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Supreme Court upholds provision of federal law that prohibits encouragement of illegal immigration

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a provision of federal law that prohibits the encouragement of illegal immigration for financial gain, ruling against a man who ran an organization falsely claiming that noncitizens could obtain citizenship in the US through adult adoption. The case raised

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Supreme Court rejects Texas and Louisiana challenge to Biden deportation priorities

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling on Friday, revived the Biden administration’s immigration guidelines that prioritize which noncitizens to deport, dismissing a challenge from two Republican state attorneys general who argued the policies conflicted with immigration law. The court said the states, Texas and

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Global hack blamed on Russian cybercriminals affects insurance giant and California pension fund

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The fallout from a global hacking incident tied to Russian cybercriminals widened on Thursday as US insurance provider Genworth Financial revealed that 2.5 million of its policyholders and customers had their data accessed in the hack, while California’s public pension fund said 769,000 of its members were affected. The

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More than two dozen states were expected to ban abortion post-Roe. Courts are keeping it legal in several of them

By Annette Choi and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — In the year since the monumental US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the federal constitutional right to abortion nationwide, more than a dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to the procedure. Abortion remains legal in seven states that

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Obama warns democratic institutions are ‘creaky’ but Trump’s indictment is proof rule of law still exists in US

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future. He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour

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Obama warns democratic institutions are ‘creaky’ but Trump’s indictment is proof rule of law still exists in US

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future. He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour

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Biden marks anniversary of Dobbs decision by calling on Congress to ‘restore the protections of Roe v. Wade’

By Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined a trio of key reproductive rights activist groups to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision Friday, highlighting what’s expected to be a major Biden campaign plank for the 2024 presidential election. “MAGA Republicans

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Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations,’ Western officials tell CNN

CNN By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent (CNN) — In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN. The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials

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Justices consider taking up case on whether Americans with Disabilities Act protections cover gender dysphoria

By Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court met behind closed doors on Thursday to decide if it will take up a case concerning whether the Americans with Disabilities Act covers individuals with gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria describes an uncomfortable conflict – “psychological distress” – between a person’s assigned

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Whistleblowers say IRS recommended far more charges, including felonies, against Hunter Biden

By Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez, Alayna Treene, Lauren Fox and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two whistleblowers told Congress that IRS investigators recommended charging Hunter Biden with attempted tax evasion and other felonies, which are far more serious crimes than what the president’s son has agreed to plead guilty to, according to transcripts of their

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Trump team handed over tapes of interviews to special counsel, sources say

By Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team turned over multiple recordings of the former president’s interviews with members of the media and book authors to federal prosecutors during their investigation, according to sources familiar with the matter. Special counsel Jack Smith disclosed in a court filing Wednesday that investigators

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