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Chief Justice John Roberts punts on request to investigate Clarence Thomas

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts has declined to directly respond to a congressional request to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas’ alleged ethical lapses. Roberts instead referred the request from Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin to the Judicial Conference, which serves as the policy-making body of the federal courts. The

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What comes next after the Supreme Court blocked — for now — restrictions on abortion pills

CNN By Tierney Sneed The abortion rights community and its allies in the Biden administration secured a striking victory from the conservative Supreme Court with an order Friday night that stopped restrictions on medication abortion drugs from taking effect. The Supreme Court’s brief, unsigned order came in an emergency dispute over lower court rulings that

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What comes next after the Supreme Court blocked — for now — restrictions on abortion pills

By Tierney Sneed The abortion rights community and its allies in the Biden administration secured a striking victory from the conservative Supreme Court with an order Friday night that stopped restrictions on medication abortion drugs from taking effect. The Supreme Court’s brief, unsigned order came in an emergency dispute over lower court rulings that would

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Ex-Manhattan prosecutor set to testify before GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in May

By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Annie Grayer, CNN The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor’s office tried to block congressional testimony from former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, according to a new court filing Friday night. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed Pomerantz

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Montana Republicans call for censure of transgender lawmaker amid debate over ban of gender-affirming care for minors

CNN By Rebekah Riess and Joe Sutton, CNN A number of Republican lawmakers from the Montana Freedom Caucus are demanding Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr be censured by the state House for “using inappropriate and uncalled-for language” during a floor debate over amendments concerning a bill that bans medical care for transgender minors. “If you

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Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill

CNN By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone and subsequent actions that made

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House Intelligence Committee investigating CIA handling of sexual assault complaints

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Intelligence Committee is investigating the CIA’s handling of sexual assault and harassment cases, CNN has confirmed. The bipartisan probe comes as multiple female CIA employees have approached the committee since the beginning of this year and told lawmakers the agency is discouraging women from filing sexual misconduct complaints, according

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US is making preparations but has not yet made a decision on evacuating personnel from Sudan

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States government has not yet made a decision about whether to evacuate US diplomatic personnel from Sudan, but preparations are continuing for a potential evacuation, multiple US officials said Friday. Officials from the White House, State Department, and Defense Department stressed that they are closely monitoring the volatile situation

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US is making preparations but has not yet made a decision on evacuating personnel from Sudan

CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States government has not yet made a decision about whether to evacuate US diplomatic personnel from Sudan, but preparations are continuing for a potential evacuation, multiple US officials said Friday. Officials from the White House, State Department, and Defense Department stressed that they are closely monitoring the volatile

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EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensifies

By Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, Alayna Treene and Sara Murray, CNN Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters to discuss the long-running investigation into the president’s son, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The

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Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge’s financial disclosures

By Casey Tolan and Isabelle Chapman, CNN The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures, in what legal experts described as an unusual move that conceals the bulk of his personal fortune. In his 2020 and 2021 annual

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GOP lawmakers ask Blinken for information on 2020 public letter from ex-intel officials casting doubt on Hunter Biden laptop story

By Kylie Atwood, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN The Republican chairs of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday asking for information related to the crafting of a public letter signed weeks before the 2020 presidential election by dozens of former intelligence officials, who

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EPA is preparing aggressive new rules for power plant pollution that could prompt legal challenges

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is planning to roll out aggressive new rules to regulate planet-warming pollution from natural gas power plants, three sources familiar with the plan and who have been briefed on the rules told CNN, in a move that could face fierce legal challenges. President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency

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