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Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call to revisit landmark First Amendment case New York Times v. Sullivan

July 2, 2021 9:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch on Friday said the Supreme Court should revisit the breadth…

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call to revisit landmark First Amendment case New York Times v. Sullivan

July 2, 2021 9:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch on Friday said the Supreme Court should revisit the breadth…

White House releases findings of commission on sexual assault in the military

July 2, 2021 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Donald Judd The White House released the results of an independent review commission on sexual assault in the military Friday, announcing a series…

READ: Justices Thomas and Gorsuch calls to revisit New York Times v. Sullivan

July 2, 2021 8:41 AM CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court declined on Friday to take up a challenge to a landmark 1964 opinion that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel,…

READ: Justices Thomas and Gorsuch calls to revisit New York Times v. Sullivan

July 2, 2021 8:41 AM CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court declined on Friday to take up a challenge to a landmark 1964 opinion that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel,…

First on CNN: Biden unveils unprecedented government-wide strategy to encourage US citizenship

July 2, 2021 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is introducing an unprecedented effort to encourage eligible immigrants to apply for US…

First on CNN: Biden unveils unprecedented government-wide strategy to encourage US citizenship

July 2, 2021 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is introducing an unprecedented effort to encourage eligible immigrants to apply for US…

Toobin: Voting Rights Act close to being irrelevant

July 2, 2021 5:10 AM CNN

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin says the result of the Supreme Court upholding two Arizona election laws means the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act is ‘close to…

John Roberts takes aim at the Voting Rights Act and political money disclosures, again

July 2, 2021 5:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has hollowed out the historic…

John Roberts takes aim at the Voting Rights Act and political money disclosures, again

July 2, 2021 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has hollowed out the historic…

Biden Cabinet set to ramp up push as Democrats enter critical stage in infrastructure negotiations

July 2, 2021 4:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Phil Mattingly, CNN As Democrats enter a critical stage in the negotiations over the shape of a sweeping, multi-trillion dollar social safety net…

A ‘gut decision’: Inside Biden’s defense of Afghanistan withdrawal amid warnings of country’s collapse

July 1, 2021 10:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN Sitting alongside Afghanistan’s President in the Oval…

All US forces have left Bagram Air Base, as US withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion

July 2, 2021 3:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann and Sandi Sidhu, CNN The last US troops have left Bagram Air Base, according to a US defense official, marking the end of the…

Presidential historian: Trump should not be happy with this

July 1, 2021 7:05 PM CNN

CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali analyzes a C-SPAN poll that ranks former President Donald Trump as the worst living…

Garland suspends federal executions and orders review of Trump-era rules

July 1, 2021 8:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Christina Carrega, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporarily halt to federal executions as Justice Department senior…

Capitol rioters smashing media equipment prompt several new criminal cases

July 1, 2021 6:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department has rounded up several new defendants this week accused of destroying thousands…

Most surprise medical bills to end under new rule

July 1, 2021 6:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN Patients would no longer receive surprise medical bills for emergency treatment and certain other health care services from…

Takeaways from the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg indictment

July 1, 2021 5:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Erica Orden On Thursday, New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with running a…

U.S. Attorney General announces halt to all federal executions

July 1, 2021 5:20 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump…

SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS: BIDEN VISITS SURFSIDE (330PM ET)

July 1, 2021 3:46 PM CNN

As President Biden visits families and crews, work is halted at the condo collapse due to structural…

Survivor heard noises well before collapse

July 1, 2021 3:46 PM CNN

One Surfside condo resident heard noise well before; a new survivor’s recording shows the shock of the collapse; and CNN gets a birds eye view of…

Election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom set for September 14

July 1, 2021 3:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Ethan Cohen, CNN California voters will decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom in an election on September 14, the state lieutenant governor…

All eyes on Stephen Breyer’s retirement plans as Supreme Court term ends

July 1, 2021 3:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole, CNN After the Supreme Court issued its final two opinions of this term on Thursday, all eyes turned to Justice Stephen Breyer, the…

White House says more than half of its staffers are women

July 1, 2021 2:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly, CNN Women make up approximately 60% of the staff at the White House and 56% of senior staff, the White House…

US to share tens of millions more Covid-19 vaccines this summer

July 1, 2021 2:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration will share tens of millions of US Covid-19 vaccines this summer to countries around the globe, in…

McCarthy: ‘Unprecedented’ move by Liz Cheney

July 1, 2021 2:08 PM CNN

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took questions from reporters the day after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the…

McCarthy: ‘Unprecedented’ move by Liz Cheney

July 1, 2021 2:08 PM CNN

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took questions from reporters the day after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the…

‘This is no gift’: McCarthy faces GOP resistance to serving on January 6 panel

July 1, 2021 1:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans don’t want to touch the select committee on January 6 with a 10-foot pole.…

Trump Organization, longtime CFO plead not guilty to tax crimes

July 1, 2021 12:24 PM Associated Press

NEW YORK, NY — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and…

Covid-19 pandemic increased number of people at risk of human trafficking, State Department report says

July 1, 2021 12:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of people at risk for human trafficking as traffickers took advantage of the…