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By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel John Durham defended himself Wednesday amid sharp criticism from Democrats, and also rejected former President Donald Trump’s attacks on former Attorney General Bill Barr, who appointed Durham to conduct his investigation into the FBI’s Russia probe. Durham is testifying publicly before the House Judiciary

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — As the Supreme Court justices race to finish up the current term, they will meet behind closed doors on Thursday to consider whether they should add a blockbuster Second Amendment case to the docket for next term. The focus is a federal law that bars

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The first letter Joyce Means got from her state Medicaid agency said her coverage was ending on March 31 because her income was too high. The next letter, which the Arkansas Department of Human Services sent to her old address, said she would be terminated on May 1. And

By Joan Biskupic and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — In spring 2003, Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor were ready to break ground on gay rights by striking down a ban on intimate relations between same-sex couples. The landmark decision set the country on a new path and helped lay the foundation

By Sam Fossum, Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN San Francisco, CA (CNN) — President Joe Biden compared Chinese President Xi Jinping to “dictators” during a political fundraiser in California Tuesday night, delivering the unscripted remarks roughly a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his recent trip had yielded “progress” in repairing

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth, dealing the strongest blow yet to a state prohibition on such care. In an 80-page ruling, Judge James M. Moody Jr. said that the state’s “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act” violated the US

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the accounting error revealed last month was significantly more than previously stated and aid provided to Ukraine was overvalued by $6.2 billion rather than $3 billion. The accounting error includes fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and occurred because “in a significant

CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the accounting error revealed last month was significantly more than previously stated and aid provided to Ukraine was overvalued by $6.2 billion rather than $3 billion. The accounting error includes fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and occurred because “in a

By Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board dismissed the years-long investigation into alleged misconduct by Fulton County election workers during the 2020 election, saying it had found no evidence of conspiracy. “Over the course of the investigation, it was confirmed that numerous allegations made against the Fulton County Department of Registration

By Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It appears increasingly likely that the 31 NATO members will be unable to coalesce around a candidate to be the alliance’s next secretary general and Jens Stoltenberg will be asked to remain in the job for an additional year, multiple sources told CNN. Although there are

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage in coming months, but residents in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire and South Dakota will be the first to bear the brunt of the terminations. States have been barred by Congress from winnowing their Medicaid rolls since the

By Nicky Robertson and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats intend to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade by pushing a collection of abortion rights messaging bills. Ahead of the anniversary on Saturday, Senate Democrats will ask for “unanimous consent” on legislation which would seek to expand abortion

By Casey Gannon (CNN) — Kellye SoRelle, the woman who claimed to be general counsel for the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, will be held in federal custody for mental health treatment after a judge ruled Tuesday that she was incompetent to stand trial. SoRelle is facing several charges related to the January 6, 2021, attack

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A conservative candidate who unsuccessfully ran for Mark Meadows’ former House seat in North Carolina in 2020 and was endorsed by then-President Donald Trump was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation for violating federal campaign law. Lynda Bennett, a North Carolina real estate agent, pleaded guilty in March

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House and Senate Republicans have been quick to criticize the plea deal between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden, arguing Tuesday that the charges brought against President Joe Biden’s son exemplify what they describe as the weaponization of the DOJ. The reaction underscores how the charges brought by

By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “made very clear” during his meetings in Beijing this week that the United States “would have deep concerns” about China increasing its intelligence or military activities in Cuba, the top US diplomat told reporters during a press conference

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s support appears to have softened following his indictment and arrest on federal charges, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Most Americans approve of Trump’s indictment stemming from his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office, even as 71%

By CNN staff (CNN) — Hunter Biden will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court filings. Read the filings here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts into ChatGPT: Summarize the Supreme Court’s New Jersey v. Delaware ruling and turn it into a Bruce Springsteen song. Weeks earlier, Biden had joked with Springsteen at