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Pentagon reviewing industry proposals for innovative weapons ideas to send to Ukraine

June 30, 2022 11:32 AM CNN

CNN By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Defense Department is reviewing 1,300 proposals from 800 companies for innovative new weapons…

Judge says Florida’s 15-week abortion law is unconstitutional

June 30, 2022 11:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Alta Spells, CNN A Florida judge on Thursday ruled that Florida’s new law that bans abortions at 15 weeks is unconstitutional and…

Treasury blocks $1 billion in Delaware trust tied to Russian oligarch

June 30, 2022 11:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US Treasury on Thursday notified a Delaware-based trust that it is blocking $1 billion in assets for its connection to…

Hutchinson was 1 of the witnesses Trump world sought to influence, sources say

June 30, 2022 10:45 AM CNN

CNN By Kasie Hunt, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, told the House January 6 committee that…

Hutchinson was one of the witnesses Trump world sought to influence, sources say

June 30, 2022 10:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Kasie Hunt, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, told the House January 6 committee that she…

Polls find majority of Americans say country is heading in wrong direction

June 30, 2022 10:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN The vast majority of Americans across party lines are unhappy with the state of the US, a new set of polling finds. In an…

Ketanji Brown Jackson joins US Supreme Court as first Black woman on the bench

June 30, 2022 10:24 AM CNN

CNN By Chandelis Duster and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme…

In Florida, both sides in abortion fight wait to see how far DeSantis will go

June 30, 2022 10:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Steve Contorno, CNN As Republicans across the country move swiftly to restrict abortion access in their states after last week’s US Supreme…

Ketanji Brown Jackson joins US Supreme Court as first Black woman on the bench

June 30, 2022 10:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Chandelis Duster and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court…

Supreme Court tells lower courts to reconsider disputes on abortion and guns after blockbuster decisions

June 30, 2022 9:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday sent three abortion-related cases back down to lower courts to be…

WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

June 30, 2022 9:44 AM Kerry Mannix

UPDATE: Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the 104th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Honorable Ketanji Brown…

Supreme Court agrees to hear redistricting case that could have major implications for voting rights

June 30, 2022 9:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue and Gregory Krieg, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a dispute over redistricting in North Carolina, a case that…

How today’s Supreme Court decision could change things at the border

June 30, 2022 9:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A Supreme Court ruling Thursday could shape what we see going forward along the US-Mexico border. In a 5-4 ruling,…

Supreme Court curbs EPA’s ability to fight climate change

June 30, 2022 9:14 AM CNN

CNN By Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to…

READ: Supreme Court ruling curbing EPA’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants

June 30, 2022 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By CNN staff The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from…

Biden calls for dropping filibuster rules to put abortion rights into law

June 30, 2022 8:47 AM CNN

CNN By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an…

NATO officials say plan to boost high response force to 300,000 ‘still a work in progress’

June 30, 2022 8:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN NATO military officials said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement earlier this week that 300,000 troops…

Supreme Court says Biden can end Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

June 30, 2022 8:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Joe Biden the green light to end the controversial…

Supreme Court hands down decisions on Biden Administration’s ability to end ‘Remain in Mexico,’ EPA’s power in regulating emissions

June 30, 2022 8:10 AM Kerry Mannix

UPDATE: The Supreme Court has handed down both decisions. The court said the Biden Administration can end the controversial Trump-era “Remain in…

Supreme Court curbs EPA’s ability to fight climate change

June 30, 2022 8:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate…

Biden calls for dropping filibuster rules to pass abortion rights into law

June 30, 2022 7:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception…

Liz Cheney to Secret Service: ‘We welcome additional testimony under oath’

June 30, 2022 7:26 AM CNN Newsource

By David Wright, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said she is “absolutely confident” in blockbuster testimony from former White…

Sen. Patrick Leahy ‘comfortably recovering’ after hip replacement surgery following fall at home

June 30, 2022 5:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is “comfortably recovering” following surgery to repair a broken…

New fight over abortion jolts Democratic battle to take on Johnson in Wisconsin

June 30, 2022 3:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability…

5 takeaways from Joe Biden’s trip to two of the most productive foreign summits in years

June 30, 2022 2:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his fellow NATO leaders departed a highly consequential summit Thursday that left the defense alliance…

Biden set for final day of highly consequential NATO summit

June 30, 2022 2:24 AM CNN

CNN, HOST TV, NATO TV, UKRAINE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, UKRAINE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE, FB, ZELENSKY, TWITTER, @GERASHCHENKO_EN, NATO TV, Ukraine…

Liz Cheney says US is ‘confronting a domestic threat’ in Donald Trump

June 29, 2022 8:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Zanona, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan…

Former prosecutors say blockbuster January 6 testimony increases Trump’s criminal exposure

June 29, 2022 8:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the House select committee this week increased the criminal…

Delaware governor signs bill expanding abortion access and provider protection

June 29, 2022 7:02 PM CNN

CNN, WTMJ, WISC, WCCO, KXLN, KHOU, KFYR, WTVF, GETTY IMAGES By Amy Simonson, CNN Delaware Gov. John Carney signed legislation Wednesday expanding…

Delaware governor signs bill expanding abortion access and provider protection

June 29, 2022 7:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Amy Simonson, CNN Delaware Gov. John Carney signed legislation Wednesday expanding access to abortion care and protecting providers and patients…