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By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state’s first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the “so-called” 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that “so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement.” In a CNN KFile review of his

Nicky Robertson and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Senate voted Thursday to undo Biden administration changes to two Trump administration wildlife rules — one governing what a habitat definition is, and one on reclassifying a wildlife species. The resolutions would need to pass in the House before being sent to President Joe Biden’s desk, and the

By Tierney Sneed and Lauren Fox, CNN With the return of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Senate Democrats approved several judicial nominees out of the Judiciary Committee on Thursday that had been stalled in her absence. Feinstein told reporters Thursday that she decided to return to work at this time because, “I felt better.” However, the

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a sweeping GOP border security bill after Republican leaders worked to lock down votes and win over holdouts within their own party. The GOP border bill is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House has issued

By CNN staff Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a CNN town hall Wednesday where he made numerous false claims about the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check of some of those claims. Security on January 6 Former President Donald Trump tried

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former aide of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, who argued that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been used to convict him. The court’s opinion continues a recent trend of narrowing the government’s ability to prosecute

By Julia Vargas Jones and Marcos Moreno, CNN US Rep. George Santos has signed a deal with Brazilian authorities to avoid prosecution in lieu of a confession, reimbursement for the victim and a fine to the state stemming from a 2008 fraud case, his attorney said. “From now on, he is not answering to any

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court upheld a California law that bars the sale of pork produced in other states unless the sow was housed in conditions that allowed her to move freely. The law was the brainchild of animal rights activists in the state, who worked for its passage

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court cleared the way for a transgender woman from Guatemala to appeal her deportation from the United States in federal court. The woman argues that she should not have been deported back to her home country because she will face sexual discrimination and assault. She

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Sam Fossum, CNN National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with top Chinese official Wang Yi in Vienna for “candid” and “constructive” talks, the White House announced Thursday. The previously undisclosed meeting is among the highest-level engagements between US and Chinese officials since the spy balloon incident earlier this year,

CNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN The 2024 presidential campaign is only beginning, but former President Donald Trump made clear that his third bid for the White House will feel very much like the first two. Could he stop lying about the 2020 election? Did he regret his role in the US Capitol

By Tami Luhby and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN After more than three years, the Covid-19 public health emergency in the US is finally ending on Thursday. While many Americans may not initially notice the sunsetting of the declaration, they are likely to feel it if they come down with Covid-19 or suspect they might have

CNN By Tami Luhby and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN After more than three years, the Covid-19 public health emergency in the US is finally ending on Thursday. While many Americans may not initially notice the sunsetting of the declaration, they are likely to feel it if they come down with Covid-19 or suspect they might

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House is drawing its battle lines. As spending negotiations get underway, the White House has conveyed to congressional negotiators that President Joe Biden‘s most recent legislative accomplishment, the Inflation Reduction Act, is off the table as the two sides begin to eye potential spending cuts, two sources familiar with

By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN As President Joe Biden‘s approach to migration at the US-Mexico border confronts its most critical test yet when Title 42 expires, his No. 2, Kamala Harris, will face what’s likely to be her own perception problem. Aides of the vice president know the expiration of the Trump-era border

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed one of its most highly anticipated climate rules to date, compelling nearly all US power plants that generate the nation’s electricity to capture or otherwise slash their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions. The rules would apply to the nation’s fleet of existing and new power

By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent The United Kingdom has delivered multiple “Storm Shadow” cruise missiles to Ukraine, giving the nation a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces, multiple senior Western officials told CNN. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, calling the donation Ukraine’s “best chance to