Sarah Palin granted new trial in defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
August 28, 2024
Supreme Court leaves Biden’s new student loan repayment plan blocked
August 28, 2024
A federal appeals court has revived Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times
August 28, 2024
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are taking to the streets in an attempt to revive protests against him following last month’s disputed election
August 28, 2024
Restrictions that seem reasonable during life can backfire after death.
August 28, 2024
For all the energy, creativity and money presidential candidates pour into their campaigns, it turns out that the ‘subtle power of irrelevant events’ can also shift an election’s outcome.
August 28, 2024
Evidence suggests that despite their many differences, communities of color tend to vote for candidates who support policies that help remedy racial injustices.
August 28, 2024
New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt and worry.
August 28, 2024
Makeshift memorials are public expressions of private mourning in response to trauma and tragedy.
August 28, 2024
Fresh controversy brews over Trump’s Arlington National Cemetery visit
August 28, 2024
The right-wing activist riding a wave of opposition to DEI in corporate America
August 28, 2024
Yoon Hyeonjeong, a 19-year-old South Korean activist, says the fate of her years-long fight for more action to tackle climate change hinges on what could be a landmark
August 28, 2024
Pope Francis on Wednesday strongly decried the treatment of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe, saying it was a "grave sin" not to offer
August 28, 2024
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb predicts what's ahead for Donald Trump in light of the superseding indictment in the election interference case.
August 28, 2024
New January 6 footage reveals Pelosi’s focus on Trump in hours after insurrection
August 28, 2024
Harris and Walz to sit with CNN for exclusive first joint interview since campaign began
August 27, 2024
A federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure
August 27, 2024
Fact check: Trump, reversing reality, keeps saying ‘everybody’ wanted Roe overturned
August 27, 2024
GOP-led states urge Supreme Court to pause EPA plan meant to cut methane emissions by 80%
August 27, 2024
Aid available for families searching for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives
August 27, 2024
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced while a legal challenge plays out
August 27, 2024
A federal judge has extended a temporary order for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while considering arguments for a longer-term order and a possible trial as the teen and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban
August 27, 2024
Educator injured by student could lose her eye, calls on Gov. Abbott to make changes to education system
August 27, 2024
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire or have sex, except to please men or have children.
August 27, 2024
The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.
August 27, 2024
RFK Jr.’s long history of attacking Trump melted away after he endorsed him for president
August 26, 2024
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent in the presidential race four years ago
August 26, 2024
Rally for peace held at Pennsylvania state capitol after neo-Nazi march
August 26, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are far from the first politicians to change their mind about topics, from the innocuous to important policy shifts.
August 26, 2024
A Venezuelan electoral official has denounced what he calls a “grave lack of transparency and veracity” in last month’s presidential vote in which Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner despite claims he was trounced by the main opposition candidate
August 26, 2024
French performer Barbara Butch carried the Paralympic torch on Sunday evening in an act of defiance after being targeted by hate speech over her appearance in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
August 26, 2024
For some Christian progressives, the lack of acknowledgement by their churches or ministries of the racial reckoning in 2020 was the final push to go elsewhere
August 26, 2024
Tennis fans who can’t decide which players have the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open aren't the only ones
August 25, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump wouldn't support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk
August 25, 2024
A top UN official is warning that the Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws provide a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future
August 25, 2024
Political conventions are exercises in storytelling
August 25, 2024
Detention of Telegram founder sparks debate about free speech and criminal activity online
August 24, 2024
Novak Djokovic says he understands why Jannik Sinner’s lack of a suspension despite two positive drug tests has some tennis players questioning whether there’s a double standard in the sport
August 24, 2024
Barry Bonds says he doesn't worry any more about whether he'll be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
August 24, 2024
Deion Sanders is adamant about keeping negativity out of his life and his football program at Colorado
August 24, 2024
LDS Church’s updated restrictions on transgender members bans them from working with kids
August 24, 2024
Chappell Roan’s comments about invasive fans show that we never really know our favorite celebrities
August 24, 2024
CNN’s Dana Bash and Abby Phillip share their reactions to Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
August 24, 2024
Cheryl Hines comments on husband RFK Jr.’s decision to drop out of race, does not mention his Trump endorsement
August 23, 2024
Fact check: RFK Jr. claimed Biden was mentioned just twice at the RNC. It was nearly 400 times
August 23, 2024
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a slew of new guidelines which would limit the role of transgender members in local congregations
August 23, 2024
CNN's Kristen Holmes explains why the Trump campaign is seeking an endorsement from Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
August 23, 2024
Venezuela’s government will order former opposition candidate Edmundo González to provide sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation into what it considers attempts to spread panic in the South American country by contesting the results of last month’s presidential election
August 23, 2024
A New York judge says he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state’s constitution would protect abortion rights
August 23, 2024
Ahead of final campaign sprint, Black women leaders urge Harris to stay focused in the face of personal attacks
August 23, 2024
A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment
August 23, 2024
Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban
August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the war in Gaza in her convention speech, attempting to defuse one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party on the biggest political stage of her life
August 23, 2024
Pallet homes program aiding the homeless population in Arizona
August 23, 2024
The items people wear, buy and wave at the convention are key pieces of American history.
August 23, 2024
It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
August 23, 2024
Over the past 15 years, the world has seen a financial crisis, the rise of populist politics and a fracturing of the world economic order. Sounds all a bit pre-WWII, right?
August 23, 2024
Three Republican Oklahoma state lawmakers will go before voters for the second time in about two months in runoff elections
August 23, 2024
RFK Jr.’s supporters could still alter a tight presidential race. Trump is banking on it
August 23, 2024
The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history for many female voters
August 23, 2024
Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic National Convention
August 23, 2024
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F.
August 23, 2024
Over and over, the Democrats gathered at their national convention predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump
August 23, 2024
This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
August 23, 2024
As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable
August 23, 2024
The Democratic National Convention concluded after four star-studded nights of energetic speeches, heartfelt messages and entertainment — as well as some false or misleading claims
August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris urged Americans to seize a “precious, fleeting opportunity” to move beyond political divisions and the threat of Republican Donald Trump on Thursday as she closed out the Democratic National Convention
August 23, 2024
If you think you’re seeing a lot of women wearing white during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, you don’t need to adjust your television set
August 22, 2024
The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention is underway, culminating with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s nomination for president
August 22, 2024
Eight-year-old gunshot victim speaks out with his mother by his side
August 22, 2024
The issue of abortion rights will not appear on the Arkansas state ballot in November, the state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, saying that activists pushing for the measure had failed
August 22, 2024
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Robert F
August 22, 2024
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolas Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged
August 22, 2024
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s rejection of signature petitions in favor putting an abortion rights initiative on the November ballot
August 22, 2024
How can the U.S. solve its growing maternal mortality crisis
August 22, 2024
Talking politics at work is a double-edged sword, Gallup survey finds
August 22, 2024
Kamala Harris has summoned Americans to reject political divisions and instead chart what she called a “new way forward.”
