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By Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – a decision largely made possible by Donald Trump – the former president finds himself struggling with how to navigate one of the defining issues of the 2024 presidential campaign: abortion. And it isn’t going unnoticed.

By Mark Morales, Lauren del Valle and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday unsealed the identities of the co-signers on embattled Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond that allowed the New York Republican to stay out of federal custody after he was charged in a 13-count indictment. The guarantors were listed as

By Eva McKend and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Two-time Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein told CNN on Thursday that she is now assisting Cornel West, the former Harvard professor and longtime progressive activist, as he builds up his recently announced campaign for the White House. “I’m a transition coordinator helping his campaign move

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden downplayed the impact of his comments likening his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to a dictator, even as the Chinese government warned of “consequences” for the remarks. “I don’t think it’s had any real consequence,” Biden said at a news conference Thursday, dismissing concerns that the

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a federal prisoner who argued he should be able to challenge his 27-year sentence for firearms possession based on changes in the law since his trial. The court’s decision will make it harder for federal

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Navajo Nation, dismissing a lawsuit arguing that the federal government has the legal duty under treaties signed in the 1800s to develop a plan to provide the tribe with an adequate water supply. The ruling was 5-4

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 that

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign earlier Thursday with an anti-Donald Trump message, said he won’t sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “I won’t be signing any kind of pledges,

By Andy Rose and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband’s upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night. The Dallas-area Republican state senator had previously vowed

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 said.

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A US Coast Guard ship “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the US Navy. “The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on June 20 (local time) through waters where high-seas

By Devan Cole and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip on the private jet of a conservative hedge fund manager. ProPublica detailed the 2008 trip with Paul Singer. Alito, the report said,

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden are set to fête India Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday evening at the White House, hosting a lavish, tented state dinner featuring a plant-based menu for their guest of honor, who is a vegetarian. For President Biden, a notoriously picky

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected for the case multiple recordings of the former president – not just audio of an interview Trump gave at

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden made false claims about a variety of topics, notably including gun policy, during a series of official speeches and campaign remarks over the last two weeks. He made at least five false claims related to guns, a subject on which he has repeatedly been inaccurate

By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz, Jennifer Hansler and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House this week for a state visit – the most elevated form of American diplomacy – required President Joe Biden to make certain trade-offs and Modi to step out of his comfort zone,