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By Andy Rose and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The Texas legislature Wednesday night voted to ban gender-affirming care for most minors, sending a bill to the governor’s desk that, if enacted, would put critical health care out of reach for transgender youth in America’s second-most-populous state. Senate Bill 14 would block a minor’s access

By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said little publicly about the six-week abortion ban he signed this year or about former President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he broke his silence on both. Responding to Trump’s recent criticism that Florida’s new abortion restrictions were “too harsh,” DeSantis shot

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The biggest governor’s race of 2023 began to take shape this week, as Kentucky’s attorney general and now Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron and his allies began previewing their lines of attack on Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The race between Beshear and Cameron, much like Virginia’s state legislative races

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — As he began writing an angry dissent in a gay rights case 23 years ago, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was comparing the majority’s decision against a gay man to Nazi persecution. “What is this but a constitutionally prescribed pink triangle?” Stevens wrote in

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Thursday for a truncated Asia visit meant to bolster allies amid China’s growing military and economic ambitions. The trip, once planned for eight days, has been shortened by half; two of Biden’s three stops were scrapped so he could return to Washington

By Kaanita Iyer and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo on Wednesday vetoed three Democratic-led gun control bills that attempted to increase the age to possess certain firearms and restrict who can obtain them. “I will not support legislation that infringes on the constitutional rights of Nevadans,” Lombardo said in a

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are taking up a series of pro-law enforcement bills this week, as the party grapples with cutting funding to federal law enforcement agencies. On Wednesday, the House passed a pair of bills – one would make assaulting a law enforcement officer a deportable offense for migrants and

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Every administration since President Ronald Reagan has mishandled classified materials, including commingling classified and unclassified documents, National Archives officials told the House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door interview in March. The latest revelations come after the committee voted to release on Wednesday an unclassified transcript of testimony from William

By Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Two Republican committee chairs are demanding the Central Intelligence Agency turn over a series of documents from an investigation related to the president’s son Hunter Biden. In a letter sent to CIA Director William Burns Tuesday, Reps. Jim Jordan and Mike Turner, the chairmen of the

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Political newcomer Yemi Mobolade will become Colorado Springs’ first elected Black mayor defeating Republican Wayne Williams in Tuesday’s runoff election. “We stand on a mountain of a new era in our city’s history,” Mobolade said in a speech Tuesday night. “Colorado Springs will become an inclusive, culturally rich, economically

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Air National Guardsman who is accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media was repeatedly warned by his superiors in the Air Force over his mishandling of classified documents, prosecutors say. In court documents arguing for Jack Teixeira’s continued detention, prosecutors said that the 21-year-old’s

By Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to stop a Biden administration immigration rule that eliminates potential hurdles for immigrants using some public benefits and trying to obtain legal status, known as “public charge.” It passed 50-47, with two Democratic senators crossing party lines – Joe Manchin