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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Conservative legal activist Leonard Leo is refusing to provide Democratic lawmakers with information regarding his interactions with Justice Samuel Alito, who attended a luxury fishing trip with him in 2008 and took a ride on a private jet owned by a conservative hedge fund manager.

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy in recent weeks has heard similar advice from both a senior House Republican and an influential conservative lawyer: prioritize the impeachment of President Joe Biden over a member of his Cabinet. Part of the thinking, according to multiple sources familiar with

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1961 Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Father: Barack Hussein Obama, goat herder-turned-economist Mother: Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro, anthropologist Marriage: Michelle (Robinson) Obama (October

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — A Democratic congressman from Texas is participating in a brief thirst and hunger strike Tuesday to “draw attention to the need for a federal workplace heat standard, including protections for rest and water breaks.” A communications director for Rep. Greg Casar, whose district stretches from Austin to San Antonio,

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Public campaign finance disclosures from Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign reveal numerous payments to individuals and groups whose ideologies differ significantly from traditional Democratic Party politics, a review by CNN’s KFile finds. Kennedy’s campaign paid a litany of prominent activists – which includes

By Alayna Treene, Annie Grayer and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee has announced it will hold a hearing on Thursday to begin contempt proceedings against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for failing to comply with a series of subpoenas to turn over documents related to the panel’s investigation into whether the company

By Terence Burlij and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that organizers submitted enough valid signatures to put an amendment on the November ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. “I hereby certify that petitioners submitted 495,938 total valid signatures on behalf of the proposed statewide

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is making additional cuts to his presidential campaign staff, two senior campaign officials told CNN, shrinking his payroll by more than a third as he continues to reboot his struggling White House bid. The cuts come after the Republican candidate promised to

By Jeremy Diamond and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — “Mr. President, we got a problem with labor.” The warning, delivered as Air Force One headed for Detroit last September, came from a trusted ally: Rep. Debbie Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who has known President Joe Biden for decades and prides herself on having her finger

By Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are bracing for a bruising showdown with the White House and the US Senate this fall as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy once again will have to decide how far he’s willing to go to assuage the demands of the far right members in his

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s controversial asylum policy, delivering a major blow to the administration, which has leaned on the measure to drive down border crossings. The judge put the ruling on hold for 14 days for a possible appeal. The ruling against the Biden

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House is taking new steps to improve access to online services for Americans with disabilities, working to eliminate disparities with a new rule establishing accessibility standards for state and local governments’ web and mobile app-based services. The new rule, which comes on the 33rd anniversary of the

By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — The impasse created by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military nominations is raising the stakes of the Senate’s final week in session as lawmakers are working frantically behind the scenes to try and find a solution that would get the Alabama senator to

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s legal team denied Tuesday night that they lied to court officials to get filings from a senior Republican lawmaker removed from the public docket, blaming the dispute on an “unintentional miscommunication” on the eve of their client’s plea hearing. Their denials came in response to US District

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Trevor Reed, the former US Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly three years before being released in a prisoner swap, was injured while fighting in Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Tuesday. Reed, who was freed in a prisoner swap in April 2022,

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy in recent weeks has heard similar advice from both a senior House Republican and an influential conservative lawyer: prioritize the impeachment of President Joe Biden over a member of his Cabinet. Part of the thinking, according to multiple sources familiar

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence officials have warned that Russia is building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine once it is completed. Analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency told a small group of reporters during a briefing on Friday

By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, has been involved in several biting incidents at the White House and in Delaware, according to US Secret Service email correspondence, which show personnel from the agency raising concern about safety around the German Shepherd. The White House

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden named a new national monument Tuesday honoring Emmett Till and his mother amid a national debate over how to teach painful facts about American history in classrooms. “In a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we’re making it clear, crystal, crystal clear: While

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Russian fighter jet flew “dangerously close” to a US drone over Syria and damaged it with flares, according to the US Air Force, in the latest in a series of incidents between the two militaries in the Middle East. On Sunday, a Russian jet closed to within a