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By Andy Rose and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity – expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing

By Lauren Fox, Nicky Robertson and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Months into his hold on military nominees, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is still not relenting despite efforts by some of his own Republican colleagues to try and give him alternatives to back off his blockade. Since Tuberville announced his effort in March, there

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling classified information, instructing the parties to get the ball rolling to obtain security clearances for the lawyers who will need them.

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department identified a “rapidly growing and troubling trend” of “forced labor as a result of cyber scam operations,” as it launched its annual human trafficking report, US Ambassador at Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Cindy Dyer said Thursday. “Traffickers have leveraged pandemic-related economic

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez is standing by the campaign’s decision not to fundraise off of former President Donald Trump’s indictment and arrest. In her first public comments on the matter, Chavez Rodriguez told CNN in an exclusive interview that the campaign’s decision not to fundraise

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Top Biden campaign officials are popping the hood on President Joe Biden’s emerging reelection machine and giving top supporters a peek inside as their first quarterly fundraising deadline rapidly approaches. Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, her deputy Quentin Fulks and Democratic National Committee executive director Sam Cornale are

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed his state’s budget, a $117 billion spending plan filled with priorities that have already become fodder for the Republican’s 2024 presidential campaign. There’s $12 million in there to continue the flights carrying migrants from border states to blue jurisdictions for a second

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Several US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software, according to a top US cybersecurity agency. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “is providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions affecting

By Jessica Schneider, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against an Alabama fisherman convicted of stealing valuable information related to prime fishing locations, saying that when his trial was conducted in the wrong place, the proper fix was to retry the case in the correct venue. The case was being watched at least

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday left intact a decades-old law that prioritizes the placement of Native American children with Native families or tribes in child custody proceedings, rejecting challenges brought by several adoptive parents. The law was passed in 1978 to protect tribal sovereignty

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party should acknowledge issues of racial inequality in the US instead of continuing rhetoric that opportunities in the country are equal and fair, former President Barack Obama said in a newly released interview on “The Axe Files.” Asked by David Axelrod about comments from 2024 Republican presidential

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans have run into trouble using their health insurance in the past year, but the majority still like their coverage, a new report has found. Some 58% of insured adults have had at least one problem in the past year, according to a survey from KFF, formerly the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke new ground Wednesday night as the first Black woman Democrat to play in the Congressional Baseball Game’s 114-year history. “I’m playing today for all the little Black girls with big dreams – whether those dreams are on the baseball field or in the halls

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Four major environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of his speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation’s capital. LCV Action Fund, NextGen PAC, the Sierra Club, and the NRDC Action Fund endorsed Biden together at the dinner,

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military is set to launch a formal investigation into a drone strike in Syria in early May, six weeks after the operation and following reports it killed a civilian rather than a senior al-Qaeda leader as first claimed, three defense officials familiar with the matter told CNN.