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CNN 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

By Kara Scannell, CNN Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case to impose a protective order restricting the former president’s ability to publicize information about the investigation. In a motion, prosecutors told the judge that Trump’s team would not consent to a protective order. “The risk

By Ted Barrett and Jessica Dean, CNN Montana Sen. Steve Daines, who heads the Senate Republican campaign committee, said reaction has been “positive” to his unexpected endorsement Monday of Donald Trump to be president and he described the move as something that will help Republican candidates win in next year’s elections. “We are going to

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts has notified Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin that he won’t testify at an upcoming hearing on Supreme Court ethics, instead releasing a new statement signed by all nine justices that is meant to provide “clarity” to the public about the high court’s

By Lauren del Valle, CNN E. Jean Carroll and two other women will testify in the battery and defamation trial against former President Donald Trump to show Trump’s pattern of alleged violent behavior, Carroll’s attorney told jurors during opening statements on Tuesday. “Three women, one clear pattern,” attorney Shawn Crowley said. “Start with a friendly

By Marshall Cohen The judge overseeing an Arkansas paternity case involving Hunter Biden has ordered the president’s son to appear in court next Monday. Independence County Circuit Judge Holly Meyer ruled Monday that all parties involved in the case must appear for a contempt hearing next week in Batesville, Arkansas, according to court filings. An

By Daniel Dale, CNN Add another election lie to the long, long list. Former President Donald Trump has tried for nearly two and a half years to convince Americans that he was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election he lost fair and square to Joe Biden. He is still trying today, in 2023,

By Jack Forrest and Paradise Afshar, CNN Washington’s Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a ban on most sales of assault-style weapons. House Bill 1240 prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of assault-style weapons in Washington, with an exception for sales made to armed forces and law enforcement. The bill includes

By Jessica Schneider and Tierney Sneed, CNN A nearly $2 million sale of property co-owned by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to a prominent law firm executive in 2017 is raising new questions about the lax ethics reporting requirements for Supreme Court justices. Property records from Grand County, Colorado, show that the Walden Group LLC

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Republican Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a near-total abortion ban bill into law Monday. Senate Bill 2150, which passed in the state’s legislature last week, defines abortion as “the act of using, selling, or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent

By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will make the case for President Joe Biden’s reelection bid Tuesday at a political rally on reproductive freedom, a Harris adviser told CNN, saying that “finishing the job” for 2024 is about fighting to protect abortion access among other rights facing nationwide restrictions. Harris will “highlight the

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republican leaders are still struggling to get to 218 votes on their package to raise the national debt limit — and are uncertain when they will be able to hold the vote, according to multiple GOP sources. While Republicans hadn’t yet scheduled the vote, they had made

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is rethinking how homes are heated and cooled in the US, eyeing a tried-and-true, but thus far underutilized, climate solution to reduce planet-warming pollution and save homeowners money on energy costs. To do it, the Department of Energy is tapping 11 communities around the US to spend the

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A company related to Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, a longtime friend of Clarence Thomas who paid for lavish trips for the Supreme Court justice and his wife, had business before the Supreme Court in the mid-2000s, records show. Crow’s name does not appear in a caption of

By Eric Bradner, Raja Razek and Amanda Jackson, CNN Hours after seven people were arrested Monday for their protests of Montana House Republicans’ silencing of a transgender lawmaker, those who had been arrested joined Rep. Zooey Zephyr for a late dinner, where they discussed what would come next. The group, along with fellow activists, pushed