August 22, 2024
Takeaways from the third night of the Democratic National Convention
August 22, 2024
Oprah Winfrey urges independents and undecideds to cast their vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamal Harris during her speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
August 22, 2024
‘Uncommitted’ leaders’ sit-in enters second day after Democrats deny their request for speaking slot at convention
August 22, 2024
‘Saturday Night Live’ star Kenan Thompson skewers Project 2025, talks to Americans who could be affected at the DNC
August 22, 2024
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Harris met with Putin before Ukraine invasion
August 21, 2024
Oprah Winfrey will be part of DNC program Wednesday night
August 21, 2024
At the first post-Roe DNC, abortion stories are front and center
August 21, 2024
Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts about his campaign fed into the pressures that led him to end his reelection effort
August 21, 2024
Independent presidential candidate Robert F
August 21, 2024
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario may be off the table.
August 21, 2024
CNN's Scott Galloway explains how Gov. Tim Walz's (D-MN) masculinity can help the Harris-Walz campaign gain both younger and older male voters.
August 21, 2024
Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which opinion polls make favourite to win the country's general election on Sept. 29, presented its campaign manifesto on Wednesday, setting out
August 21, 2024
Majority of Gen Z voters have little trust in Congress or the presidency, new survey finds
August 21, 2024
Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region means there will be no talks between Moscow and Kyiv until Ukraine is completely defeated on the battlefield, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy
August 21, 2024
A growing number of states are passing laws that call scientific theories into question.
August 21, 2024
Takeaways from the second night of the Democratic National Convention
August 21, 2024
Former President Barack Obama praised President Joe Biden for his leadership during his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
August 21, 2024
CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale sets the record straight on a few misleading claims made on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.
August 21, 2024
Michelle Obama: Who’s going to tell Trump the presidency is a ‘Black job?’
August 21, 2024
Arizona Supreme Court rejects attempt to block abortion initiative from November ballot
August 21, 2024
Former President Bill Clinton is preparing to deliver his 12th address to the Democratic National Convention
August 21, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a speech that still resonates in American politics
August 21, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, is facing fresh scrutiny for how he's described his family's struggle with infertility
August 20, 2024
‘It Ends With Us’ actor Brandon Sklenar addresses online ‘negativity’ after backlash related to the film
August 20, 2024
RFK Jr. running mate Shanahan says they’re considering endorsing Trump
August 20, 2024
Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores acknowledged he was stung by the sharp criticism of his coaching style from Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s recent public assessment of their time together with the Dolphins
August 20, 2024
Look of the Week: A nod to Obama? Searching for symbolism in Kamala Harris’ tan suit
August 20, 2024
Racist mobs attacked a 1949 concert in Peekskill, NY, helping raise anti-communist fervor after World War II and illustrating how hatred could gain legitimacy amid today’s political turmoil.
August 20, 2024
Typical news readers prefer news headlines with simple language over more complex wording.
August 20, 2024
Takeaways from the memoir of Lunden Roberts, mother of Hunter Biden’s child in Arkansas
August 20, 2024
Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun
August 20, 2024
Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous
August 20, 2024
Biden tells America ‘I gave my best to you’ as he places his legacy in Harris’ hands
August 20, 2024
CNN senior political commentator Van Jones joins Anderson Cooper to share his reaction to President Biden’s speech and the events of day one at the Democratic National Convention.
August 20, 2024
Democrats say they will lay out the 2024 election as “a choice between two very different visions of America” on the Democratic National Convention’s second night
August 20, 2024
As his campaign sharpens attacks on Harris, Trump remains fixated on Biden
August 20, 2024
Harley-Davidson is dropping diversity initiatives after right-wing anti-DEI campaign
August 19, 2024
Woman sentenced to 11 years in prison after arguing she was legally allowed to kill a man because he sexually trafficked her
August 19, 2024
'Is God real?': Public School research assignment causing controversy
August 19, 2024
The founder of the main outside spending group backing Kamala Harris' presidential bid says their own opinion polling is less "rosy" than
August 19, 2024
Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.
August 19, 2024
Exclusive: Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy
August 19, 2024
More and more Americans are worried they will lose their job
August 19, 2024
Exclusive: John Kelly rejects Trump’s comments that civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor: ‘Not even close’
August 19, 2024
Space may be considered the final frontier, but the US was once a frontier, too. How can space industry leaders avoid repeating practices that led to colonialism in the 18th century and beyond?
August 19, 2024
Democrats to highlight threat to democracy they say Trump poses, giving speaking roles to January 6 committee lawmakers
August 19, 2024
To be visited during the summer of “overtourism” in 2024 means traffic jams, water problems and high housing prices
August 19, 2024
President Joe Biden has delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention, saying, “I gave my best to you.”
August 19, 2024
The 2024 Democratic Party platform features a lot of Joe Biden, and a lot of Donald Trump
August 19, 2024
Biden was a spectator at his first DNC. Now, at his 13th, he’s an incumbent president passing the torch
August 18, 2024
Indian American Muslim group cancels parade participation amid float controversy
August 18, 2024
Why Iowa Republicans who once opposed Trump are ready to vote for him
August 18, 2024
Transgender teens sue New Hampshire officials over new state law prohibiting them from competing on girls’ sports teams
August 18, 2024
Inside the fast-moving launch of Kamala Harris for president
August 18, 2024
Ghosting is usually a terrible thing to do. Here’s when it’s OK
August 18, 2024
This year’s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump
August 18, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has again decried two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men
August 17, 2024
Neolithic people moved Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone over hundreds of miles
August 17, 2024
President Joe Biden is on tap to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
August 17, 2024
They all say they’ve got the Holy Grail. So who’s right?
