizabeth Whelan’s comments to CNN came after the White House released a readout of
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House staff joined a call with Elizabeth Whelan on Wednesday to discuss her brother Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia after she told CNN she was furious that President Joe Biden had not spoken with her family. Elizabeth Whelan’s comments to CNN came after the White House released a readout of
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