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By Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — George Conway, a prominent lawyer and critic of President Donald Trump, is actively considering running for Congress from New York City, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. An independent, Conway may enter the Democratic primary race for New York’s 12th Congressional District, a Manhattan-based seat currently held

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — In the winter of 1944, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old then-1st Sgt. Jefferson Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers, were tasked with burying the dead in the southern Netherlands. What was once a fruit orchard would

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — US lawmakers have called for the Trump administration to respond to reporting that Chinese firms are helping Iran rebuild its ballistic missile program in defiance of United Nations sanctions. The call, from Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi and Joe Courtney, follows CNN reporting last month detailing what Western intelligence

By Jeremy Herb, Tami Luhby, Sunlen Serfaty, René Marsh, Alexandra Skores, Ella Nilsen, Marshall Cohen, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN. Flight delays and cancellations will linger

CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released an additional 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew. The emails include a message in which Epstein asserts

CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released an additional 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew. The emails include a message in which Epstein asserts

By Abby Phillip, Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized, according to a statement obtained by CNN. Jackson, 84, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said Wednesday evening. “He has been managing this

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The House on Wednesday approved a Senate-backed funding bill that would reopen the federal government, paving the way for an end to the record-setting shutdown. Almost all the House Republicans, who control the chamber with a razor-thin majority, voted together to pass the funding package, with the Democrats largely

CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The longest federal government shutdown in history is over. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed the compromise bill that ended the 43-day shutdown soon after the legislation passed the House. The Senate approved the package on Monday evening. Eight Democratic senators defied their party’s leadership to support

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would put a contentious bill compelling the release of all of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein case files to a vote on the House floor next week – earlier than expected. “We’re going to put that on the

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed a funding package to reopen the federal government, officially bringing a close to the longest shutdown in history. The final approval came hours after the House voted 222 to 209 to pass a deal struck between Republicans and centrist

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — After 50 days of waiting, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress Wednesday, bringing an end to a contentious chapter in the US House of Representatives that included a lawsuit and rising tensions inside the Capitol over her seating. Speaker Mike Johnson had said he would not swear in