August 17, 2024
Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups across Indian cities after a trainee doctor was raped and killed last week
August 17, 2024
Supreme Court rejects Biden administration’s request to enforce new civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students
August 16, 2024
A carnival float featuring a Hindu temple that is planned for an upcoming India Day Parade in New York City has sparked controversy, with a number of groups calling it
August 16, 2024
Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce clash at Missouri State Fair over lack of debates
August 16, 2024
After Minouche Shafik resigns, Columbia University students ask what's next
August 16, 2024
Trump says civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor
August 16, 2024
A surge in optimism by Democrats over the prospects of Vice President Kamala Harris lifted U.S. consumer sentiment slightly this month
August 16, 2024
Sexism played a key role in Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s defeat − and Donald Trump’s victory − in 2016. Has America become more accepting of a woman leader? Not exactly.
August 16, 2024
Voter turnout among young people is historically low in the United States. And there is indication that a relatively small percentage of young voters could cast their ballot in November.
August 16, 2024
Better measuring standards, more responsibility for producers and an end to single-use products are all positive steps. But the US has not yet endorsed a cap on plastic production.
August 16, 2024
First-time presidential voters met to discuss politics and democracy. Here’s what they had to say
August 16, 2024
Black and MAGA: The identity politics inside a pro-Trump store
August 16, 2024
Politicians often recalibrate in the face of shifting public opinion and circumstance
August 16, 2024
Even before JD Vance got into politics, he has been clear about his concerns regarding birth rates
August 16, 2024
JD Vance repeatedly expressed alarm about declining birth rates as he launched his political career with a bid for the U.S. Senate in Ohio
August 16, 2024
An unfounded claim that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them is prompting election clerks in Florida to correct the record ahead of next week’s state primary
August 15, 2024
American gymnast Jordan Chiles called an arbitration panel’s decision that she must return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics “unjust” and a “significant blow” in a message she posted on social media
August 15, 2024
City of Des Moines moves forward with homeless ordinance
August 15, 2024
City leaders ask residents what to build at vacant 102-acre site in south Sacramento
August 15, 2024
Australian Olympic chief condemns ‘bullying’ online petition attacking Raygun’s breaking credentials
August 15, 2024
Iowa abortion providers are opting to dismiss their lawsuit against the state since the Iowa Supreme Court allowed a strict abortion law to be enforced
August 15, 2024
'They need to do the right thing': Franklin family fights for teen to play for high school football team
August 15, 2024
'Just awful': Mom of teen who was placed in handcuffs by Detroit judge on field trip breaks silence
August 15, 2024
Despite feeling some schadenfreude at watching politicians squirm over being derided as such, a scholar of speculative fiction wants to keep America weird.
August 15, 2024
What parents don’t know about student drug use
August 15, 2024
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort
August 15, 2024
Ukrainians watch their troops’ counteroffensive with mix of satisfaction and fear
August 15, 2024
These 2 changes in law enforcement hiring could prevent tragic deaths like Sonya Massey’s, her family’s attorneys say
August 15, 2024
No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics
August 15, 2024
RFK Jr. reached out to Harris campaign about administration role in exchange for endorsement
August 15, 2024
Columbia President Minouche Shafik steps down months after protests over Israel-Hamas war gripped campus
August 15, 2024
A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude
August 14, 2024
Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t have permission to use its product that “was not created for a mass-market use at an American college football game.”
August 14, 2024
N.J. family says woman was "harmless" when she was killed by police. Now, they're demanding answers.
August 14, 2024
Americans agree that democracy requires freedom of speech. But a large minority also thinks it’s acceptable to bar certain subjects or speakers from public debate.
August 14, 2024
Parks around campus at this university become a place for law students to produce prose and draw parallels between nature and the law.
August 14, 2024
‘I’m down to eating ramen’: Social Security benefits aren’t keeping up with inflation
August 14, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will have a book out next winter that draws in part upon his own life and religion for what he calls a “warning” about antisemitism
August 14, 2024
Trump’s continued attacks on Harris’ rise stir fears he could question election outcome if he loses in November
August 14, 2024
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley tells Fox News that the Trump campaign and Republicans need to change their approach when it comes to attacking Kamala Harris.
August 14, 2024
As Justice Gorsuch rails against federal rules, some profiled in his new book embrace more measured view
August 14, 2024
Voters in at least nine states will decide in November whether they want to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions
August 14, 2024
A poll finds Vice President Kamala Harris is going into the last stretch of the presidential campaign as the candidate more likely to be perceived as honest, committed to democracy and disciplined
August 14, 2024
Panel member who ruled on Team USA’s Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal appeal has a history of representing Romania in legal cases
August 14, 2024
CNN political commentator SE Cupp discusses why former President Donald Trump's allies, including Peter Navarro and Kellyanne Conway, are urging him to stop insulting Kamala Harris. Cupp argues that such comments could negatively impact his support, especially among female voters.
August 13, 2024
As Trump flails and invites conspiracies, allies plea for him to stay on message
August 13, 2024
Jewish groups allege in federal complaint antisemitism permitted to ‘flourish’ at schools in Fulton County, Georgia
August 13, 2024
Walz says he’s ‘damn proud’ of military service record amid GOP attacks
August 13, 2024
Kicking off a five-state fundraising swing, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz warned a second administration under Donald Trump would wage “war” on working people while threatening Medicare and Social Security
August 13, 2024
With ‘Cancer Moonshot’ announcement, Biden turns to causes most important to him in final months in office
August 13, 2024
Who is ShamCow? Artist behind the graffiti tag popping up around Philadelphia defends his work
August 13, 2024
A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and integrity."
August 13, 2024
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
August 13, 2024
A landmark study of police-LGBTQ relations finds that 21% of respondents have been stopped by police in the past year, and 53% of Black trans respondents have been the victims of police brutality.
August 13, 2024
An Ohio law targeting student suspensions had a happy side effect. Requiring schools to use a positive approach to discipline reduced chronic absenteeism, study says.
August 13, 2024
It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.
August 13, 2024
To some Democratic Party strategists, last week felt like déjà vu
August 13, 2024
Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
August 13, 2024
President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths
August 13, 2024
As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used it as a megaphone to amplify his political views and those of the often right-wing figures he’s aligned with
August 13, 2024
Voters in Arizona will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion up to about 24 weeks to the state constitution
August 13, 2024
Everything to know about the controversy over Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze medal
August 12, 2024
Historian Brian VanDeMark writes about the fatal 1970 shooting of four students by National Guard members at a war protest in “Kent State: An American Tragedy.”
