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By Gregory Wallace and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Norman Mineta, who oversaw the Department of Transportation during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 90. “My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family,” David Mineta said in a statement provided by Mineta’s former chief of

By Maeve Reston, CNN J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed candidate in Ohio’s contentious GOP Senate primary, has won the nomination, CNN projected Tuesday. Even as most candidates in the race ran toward former President Donald Trump, the primary was the first Senate contest of the year to test the power of his endorsement. In the other

CNN, WKEF By Maeve Reston, CNN J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed candidate in Ohio’s contentious GOP Senate primary, has won the nomination, CNN projected Tuesday. Even as most candidates in the race ran toward former President Donald Trump, the primary was the first Senate contest of the year to test the power of his endorsement. In

By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Democrats had been struggling to find their midterm footing amid bad polls and rising inflation — but now are rallying around an issue they hope will turn around their fortunes: Abortion. With no chance of successfully passing a bill, they are pleading with voters to send

CNN By Ariane de Vogue and Maria Cartaya, CNN Chief Justice John Roberts said Thursday that the leak of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade is “absolutely appalling” and stressed that he hopes “one bad apple” would not change “people’s perception” of the nation’s highest court and workforce. In his first

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the current head of US Army forces in Europe and Africa has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the top US general in Europe as head of US European Command, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday. If confirmed, Cavoli will take charge

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion ending a federal right to abortion is the culmination of a legal career in which he has cast doubt on the grounds on which Roe v. Wade was decided. In his opinion — which mirrored the leaked draft published by Politico in May — Alito writes

By Devan Cole, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado to be the state’s new lieutenant governor. “I am proud to announce I am appointing Congressman Antonio Delgado, an outstanding leader and public servant, as lieutenant governor of New York,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a series of tweets on

By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Christine Corcoran, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, cannot walk or drive. She has relied on her husband to mail or turn in

By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s Election Day in Ohio and Indiana, where several high-profile primary races of the 2022 election cycle are taking place. They include the Republican Senate primary in Ohio that could offer early clues about the GOP electorate and former President Donald Trump‘s kingmaker status in

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The US Supreme Court‘s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. For Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution’s reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every public speech he

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The US Supreme Court‘s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. For Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution’s reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every public speech

By Whitney Wild, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was suspended on Tuesday after discharging a weapon in the breakroom of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, according to a department spokesperson. The department’s Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the incident, the spokesperson said. The incident comes as security at the US

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Chief Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court will investigate the release of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade and called the episode “a singular and egregious breach” of trust. “This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an

By Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization and the Presidential Inaugural Committee will pay a total of $750,000 to settle with the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office over allegations they misspent money raised for former President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Trump Organization will pay $400,000 and the PIC will pay $350,000, according to a person

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN GOP Sen. Susan Collins said on Tuesday that a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico was “completely inconsistent” with what Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh “said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office.” “If this leaked

By Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade and said a woman’s right to have an abortion is “fundamental,” but said he wasn’t ready to call for an end to the filibuster to push for abortion rights legislation. “Roe has been the