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By Maegan Vazquez, Donald Judd, Sean Lyngaas and Zachary Cohen, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday issued an urgent warning to American business leaders, telling them to strengthen their companies’ cyber defenses immediately. Speaking at the Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting in Washington, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to use cyber attacks as

By Jasmine Wright, Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’ national security adviser, Nancy McEldowney, is stepping down from her role and will be succeeded by her deputy, Phil Gordon, the vice president’s office announced Monday. McEldowney’s departure comes as Harris takes on an increasingly visible role in the Biden administration’s response

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday he has determined that the military of Myanmar committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the country’s minority Rohingya population in 2016 and 2017. The formal declaration, announced at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, is a significant step and comes after the Trump

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has already appeared before the Senate three times in confirmation proceedings for prior roles. But several days of hearings for her Supreme Court nomination this week will be the highest-profile — and likely most contentious — grilling that Jackson has faced from lawmakers.

By Alex Rogers, CNN Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson introduced herself on the first day of her confirmation hearings, highlighting her unique background as the potential first Black female justice. Jackson said that she was a beneficiary of the Civil Rights Act passed in the decade before she was born, hardworking parents who gave

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin Monday, with Democratic leaders setting a goal of reaching a final Senate vote by early April. If the historic nomination process is successful, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

By Paul LeBlanc and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday, where he will meet with President Andrzej Duda, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Sunday evening. The visit will cap a closely watched trip to Europe that will see Biden travel to Brussels to participate

By Barbara Starr and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US has identified the four Marines who were killed during a training flight in Norway on Friday. Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Capt. Ross A. Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts, Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore of Catlettsburg,

By Joan Biskupic, Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, on Friday evening “after experiencing flu-like symptoms,” the court’s public information office said Sunday evening, but he does not have Covid-19. “It is not COVID related. The Justice does not have

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Supreme Court confirmation hearings were first televised, gavel-to-gavel, when Sandra Day O’Connor appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1981. The country’s first woman justice, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, made deft use of the forum to introduce herself to the nation and eventually to win confirmation by a 99-0 vote.

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has formally determined that Myanmar’s military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, a US official told CNN on Sunday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will publicly announce the determination, which human rights groups have been advocating for years, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

By Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN US and NATO officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin has not backed off his original demands in talks with Ukraine, and there is a heavy dose of skepticism in Western capitals about how credible Moscow’s engagement truly is — even as the status of those negotiations

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Karly Matthews is a climate activist. She’s also a Republican. The 24-year-old Pennsylvanian — who serves as the communications director for the American Conservation Coalition, a conservative environmental group — often gets pushback from both Democrats and Republicans who say her beliefs are contradictory. “At this point in my life, I

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a groundbreaking nominee, appears before senators Monday for a seat on a Supreme Court that itself has been moving in reverse. The court has allowed Texas to ban abortions since September and appears on the cusp of obliterating a half-century of