August 12, 2024
Privacy comes at a price.
August 12, 2024
It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it through the extinction event 66 million years ago may surprise you.
August 12, 2024
Reduced to its essence, the process of natural selection would look a lot like play.
August 12, 2024
What we know about the 4 ex-Milwaukee hotel workers charged in D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death
August 12, 2024
Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ might seem to escalate the urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
August 12, 2024
At the top of his first speech as her running mate, Minnesota Gov_ Tim Walz turned to Vice President Kamala Harris and declared, “Thank you for bringing back the joy.”
August 12, 2024
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019
August 12, 2024
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used a round of news show appearances to disparage the Democratic ticket and promote Donald Trump’s record and second-term plans
August 11, 2024
Former President Donald Trump reportedly has used a slur often targeted at women to describe Vice President Kamala Harris during at least two private conversations
August 11, 2024
When Trump attacks Harris’ racial identity, these Americans say it’s personal
August 11, 2024
Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win their crucial support, they want to know where she stands on issues like the economy, immigration and education
August 11, 2024
Protecting women from deceitful men or criminalizing break-ups? A new law in India stirs debate
August 11, 2024
Ferguson officer ‘fighting for his life’ and several arrested after protests marking 10 years since Michael Brown’s killing
August 10, 2024
Vance responds to Walz calling GOP ticket ‘weird’
August 10, 2024
Former Minnesota Governor and Navy veteran Jesse Ventura reacts to Sen. JD Vance’s attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after Vance accused Walz of ducking service in Iraq when he left the National Guard and ran for Congress in 2005.
August 10, 2024
Texas’ abortion ban has left doctors with their hands tied. New Mexico’s governor is inviting them to her state
August 10, 2024
Ukraine’s Olympic fan clubhouse stands out for its somber atmosphere, with moments of silence for war victims and documentaries about the destruction
August 10, 2024
Brands should avoid this popular term. It’s turning off customers
August 10, 2024
The female boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have faced intense scrutiny after the International Boxing Federation claimed the athletes had previously failed a gender eligibility test. CNN's Christina Macfarlane speaks with two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, who has been deemed ineligible to run for similar reasons, but is fighting her case at the European Court of Human Rights.
August 10, 2024
Caster Semenya condemns gender ‘stigma’ that still haunts Olympics, a decade after her first Olympic gold
August 10, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch questions overcriminalization during book tour at presidential libraries
August 09, 2024
Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling
August 09, 2024
Citizens sharing concerns over busloads of migrants coming to North Alabama
August 09, 2024
GOP nominee to run North Carolina schools advocated pro-Trump military coup in January 6 video
August 09, 2024
Reagan-appointed judge uses footnote to ding the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling
August 09, 2024
‘The marathon, it’s about being patient,’ says Hellen Obiri as she chases elusive Olympic gold medal
August 09, 2024
While the First Amendment protects a wide range of different kinds of speech, there is no fundamental right to cause harm.
August 09, 2024
Many countries are enacting measures to counter population decline, but manipulating fertility is an inefficient means of solving social, economic and environmental problems.
August 09, 2024
The human tendency to form group affiliations and vilify outsiders can help ramp up your anxiety during a contentious election cycle. But you can push back on those fears.
August 09, 2024
She was told she wouldn’t live past her 8th birthday. Now, her life’s mission is to fight for patients with this deadly disease
August 09, 2024
A decade after Mike Brown’s death, his family still calls for justice as progress toward ending police killings remains slow
August 09, 2024
After a tough summer of primaries, the progressive House members who call themselves “the Squad” are facing their final challenge next week
August 09, 2024
Wide swath of America remains opposed to Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, poll finds
August 09, 2024
A human rights activist since the 1980s, Oleg Orlov thought Russia had turned a corner when the Soviet Union collapsed and a democratically elected president became leader
August 09, 2024
Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri
August 09, 2024
3 Columbia deans resign after being removed earlier this summer for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages
August 09, 2024
VP pick Tim Walz faced accusations in 2006 of embellishing his military service, which he called slander
August 08, 2024
Trump attacks Harris and Walz during first news conference since Democratic ticket was announced
August 08, 2024
ABC News says Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate
August 08, 2024
Belgian publisher removes opinion column that described an urge to stab ‘every Jew’ over Gaza
August 08, 2024
Residents of a frontline Israeli city feel Hezbollah’s war ‘getting closer’
August 08, 2024
With every new incident of racial violence, Black people tend to undergo a collective sense of racial grief.
August 08, 2024
Giving cruddy clothing, furniture and other useless stuff to a charity does it no favors, since it costs money to get rid of damaged goods. The power of peer pressure could help alleviate this problem.
August 08, 2024
Donald Trump has recommitted to debating Vice President Kamala Harris after recently backing out
August 08, 2024
Why this photographer prefers to be called a ‘visual activist’
August 08, 2024
Tim Walz’s political evolution took him from moderate Democrat to progressive champion
August 08, 2024
A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War unfolded and they learned it included none of the Belarusian political detainees who’ve been locked up for years by its authoritarian leader
August 08, 2024
Filling out forms that ask for racial and ethnic identification can be a struggle for many Latinos, especially when there is not one box that reflects their identity
August 08, 2024
A poll shows that most Americans believe this year's presidential race will be crucial for the future of the country's democracy
August 08, 2024
Trump in 2020 praised Tim Walz’s handling of George Floyd protests
August 07, 2024
Community hosts prayer vigil for master deputy sheriff killed in ambush
August 07, 2024
Biden says he doesn’t have confidence in a peaceful transition of power if Trump loses
August 07, 2024
'I didn't do one thing wrong': Woman faces homelessness amid rental issues
August 07, 2024
‘More of us than you’: Thousands of anti-racism protesters turn out to counter far-right rallies in UK
August 07, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said Wednesday he was “very intentional” in the comments he made during a polarizing college commencement speech in May and that he stands behind what he said then
August 07, 2024
CNN's Alayna Treene fact-checks JD Vance's claims about Tim Walz's military service.
August 07, 2024
Community fighting against tiny homes for the homeless
August 07, 2024
For some American Jews, a path to German citizenship opens options their ancestors never had
August 07, 2024
Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Wednesday he does not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "self-proclaimed" victory in the country's hotly contested election
August 07, 2024
From Fox News to Newsmax to OAN, right-wing media personalities portrayed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as a left-wing “radical” and a poor running mate choice for Vice President Kamala Harris.
