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By Kasie Hunt, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, told the House January 6 committee that she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony, three sources familiar with the hearing presentation told CNN. The committee’s vice chairwoman, GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, said at

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday sent three abortion-related cases back down to lower courts to be reconsidered now that the court has overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections to obtain an abortion. The move reflects the dramatically changed legal landscape around abortion after the new Supreme

By Ariane de Vogue and Gregory Krieg, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a dispute over redistricting in North Carolina, a case that could have major implications for voting rights across the country and fundamentally change the landscape of election law. At the center of the wide-ranging case is the fate of

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A Supreme Court ruling Thursday could shape what we see going forward along the US-Mexico border. In a 5-4 ruling, justices found that immigration law gives the Biden administration discretion to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced some migrants to wait in Mexico while their immigration cases were

By CNN staff The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. Read the ruling: The-CNN-Wire™ & ©

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN NATO military officials said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement earlier this week that 300,000 troops would be placed on high alert across the alliance is something the alliance will work on going forward, rather than an immediate shift. Stoltenberg said on Monday that NATO “will transform the NATO Response Force and increase

By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Joe Biden the green light to end the controversial “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy that originated under the Trump administration. Since the beginning of his administration, Biden has tried to wind down the policy, which sends certain non-Mexican citizens who entered

By Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. In

By David Wright, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said she is “absolutely confident” in blockbuster testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, and that the January 6 committee welcomes information from the Secret Service related to the incidents Hutchinson described. In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Thursday, Cheney

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is “comfortably recovering” following surgery to repair a broken hip after he fell in his Virginia home on Wednesday. It is unclear how long he will be out in the 50-50 split Senate, but the chamber is in recess until the week of July 11.

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability for Democrats running there — so much so that two of the leading candidates running for their party’s US Senate nomination won’t say whether he should run again. But the