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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

By Arlette Saenz, CNN The White House is bringing in a celebrity chef and a trio of Broadway stars for its glitzy state dinner for the South Korean president next week, a White House official said. First lady Jill Biden asked chef Edward Lee, a Korean-American James Beard Award winner with restaurants in Washington, DC,

By Haley Britzky, CNN The US will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to operate Abrams tanks next month as it seeks to get them on to the battlefield against Russia before the end of the summer. Thirty-one US M1A1 Abrams tanks — the size of a Ukrainian tank battalion — will be sent by

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 are

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden announced new environmental justice actions on Friday, including an executive order that the White House says will make environmental justice a central mission of federal agencies. “Under this order, environmental justice will become the responsibility of every single federal agency — I mean, every single federal agency,” Biden

By Michelle Watson and Jack Forrest, CNN North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill Wednesday banning gender-affirming care for most minors with the possibility of a felony for health care professionals who provide it. House Bill 1254 prohibits health care providers from performing a variety of gender-affirming care and procedures on those under

By Mary Kay Mallonee and Jack Forrest, CNN A Texas man facing charges in connection to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol opened fire on law enforcement officers last week when they arrived at his house in the Dallas area for a welfare check, according to an affidavit. Nathan Donald Pelham, who

By Shania Shelton Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he’s launching a 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing list of Republicans vying for the GOP nomination. “I am announcing I am running for the presidency of the United States,” Elder told Tucker Carlson on Fox News. Asked for his key reasons for

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Marking a rare combination of resources, supporters of gun regulations and anti-domestic violence groups joined Thursday to urge the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court opinion they say will make it easier for domestic abusers to obtain firearms. The groups say the high court needs

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that will no longer require juries agree unanimously to recommend death sentences, reducing the number of jurors need to recommend a death sentence to the lowest threshold of any state with capital punishment. SB 450 reduces the number of jurors needed to recommend

By Steve Contorno and Fredreka Schouten, CNN For much of the past two years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has shaped his political narrative with rapid-fire policy moves and a resounding reelection victory fueling his ascendency as a potential 2024 candidate and top primary rival to former President Donald Trump. But as he steps out onto