August 07, 2024
Right-wing media figures launch flurry of attacks on Tim Walz in race to define VP candidate
August 07, 2024
Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has become a hometown hero in Algeria, a conservative, Muslim-majority country where attacks on her gender have been interpreted as attacks on the nation
August 07, 2024
‘We deserve to exist’: Ukraine’s most successful Olympian fighting for more than medals
August 07, 2024
Romanian prime minister won’t attend Olympics closing ceremony to protest judges’ treatment of gymnasts
August 07, 2024
Katie Ledecky opens up to CNN about her plans for when she stops competing one day
August 07, 2024
Women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout
August 07, 2024
A new report shows the number of monthly abortions in the U.S. went up slightly in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade
August 07, 2024
The presidential campaign of Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González says he will not appear before the country’s high court
August 07, 2024
Most sports are organized according to a strict male-female binary. Nature isn’t.
August 07, 2024
Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are consequences of the low numbers of Black doctors. A massive gift to Black medical colleges may help build those numbers.
August 07, 2024
Unrealistic, outdated ideas that idealize science can set the public up to distrust scientists and the research process. A philosopher of science describes 3 aspects of how science really gets done.
August 07, 2024
A look at Walz’s progressive policies as Minnesota’s governor
August 07, 2024
Americans just can’t quit their giant, gas-burning trucks
August 07, 2024
Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?
August 07, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has declared herself and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “joyful warriors” as they spent their first full day as running mates rallying Democrats across the Midwest
August 07, 2024
CNN's panel of experts discusses Democratic Rep. Cori Bush's primary loss.
August 07, 2024
Democrats lean on Walz’s biography at Philadelphia rally introducing new ticket to voters
August 06, 2024
Justice Gorsuch defends Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision as he promotes his new book
August 06, 2024
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins CNN's Dana Bash to discuss President Joe Biden's exit from the 2024 presidential race, as well as an excerpt from Pelosi's new book, "The Art of Power," in which she details a phone call from then-President Donald Trump ahead of his first impeachment
August 06, 2024
The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris had selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 election led to false claims on social media
August 06, 2024
A judge in Ohio says a state law that limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18 can go into effect
August 06, 2024
From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump at the Summer Olympics
August 06, 2024
How the Trump campaign plans to try to define Tim Walz
August 06, 2024
Ukraine wrestler Zhan Beleniuk will try to bring pride to his warn-torn country when he competes for an Olympic medal in the Greco-Roman category
August 06, 2024
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’
August 06, 2024
With a few notable exceptions, historians have found little evidence that vice-presidential picks actually help their presidential tickets.
August 06, 2024
Americans have been hearing for years that democracy is being eroded and is literally at stake in the upcoming presidential election. But there is good news on the voting front as well.
August 06, 2024
Gymnasts Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Rebeca Andrade ended the 2024 Olympics with a moment symbolic of where they hope the sport is headed
August 06, 2024
Like thousands of Israeli reservists, Michael Ofer Ziv and Yuval Green were called up to war following the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7th. After serving in Gaza and witnessing the military's destructive approach, they tell CNN's Jeremy Diamond why they, and dozens of others, are refusing to serve again.
August 06, 2024
‘Going to a very bad place’: Israeli reservists who refuse to return to Gaza cite military’s destructive approach
August 06, 2024
Simone Biles has nothing left to prove – to herself or anyone else
August 06, 2024
US gymnasts’ show of sportsmanship wins hearts in iconic podium moment
August 06, 2024
CNN political commentator Van Jones speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper about Vice President Kamala Harris' impending announcement of her running mate.
August 06, 2024
Hiroshima officials are urging world leaders to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic war amid the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East
August 06, 2024
New "Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights"
August 05, 2024
Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympics with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation
August 05, 2024
The foreign ministers of Italy and Iraq called on Monday for diplomacy and de-escalation in the Middle East, saying they were deeply concerned about increasing tension threatening the
August 05, 2024
The International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships
August 05, 2024
In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive
August 05, 2024
The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot
August 05, 2024
NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said “I got it wrong” on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters
August 05, 2024
Most doctors ask about the menstrual cycle at well-checks in order to inquire about menstrual problems, pregnancy or menopause. Few recognize that menstruation is a cornerstone of overall health.
August 05, 2024
Handing VP Kamala Harris the Democratic presidential nomination without having her compete in primaries is a throwback to less democratic ways of picking nominees, a political scientist says.
August 05, 2024
During a Fox News interview, Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, defended her husband after he criticized childless adults by calling them "childless cat ladies."
August 05, 2024
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, says speaking out about suicidal thoughts is part of ‘healing process’
August 05, 2024
No one can match America’s depth at the pool
August 05, 2024
As Iowa’s maternity care deserts continue to grow, doctors say the state’s new abortion ban will only make matters worse
August 05, 2024
Palestinian Olympic swimmer is living a personal dream, fighting for her homeland through sport
August 05, 2024
Afghan Olympic sprinter sends powerful message to Taliban on women’s rights
August 05, 2024
Inside the legal plans by foes of Donald Trump and Project 2025 to fight his second-term agenda
August 05, 2024
French authorities are making wide use of discretionary anti-terror powers to keep hundreds of people they deem to be potential security threats away from the Paris Olympics
August 05, 2024
Olympic boxer Imane Khelif says the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity.”
August 04, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations
August 04, 2024
Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished
August 04, 2024
What it means to have a ‘Black job’ in America
August 04, 2024
Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender
August 04, 2024
Etiquette experts weigh in: Should you have a say over a wedding you’re paying for?
August 04, 2024
The 2024 Paris Games got off to a rocky start with many religious groups around the world, including the Vatican over a tableau in the opening ceremony perceived by some as evoking Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
August 04, 2024
Several Republicans who were involved in efforts to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan are running for office in the upcoming primary
August 04, 2024
One Ukrainian journalist’s mission to stop Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at the Paris Olympics
August 04, 2024
Deputy’s fatal shooting of Sonya Massey highlights risky practice of hiring America’s legion of ‘wandering officers’
August 03, 2024
Jimmy Carter says he hopes to vote for Kamala Harris
August 03, 2024
Republican strategist Alex Vogel and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona discuss their individual takes on Donald Trump bailing on the ABC debate with Kamala Harris and instead proposing a debate on Fox News.
