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By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US helicopter raid in northeast Syria targeted a senior ISIS leader and planner early Monday morning, according to a spokesman for US Central Command. “We believe the raid killed a senior ISIS Syria leader and operational planner responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe,” said Col.

By Paul LeBlanc and Chris Boyette, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has a message for his fellow Republicans looking to win back the White House: “We cannot get distracted.” “We have to tell people, No. 1, what we’re for. No. 2, that we’re going to be focused on the future and what we’re going to

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent House Republican leaders are moving behind the scenes to get their conference behind a plan that would raise the debt ceiling for one year with a slew of cuts and revenue raisers, a move intended to strengthen their negotiating position with the White House in the high-stakes standoff. The

CNN By Jasmine Wright, Shawna Mizelle and Aileen Graef, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday she has “a lot of questions” for the Biden administration about the circumstances around the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents. “I have a lot of questions about: Why were these documents lying around? Why did

By Jasmine Wright, Shawna Mizelle and Aileen Graef, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday she has “a lot of questions” for the Biden administration about the circumstances around the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents. “I have a lot of questions about: Why were these documents lying around? Why did this

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director If you’ve filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then separately, if your race is White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN The Kennedys have been through a lot. They don’t want to go through this. No name has appeared on more ballots or lawn signs. Even across branches of the family that have grown distant and divided since the first generation rose to power in the 1960s, they celebrate each cousin’s achievement

By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Kristen Holmes, CNN Attorney Evan Corcoran recused himself from representing former President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation related to the Mar-a-Lago documents given that he testified for investigators, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Corcoran’s exit, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado signed a trio of bills Friday that further protect the rights to abortion and gender-affirming services in the state, as access to the so-called abortion pill across the country remains in limbo and some neighboring conservative states have moved to restrict such procedures. Polis’ signature

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday urged his fellow Republicans to move on from the 2020 presidential election, offering a thinly veiled dig at former President Donald Trump and his continued election grievances. Without naming Trump, Kemp’ said at a private Republican National Committee donor retreat in Nashville that “not a

By Tami Luhby, CNN Though millions of Americans are expected to be kicked off of Medicaid in coming months, they don’t all have to be left uninsured. But it could take some work to regain health coverage. “For a lot of people, this can be a very disruptive period of time,” said Sabrina Corlette, co-director

By Jeremy Herb and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Jack Teixeira, wearing a green t-shirt and bright red gym shorts with his hands above his head, walked slowly backward toward the armed federal agents outside his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, who took him into custody on charges of leaking classified documents. The carefully choreographed arrest of