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By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Two Senate Democrats want the Biden administration to take another look at whether airplane seats are too cramped. The pressure – in the form of legislation from Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin – would require the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct new airplane cabin evacuation tests with more

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — If passed into law, the bipartisan debt ceiling deal will dash any hope borrowers might have that the federal student loan payment pause would be extended for a ninth time. The Biden administration has repeatedly said the pandemic pause on federal student loan payments would end later this

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — A lawyer for a Texas man urged the Supreme Court late Tuesday to let stand a lower court opinion that critics say will make it easier for domestic abusers to obtain firearms. The man, Zackey Rahimi, is at the center of the latest Second Amendment

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is arguing that former President Donald Trump’s criminal case involving hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels should not be moved to federal court because it had nothing to do with Trump’s official duties as president. In a court filing late Tuesday,

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin’s monthslong effort to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline – a project that will pipe methane gas across parts of West Virginia and Virginia – is likely to prevail in the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, angering environmental groups and some Democratic lawmakers. Manchin helped secure a

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, as lawmakers race to prevent a catastrophic default. The bill will next need to be passed by the Senate before it

By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz is retiring at the end of June after more than three decades with the agency. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple Sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on

By Kate Grise, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he “had nothing to do with” a poem recently being moved from an elementary school library to a middle school library. “This is some book of poems. I never heard of it. I had nothing to do with any of this, but

CNN By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday. The Chinese J-16 fighter cut directly in front of the

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An American living abroad was arrested last week on a charge of threatening US senators and political groups over the number of unsolicited political emails he was receiving, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Eric Charles Welton, who has lived in Thailand for more than a decade,

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — There will be “significant costs for US diplomacy” if Congress doesn’t renew a controversial intelligence program gathering communications data that is set to expire this year, a senior State Department official said Tuesday, adding that US diplomats have used the program to monitor Russian atrocities in Ukraine. The program,

CNN By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday. The Chinese J-16 fighter cut directly in front of the

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday. The Chinese J-16 fighter cut directly in front of the nose

By David Wright and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida officials changed state campaign finance guidelines in a way that could allow allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis to move tens of millions of dollars to a super PAC supporting his 2024 presidential campaign, state records show. The change – made to the Florida Political Committee

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Texas House’s impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was the latest in a string of legal woes that began shortly after the Republican was first elected in 2014. Paxton is a conservative firebrand who has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump. From his perch

By Shawna Mizelle and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Tuesday legalizing recreational marijuana use in the state. With Walz’s signature, Minnesota becomes the 23rd state to legalize adult-use cannabis and the third Midwestern state to do so. “What we know right now

By Karl de Vries and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday. “The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at