August 03, 2024
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains what happens next in Special Counsel Jack Smith's election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
August 03, 2024
How female politicians’ first names can work for and against them, according to science
August 03, 2024
3 reasons to worry about July’s weak jobs report — and 1 reason not to panic
August 03, 2024
The worst pressure ever: Welcome to the Olympic 100-meter final, the most intimidating start line in sports
August 03, 2024
Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports
August 03, 2024
Inside the final days of Kamala Harris’ vice presidential decision
August 03, 2024
IOC President Thomas Bach says the “hate speech” directed at two women boxers at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”
August 03, 2024
Gambia has been rocked in recent months by a heated debate on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice rooted in concepts about sexual purity and control of women
August 03, 2024
National attention has turned to Michigan for the presidential race, but voters will also have a major say in determining which major party controls Congress next year
August 03, 2024
A transgender woman’s use of the women’s locker room at a suburban St. Louis gym is prompting protests and calls for an investigation
August 02, 2024
A new commercial by Mark Robinson, North Carolina Republican's nominee for governor, is seeking to counter ads by Democratic rival Josh Stein criticizing his abortion views
August 02, 2024
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is creating a new commission to recommend how various reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city
August 02, 2024
Léon Marchand completed his dominating run through the Paris Olympics, capturing his fourth swimming gold with another runaway victory in the 200-meter individual medley Friday night
August 02, 2024
LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes
August 02, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris says she's ready for the fight against Republican Donald Trump after securing enough votes from Democratic delegates to become her party’s presidential nominee
August 02, 2024
Canadian figure skaters will not join the United States and Japan on the podium at the Paris Olympics next week
August 02, 2024
There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion
August 02, 2024
Some Jewish Democrats wonder if America is ready for a Jewish vice president
August 02, 2024
JD Vance’s Republican colleagues defend Trump’s running mate saying Ohio senator is a voice for next generation of GOP voters
August 02, 2024
Advocates say air conditioning is no longer a luxury but a public health and affordability issue
August 02, 2024
Appeals court narrows Voting Rights Act’s scope for redistricting cases in the South
August 02, 2024
Simone Biles’ brilliant comeback and other takeaways from the individual all-around gymnastics final
August 01, 2024
Rebeca Andrade knew she could beat Simone Biles – now the whole world knows it too
August 01, 2024
Donald Trump responds to questions about Vice President Kamala Harris and accusations about her being a "DEI hire" at the annual convention for the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.
August 01, 2024
Many jurisdictions treat pet theft like property theft, assigning dogs dollar values and failing to account for their emotional importance.
August 01, 2024
A political scientist describes a class he’s designed to help counter cynicism and distrust.
August 01, 2024
Warsaw has come to a standstill on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising
August 01, 2024
Coffee is becoming a luxury, and there’s no escaping it
August 01, 2024
China doping controversy casts a shadow over Olympic swimming
August 01, 2024
As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll finds several of the top contenders are largely unknown to voters
August 01, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris says former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the “same old show” as she is emphasizing the need for Black women to organize for his defeat this November
August 01, 2024
Australia is struggling to improve the lives of the country's Indigenous population, with only five of 19 measures on course to meet targets, showed a government report
July 31, 2024
Fact check: Trump’s lie that Harris ‘all of a sudden’ embraced a Black identity
July 31, 2024
A Georgia judge has chastised state prosecutors for mishandling confidential emails between a defense attorney and three Atlanta activists who face racketeering charges connected to violent protests against a police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.”
July 31, 2024
Former President Donald Trump's appearance before a conference of Black journalists, already a source of controversy before it even took place, was remarkably contentious — primarily due to Trump's reaction to sharp questioning from ABC News' Rachel Scott
July 31, 2024
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July 31, 2024
During an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, President Donald Trump attacked one of the moderators, ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, and said he was invited under false pretenses. He added that he had "been the best president for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln."
July 31, 2024
A group of nearly 70 people allege they were sexually abused as children while housed in detention centers in Pennsylvania
July 31, 2024
As a gay youth growing up in France, Hugo Bardin never felt he lived in a world that represented who he was
July 31, 2024
Team USA women’s basketball squad emphasizes endorsement of Kamala Harris for president
July 31, 2024
A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy
July 31, 2024
Because smartphones can make people focus more on their personal needs, it can be harder to persuade their users to donate on them than it is when someone sees an appeal on their PC.
July 31, 2024
Why are Republicans talking about Kamala Harris’ laugh? It’s the latest stage in a long history of marginalizing Black women.
July 31, 2024
News executives were worried for the first half of the year about consumers expressing relatively little interest in the coming election
July 31, 2024
The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States, including the country's anti-doping agency
July 31, 2024
CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports from Michigan, examining the evolving dynamics of the presidential race in the wake of Kamala Harris's nomination.
July 31, 2024
Hamas political leader Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, plunging Middle East conflict into dangerous new phase
July 31, 2024
Kamala Harris' views on important issues have shifted since she first ran for president four years ago
July 31, 2024
With less than 100 days until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris faces unique challenges in pitching her policy ideas to Americans
July 31, 2024
Black journalists group faces member backlash over Trump speaking invitation
July 31, 2024
Harris goes on offensive on immigration, comparing her record with Trump’s
July 31, 2024
JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, has praised the vision of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in the foreword of a forthcoming book
July 30, 2024
At least 973 Native American children died at Indian Boarding Schools from 1819 to 1969, according to a federal report that calls on the U.S. government to apologize for the
July 30, 2024
Georgia’s largest school district says that it won’t teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies
July 30, 2024
Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online
July 30, 2024
Project 2025 director steps down amid backlash from Trump
July 30, 2024
A federal investigation has found that at least 973 Native American children perished in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system over a 150-year period
July 30, 2024
Much has changed about the 2024 presidential election in the United States over the last month
July 30, 2024
Protesters condemn new policy that restricts families' access to Massachusetts homeless shelters
July 30, 2024
Self-managed abortions have become more common in the US post-Dobbs, study shows
July 30, 2024
Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
July 30, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has said in a radio interview that Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” and appeared to agree with a host who called her Jewish husband, Doug Emhoff, “a crappy Jew.”
July 30, 2024
‘Wild west of election work’: How certification fights are already cropping up in battleground states
July 30, 2024
It’s not just ‘cat ladies’: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids
July 30, 2024
GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, according to a KFile review of his comments, including fundraising off his now-infamous “childless cat lady” remarks.
