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By Sydney Kashiwagi, Devon Sayers and Rebekah Riess, CNN Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Wednesday out of the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature that aims to enhance school safety across the state following the deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville earlier this year. The March shooting claimed the lives of three

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are demanding more information on how Central Intelligence Agency employees interacted with a group of former intelligence officials as they organized a 2020 public statement that questioned whether a laptop with Hunter Biden emails and documents was part of a Russian disinformation operation. House Judiciary Republicans say in a

By Lauren Fox, CNN In a lengthy meeting at the White House Tuesday, leaders struggled to break any new ground on debt ceiling negotiations with a source familiar telling CNN that leaders repeated over and over again the same positions privately that have become a common refrain in public. Literally, no new ground was breached,

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN E. Jean Carroll said Wednesday that a Manhattan federal jury’s finding that Donald Trump sexually abused her in the spring of 1996 — awarding her $5 million for battery and defamation — is a victory for all women who are victims of sexual assault. “The old view of the perfect victim

By Nikki Carvajal and Katie Lobosco, CNN When President Joe Biden speaks at a community college in New York on Wednesday, he’s expected to hit Republicans hard for budget cuts they are demanding as part of their bill to raise the debt ceiling. Many of the programs Biden will warn about aren’t actually singled out

By Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign is pursuing a strategy of expanding his appeal by reaching out to audiences beyond friendly conservative media outlets, multiple advisers familiar with the strategy said, including a CNN town hall this week. The town hall event in New Hampshire Wednesday evening, Trump’s first appearance on

By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden took his case for raising the debt ceiling without conditions on the road to Valhalla, New York, Wednesday as he seeks to ramp up the public pressure campaign on lawmakers with the threat of default — and potential economic catastrophe — just over three weeks away. In his

By Tami Luhby, CNN Inflation has eaten away more than one-third of Social Security benefits’ buying power since 2000, a new analysis found. Those who retired before 2000 have seen the purchasing power of their benefits drop by 36%, according to The Senior Citizens League. These folks would need a nearly $517 boost in their

By Haley Britzky, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote a letter strongly criticizing an ongoing hold on senior military promotions and nominations in the Senate led by Republican lawmakers, saying it would create a “perilous precedent” for the military and impose “unconscionable” burdens on military families. The letter, sent on May 5 in response to

By Kevin Dotson and Jack Forrest, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs football team declined an invitation to visit the White House next month to celebrate their second consecutive national championship, according to a statement from the University of Georgia Athletic Association. “The University of Georgia first received on May 3 an invitation for the Bulldog football