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By Eric Bradner, CNN Montana’s Republican-dominated House voted Wednesday to ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who had said GOP lawmakers would have “blood” on their hands for passing bills restricting transgender rights and rallied protesters Monday after Speaker Matt Regier blocked her from being recognized to speak, from the House chamber for the remainder of this

By Haley Britzky, CNN While Russia has suffered thousands of losses in its war against Ukraine, a senior US military commander in Europe told lawmakers Wednesday that they have plenty more firepower left in their arsenal. “[T]he Russian ground force has been degenerated somewhat by this conflict, although it is bigger today than it was

By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Aileen Graef and Steven Williams, CNN Lawyers for Hunter Biden met with Justice Department officials on Wednesday to discuss the long-running criminal investigation into the president’s son. Hunter Biden’s longtime attorney Chris Clark, along with several other attorneys, were spotted by CNN heading into Justice Department headquarters early Wednesday. When

By Paula Reid, Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two of Donald Trump‘s defense lawyers now believe that classified briefings of phone calls with foreign leaders were among “all manner of documents” in 15 boxes that Trump returned to the National Archives a year after he left the presidency, according to a new

By CNN Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the board that oversees the company’s special tax district. Read the lawsuit here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll took the stand Wednesday in her battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, testifying in chilling detail about the alleged sexual assault by the former president in a New York City department store. “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote

By Lauren del Valle, CNN The judge overseeing a civil battery and defamation trial for columnist E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump warned the former president’s counsel on Wednesday about comments their client made on social media about the case. Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, outside the presence of the jury, flagged to federal District Judge

By Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said. Grossberg attorney Gerry Filippatos told CNN on Wednesday that he has given a spreadsheet to the special counsel’s team, detailing

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Eva McKend, CNN Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally kicked off his presidential campaign on Wednesday with a speech in Bentonville, Arkansas, seeking to distinguish himself from the GOP field with his long career in government and as a “consistent conservative.” “Today, I am announcing that I am a candidate for

By Lauren Fox and Shawna Mizelle, CNN A bipartisan pair of senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday that aims to implement new ethics standards on the Supreme Court, though it would still grant the high court extensive power to police itself. The “Supreme Court Code of Conduct Act,” to be introduced by Independent Maine Sen.

By Tami Luhby, CNN House Republicans are using the debt ceiling standoff to advocate for one of their longstanding goals — requiring more low-income Americans to work in order to receive government benefits, particularly food stamps and Medicaid. They see work requirements as a twofer, allowing them to reduce government spending, while bolstering the nation’s

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN A Senate committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to move forward with President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Labor, marking a key milestone in the nomination process amid high-level efforts by the White House to secure Julie Su’s confirmation. Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and

By Betsy Klein, Kylie Atwood and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a key new agreement at the White House on Wednesday that aims to deter North Korean aggression, including a new US commitment to deploy a nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea for the first time since

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Democratic senator introduced what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation aimed at so-called “judge-shopping,” a tactic used by litigants from all sides of the political spectrum to secure sweeping court orders blocking national policies by steering cases to judges perceived to be sympathetic to their causes. Under the bill unveiled Wednesday

By Tami Luhby, CNN It’s growing more likely that the US could default on its debt as soon as early June if Congress doesn’t act, according to a trio of new analyses. That’s because tax receipts are running much weaker than expected so far this season. The Treasury Department is counting on that infusion of