July 30, 2024
‘We failed Sonya,’ Illinois sheriff says about fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey
July 30, 2024
American gymnast Shilese Jones is aiming for the 2028 Olympics after a left knee injury ended her shot at reaching Paris
July 30, 2024
Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back
July 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris told a cheering, boisterous, packed Atlanta arena on Tuesday that the next 98 days will be a fight, but they’ll win come November
July 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies are increasingly branding Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen_ JD Vance, as “weird.”
July 30, 2024
JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’
July 30, 2024
CNN Senior Data Reporter Harry Enten breaks down the pros and cons of Kamala Harris’ potential VP choices. According to two people familiar with the process, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly are among the Democrats who have been asked to submit information about their finances, family histories, and other personal details.
July 29, 2024
President Joe Biden shared his plans for major reforms on the Supreme Court in his speech marking the anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
July 29, 2024
A scholar of the Supreme Court and its relationship to the people of the United States says that President Joe Biden’s proposed term limits for justices can restore the court’s eroded legitimacy.
July 29, 2024
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting
July 29, 2024
Olympics commentator dropped over sexist comments about women’s swim team
July 29, 2024
President Joe Biden went public Monday with major changes he’s proposing for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’ recent decision on presidential immunity
July 29, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is highlighting endorsements from mayors of border towns in swing-state Arizona
July 29, 2024
From educational gag orders to the decline of tenure-track positions, academic freedom in the United States has been worsening in recent years.
July 29, 2024
What makes a relationship last when feelings fade or circumstances change? Can you force yourself to love someone you hate or don’t care about?
July 29, 2024
Moms execute more household tasks. But they’re also family executives, doing more of the thinking ahead and assigning that are part of all those chores – bad news for their mental health.
July 29, 2024
More than half of American renters who want to buy a home fear they’ll never afford one
July 29, 2024
Biden calls for major Supreme Court reforms, including term limits, at Civil Rights Act event Monday
July 29, 2024
Organizers apologize after church groups criticize alleged ‘Last Supper’ parody during opening ceremony
July 29, 2024
President Joe Biden decried “extremism” that he says has undermined public confidence in the the U.S. Supreme Court, as he called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices
July 29, 2024
Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court’s negotiations and compromise on Idaho’s abortion ban
July 29, 2024
Leaders across the Americas and beyond reacted to the Venezuelan electoral authority's announcement just after midnight on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in
July 29, 2024
Some Arab American leaders in Michigan are expressing cautious optimism about Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign after months of outrage over President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war
July 29, 2024
Houston area residents are remembering longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas as an advocate for human rights and for her community
July 29, 2024
Can money buy happiness? 5 tips to turn bucks into bliss
July 28, 2024
What Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to clear homeless encampments means for the people who live in them
July 28, 2024
First Olympics nursery is a step forward, athletes say, but much remains to do
July 28, 2024
Venezuelans anxiously await results in crucial presidential election as opposition signal high voter turnout
July 28, 2024
The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, appears to be open to a fair election this year. CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon explains who his main challenger is — and how the contest could affect the US southern border.
July 28, 2024
Harris and Trump want to strengthen the middle class. It could use the help
July 28, 2024
Tammy Baldwin looks to maintain edge over top of the ticket in battleground Wisconsin
July 28, 2024
Los Angeles is the nation's epicenter of homelessness, where more than 45,000 people live in weather-beaten tent encampments and rusting RVs
July 28, 2024
Simone Biles ‘in a really good place’ as she prepares to further her extraordinary legacy at the Paris Olympics
July 27, 2024
Ah Paris, the Olympic gold medalist of naughtiness
July 27, 2024
Why do women’s haircuts cost more than men’s?
July 27, 2024
Jennifer Aniston joined a growing number of people criticizing JD Vance for comments he made in his past about women without children.
July 27, 2024
How ‘cat lady’ became an insult for women of a certain age
July 27, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again.
July 27, 2024
Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia, and in the view of local media it’s not really worth the effort
July 27, 2024
The congregation at St. Joseph Apache Mission in the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico, is struggling to deal with the hurt caused by their priest removing a cherished painting called the Apache Christ, which portrays Jesus as an Indigenous holy man
July 27, 2024
Republican nominee Donald Trump has called her "crazy," "nuts" and "dumb as a rock."
July 27, 2024
‘Every moment we live must be documented’: A doll, letters and keys help displaced Gazans hold onto their identity
July 27, 2024
Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Joe Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president to work more closely with them to refocus on the issues most important to younger generations or risk losing their votes
July 27, 2024
The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, according to a person familiar with the situation
July 26, 2024
The IOC says the Olympic Games has reached gender parity, but historic gender inequality still lingers
July 26, 2024
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a law restricting access to both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
July 26, 2024
Why fewer people are choosing to have kids
July 26, 2024
Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and other avatars of American conservatism wouldn’t recognize it under Trump.
July 26, 2024
Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have issued a statement voicing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential bid.
July 26, 2024
Kamala Harris praised ‘defund the police’ movement in June 2020 radio interview
July 26, 2024
For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow
July 26, 2024
Gaza war weighs heavy on the minds of Palestinian Olympians: ‘I want to be an inspiration’
July 26, 2024
Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them
July 26, 2024
The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker
July 26, 2024
If given the chance, Pharrell Williams would reintroduce arts competition into the Olympics, reviving a tradition that’s been missing for nearly 80 years
July 26, 2024
CNN's John King speaks with voters in Pennsylvania about their feelings on the 2024 presidential election following President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race.
July 25, 2024
Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.
July 25, 2024
The Brazilian government has apologized to the Japanese community for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of immigrants in the years after World War II
July 25, 2024
Part 2 of Nikki Haley on The Lead
July 25, 2024
Exclusive: Haley offers no apologies for what she said about Trump during primary and defends choice to back him over Harris
July 25, 2024
Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting
July 25, 2024
Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, an inmate at Telfair State Prison in Georgia, died of heart and lung failure after officers left him in an outdoor cell in the summer heat for five hours without water or ice, despite instructions from a warden to limit the amount of time inmates spend outdoors, a lawsuit filed by his family says
July 25, 2024
‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France thinks our approach to paid leave needs a makeover
July 25, 2024
By Sarah Mills Documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux hopes his provocative film "Tell Them You Love Me" will encourage audiences to think about issues like consent and sexual assault.
