By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Kaitlan Collins and Pamela Brown, CNN Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the January 6 committee to participate in a transcribed interview behind closed doors on Friday, multiple sources told CNN. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Energy companies bid more than $22 million to secure drilling rights on about 110 square miles (285 square kilometers) of public lands in the western U.S. on Thursday, during the first onshore oil and natural gas lease sales since President Joe Biden took office. Leases on
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UPDATE: Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the 104th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first African-American female justice sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday at noon eastern time. Jackson will be sworn in as the 104th Associate Justice of the
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UPDATE: The Supreme Court has handed down both decisions. The court said the Biden Administration can end the controversial Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, while it put limitations on the EPA’s authority to aggressively regulate carbon emissions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court is expected to hand down two consequential decisions Thursday morning, regarding immigration
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. In addition, the
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By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation — in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government this week is holding its first onshore oil and natural gas drilling lease auctions since President Joe Biden took office after a federal court blocked the administration’s attempt to suspend such sales because of climate change worries. The online auctions start Wednesday and
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By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A group of U.S. senators has agreed to effectively dismantle a commission tasked by the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out closures, downsizing and other significant medical facility changes nationwide, Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday. The West Virginia Democrat, a member of the Senate Veterans
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that using federal lands for abortion services would have “dangerous ramifications,” rejecting calls from several Democratic lawmakers for President Joe Biden to allow abortion providers to work from federal property in states where the procedure is banned. “We understand the proposal is well-intentioned,
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EL PASO, Texas — FBI El Paso and the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas addressed the potential for protest violence following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in a statement Friday. “The FBI will continue to work with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Jan. 6 Committee is holding their final hearing in the month of June. Chairman Bernie Thompson has stated that more hearings are to come after the July 4 recess, which is scheduled to end on July 11. The committee has reportedly obtained more evidence and information that pertains to the
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN A 70-year-old man who shot dead three senior citizens at an Alabama church group’s meeting Thursday evening was subdued by someone else at the event until police arrived, authorities said Friday. The suspect, who is in custody, shot dead Walter Rainey, 84, and Sarah Yeager, 75, during a small group’s potluck
Continue Reading By Sarah Boxer, Dakin Andone and Laura Ly, CNN The 18-year-old accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month apologized to his family for carrying out the mass shooting, writing in a note he “had to commit this attack” because he cared “for the future of the White race,”
Continue Reading By Michael Warren, CNN The campaign of Herschel Walker publicly acknowledged this week that the Republican Senate candidate has a second son with a woman who was not his wife. The Georgia GOP nominee’s admission follows a Tuesday report in the Daily Beast that Walker fathered a son more than a decade ago. The Beast
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UPDATE: Sheriff’s office: 3 people killed, 1 critically injured in shooting at Maryland business; trooper and suspect injured SMITHSBURG, Maryland — Multiple victims have been reported following a shooting at a company in Smithsburg, Maryland. Authorities say there is no longer a threat to the public. Smithsburg is about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Joseph, Eric Levenson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The man accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding five others at a Taiwanese church service in Orange County, California, on Sunday will be charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an explosive device, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Tuesday. The murder count against
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(CNN) — The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is taking the extraordinary step of sending subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the panel’s requests to voluntarily cooperate. In addition to McCarthy, the Democrat-led panel is subpoenaing Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conspiracy theory-peddling Georgia Republican, shouldn’t be disqualified over her role in the January 6 insurrection, a judge said Friday in a significant legal blow to the voters and advocacy groups who tried to throw her off the ballot. State Judge Charles Beaudrot said in a 19-page
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By Holmes Lybrand A former New York City police officer was convicted Monday of assaulting a Washington, DC, police officer during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Thomas Webster, who claimed he was defending himself when he swung a metal flagpole at police and tackled one to the ground, choking him by his
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Food and Drug Administration said phasing out the mint-flavored cigarettes would save hundreds of thousands of lives by helping adult smokers quit. Menthol is the only cigarette flavor that was
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge is holding Donald Trump in civil contempt after the state’s attorney general’s office said he did not comply with a subpoena for documents as part of its investigation into the former President’s company. Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump failed to abide by his order
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Editor’s note: This story comes from the El Paso Times as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which explores issues with a bi-national perspective. Story by Lauren Villagran. U.S. agencies involved in border security, immigration, and refugee care are facing serious staffing shortages that could complicate the policy
Continue Reading CNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN In the days following the January 6 insurrection, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio — a significant admission that sheds light on Trump’s mindset in the
Continue Reading CNN By Dianne Gallagher, Steve Contorno and Rachel Janfaza, CNN The Florida legislature on Thursday gave final passage to a pair of bills aimed at Disney, weeks into the company’s feud with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over its objections to a new law that limits certain classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity. One
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday the atrocities being uncovered in Ukraine qualify as genocide, a designation he’d previously avoided but that he now believes is warranted as scenes of devastation emerge from towns once overrun by Russian troops. “I called it genocide because it’s become clearer and clearer that (Russian President
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN Flames burned Thursday in a construction zone on the third level at Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, the city’s fire department said in a tweet. No injuries were reported. “A small fire that occurred in a construction zone near the East Club Lounge at Empower Field at Mile
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill overcame its final legislative hurdle on Tuesday, when the state Senate voted to pass the measure. Now, it’s headed to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has indicated his support for the bill. Even as it is poised to become law, young people in
Continue Reading CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden sounded an optimistic note in wrapping his first State of the Union address, citing the response of the American people and lawmakers in the House chamber to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a reason to be confident in the face of a critical moment. In a speech
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first State of the Union address at the Capitol on Tuesday evening, a chance for him to lay out his domestic agenda and speak to the world during an international crisis in Europe. During his speech, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET,
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The National Archives acknowledged Friday it has discussed with the Department of Justice that classified records were found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago after former President Donald Trump left office, according to a letter from Archivist David Ferriero to the House Oversight Committee. The letter, released by the
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