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By CNN Justice Stephen Breyer appeared alongside President Joe Biden at the White House after announcing his retirement. Read a transcript of his remarks below: Thank you, Mr. President. Terribly nice, and believe me, I hold it right here, it’s wonderful. And I thought about what I might say to you, and I’d like to
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The car of Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was struck by gunfire early Saturday morning in the St. Louis area, a Bush spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Bush was not in the car and there was no evidence that she was the target of the attack, the spokesperson added.
Continue ReadingBy CNN Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally notified President Joe Biden of his intent to retire at the end of this year’s Supreme Court term in a letter released Thursday. Read the letter: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Ariane de Vogue, Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character,
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decision to retire arrived like a shot of adrenaline to beleaguered Democrats searching for a way to reanimate a frustrated base that they need to show up in November if they’re to have a chance at keeping control of the Senate.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Personal Birth date: February 11, 1953 Birth place: Midland, Texas Birth name: John Ellis Bush Father: George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Columba (Garnica Gallo) Bush (February 23, 1974-present) Children: John
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Biden administration will help deliver cyber defense technologies and threat intelligence to US water utilities to try to bolster security for a sector that is often short of cash and personnel to deal with hacking threats, officials announced Thursday. The “100-day” plan to increase cybersecurity resources for some of America’s
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen In the last few weeks, more details about how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election have come to light, specifically about an effort by his campaign to subvert the Electoral College process and install fake GOP electors in seven swing states. The situation is far from self-explanatory. It
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said last year that not receiving an offer to teach at Duke University upon leaving the governorship was “blacklisting” and comparable to the refusal to serve Black Americans at lunch counters in the 1960s during segregation. McCrory, who is now running for
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry and Secretary of State Tony Blinken hosted their first major international climate meeting of the year on Thursday, attended by the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. The Major Economies Forum focused on next steps following November’s UN climate summit in Glasgow. Blinken opened the meeting by
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer can come across as a bookish government man, captivated by the nitty-gritty of regulations and convinced that Washington, on the whole, works. Ensconced in chambers lined with shelves of antique books on philosophy inherited from an uncle and strewn with
Continue ReadingCNN, KSNV, WJAR, WXMI By Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Glen Duppenthaler walked into Paisan’s Old World Deli in Reno, Nevada, clutching a red notebook. The monthly Republican Women of Reno meeting was holding an “Election Integrity Workshop” and the retiree was prepared to take notes. Attendees were promised, “We will discuss next steps
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN A flight chartered by the US government left Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, marking the first evacuation departure since November, according to two sources familiar with the matter. An unknown number of Americans were on board the plane, which was a Qatar Airways flight paid for by the US
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by WinRed that had attempted to block attorneys general in four states from investigating its fundraising practices. WinRed, which processes political donations for Republican candidates, faced inquiries by the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Minnesota over the use of
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Glen Duppenthaler walked into Paisan’s Old World Deli in Reno, Nevada, clutching a red notebook. The monthly Republican Women of Reno meeting was holding an “Election Integrity Workshop” and the retiree was prepared to take notes. Attendees were promised, “We will discuss next steps to prevent 2022 election
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan, Ariane de Vogue, Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden received a much-needed political opening on Wednesday. But neither he, nor anyone close to him, appeared ready to celebrate it. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement plans were publicly revealed before the White House or the justice himself was expecting it,
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Whatever issues Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have caused for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, their records on Biden’s judicial confirmation efforts are a positive signal for the President as he seeks to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Neither Manchin nor Sinema has voted against any of
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers leader accused of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the Biden presidency, will remain in jail as he awaits trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. “It is the totality of the evidence showing Defendant’s leadership and strategic involvement in and advocacy for armed and
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Whatever issues Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have caused for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, their records on Biden’s judicial confirmation efforts are a positive signal for the President as he seeks to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Neither Manchin nor Sinema has voted against any of Biden’s
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