July 25, 2024
Seven-times Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel put World Aquatics bosses on the defensive on Thursday after expressing in front of them his lack of confidence in their
July 25, 2024
The Trust for Civic Life — a collaborative of 15 grantmakers, mostly high-profile national funders — sees small, local groups as instruments of change — modern versions of the organizations that scholars from Alexis de Tocqueville to Robert Putnam have singled out as a distinguishing feature of American democracy
July 25, 2024
Jennifer Aniston criticizes JD Vance for ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks: ‘I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children’
July 25, 2024
History is dotted with instances of strongmen who burnish their image or crack down on opponents after attempts on their life.
July 25, 2024
Why few Native Americans are celebrating the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
July 25, 2024
Black clergy who know Vice President Kamala Harris, now the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, marvel at the fusion of traditions and teachings that have molded her religious faith and social justice values
July 25, 2024
Renewed calls for passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act after fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
July 25, 2024
Meta must do more to address non-consensual, deepfake porn, Oversight Board says
July 25, 2024
Vance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump’s running mate
July 25, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to Congress may have been delivered in Washington, but his words appeared aimed at an audience back home
July 25, 2024
The focus on gender equity at the Paris Olympics is the latest win in a terrific run of progress for women's sports, tennis champion and pioneer Billie Jean King told
July 25, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in Washington as he sought to bolster U.S. support for his country's war in Gaza
July 25, 2024
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries
July 25, 2024
House Democrats praise Biden’s speech passing the torch
July 25, 2024
President Joe Biden delivered a solemn Oval Office address Wednesday that laid out in the clearest terms yet why he abandoned his reelection campaign
July 25, 2024
Fact-checking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress
July 24, 2024
Chipotle’s CEO weighs in on the burrito bowl portion size debate
July 24, 2024
President Joe Biden has delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy
July 24, 2024
Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane opened training camp by firing back at an anonymous critic of quarterback Josh Allen
July 24, 2024
Fact check: Harris falsely claims Project 2025 blueprint calls for cutting Social Security
July 24, 2024
Confused by all the Kamala Harris memes? Here’s the context
July 24, 2024
Former UN ambassador Susan Rice speaks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about a comment made by Rep. Ted Burchett (R-TN) calling Vice President Kamala Harris a "DEI hire."
July 24, 2024
Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status have come under scrutiny for its multimillion-dollar cost as election officials announced the order and description of choices on the upcoming ballot
July 24, 2024
Mother turns tragedy into strength, advocates for families who experience infant loss
July 24, 2024
The International Boxing Association (IBA) on Wednesday accused the International Olympic Committee of doing too little to reward boxers, and demanded prize money
July 24, 2024
Right-wing media figures target Kamala Harris with race and gender-based attacks
July 24, 2024
The wounds contain black and yellow dead tissue and tunnel deep into the skin. Deep stigma around them can make getting treatment difficult.
July 24, 2024
Are journalists to blame for Biden dropping out? This assumes that the power of the press is significant and straightforward. It’s neither.
July 24, 2024
Even Louis XIV of France, the epitome of absolute monarchy, did not stand above the law. Kings have always been defined and constrained by legal precedent.
July 24, 2024
Israel’s democracy was already diminishing before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but things have only worsened since then.
July 24, 2024
What do Venezuelans believe in
July 24, 2024
President Joe Biden has made his first address since his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race
July 24, 2024
Biden calls his decision to step aside from 2024 race a matter of defending democracy
July 24, 2024
‘It’s all about getting a little bit better’: Team USA continues to show flaws but improves in 27-point hammering of Germany
July 24, 2024
Netanyahu labels critics of war in Gaza ‘Iran’s useful idiots’ in speech to Congress
July 24, 2024
Trump slams Harris as an ‘ultra-liberal’ as he returns to the campaign trail under a reshaped political landscape
July 24, 2024
Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of attack lines against his likely new Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris
July 24, 2024
Even though President Joe Biden won’t be on the ballot in November, voters will still be weighing his legacy
July 24, 2024
Louis Gigliotti just recently got his veteran benefits
July 24, 2024
President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade
July 24, 2024
Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for centuries
July 24, 2024
Influential Blues musician John Mayall has died at 90
July 24, 2024
Disillusioned with Biden, Hollywood is now energized by Kamala Harris
July 23, 2024
CNN’s Jake Tapper is joined by Angela Rye and Charlamagne tha God after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju about Vice President Kamala Harris’ race.
July 23, 2024
Exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar convicted in absentia for criticizing Russian army
July 23, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will go ahead and debate Kamala Harris, his new Democratic rival in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
July 23, 2024
Darren Walker, the outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, has had a far-reaching and profound impact on the philanthropic sector
July 23, 2024
The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7
July 23, 2024
George Clooney endorses Harris after calling for Biden’s exit
July 23, 2024
Young voters could make the difference in Pennsylvania — here's what organizers are saying
July 23, 2024
Nearly a third of Ukrainians would accept some territorial concessions to Russia for a quick end to the war, a more than three-fold increase over the past year, although most still oppose
July 23, 2024
Iowa’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant
July 23, 2024
A Florida school district banned ‘Ban This Book.’ Author says that’s ‘erasure of the highest order’ and wants it reinstated
July 23, 2024
There’s been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention
July 23, 2024
You think 2024 has been packed with a ceaseless and exhausting stream of consequential events? So did Americans in 1940, 1968 and 1973.
July 23, 2024
Keeping the United States together meant more than defeating the Confederacy. Lincoln first had to unite a fractured North.
July 23, 2024
Religiously affiliated organizations can clash with politicians on humanitarian aid to migrants, raising issues around religious freedom and hospitality to newcomers.
July 23, 2024
When a small-town Minnesota high school banned its Native American drum group from performing at graduation, the hurt reverberated across Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest
July 23, 2024
In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris is framing the race with Donald Trump as a choice between “freedom” and “chaos.”
July 23, 2024
5 of Harris’ more progressive proposals from her 2020 White House bid
July 23, 2024
An expert on the ground floor of some of anti-doping’s most broad-reaching advances says it might make sense to stop testing athletes
July 23, 2024
Athletes heading to the Paris Olympics have more access than ever to resources in the once-taboo realm of mental health and many sound more willing than ever to use them
July 23, 2024
JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault
July 23, 2024
Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that has left out some of the very first troops who responded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
July 23, 2024
Polling suggests Harris might be able to outperform Biden against Trump among these groups
July 22, 2024
Harris campaign begins to conduct outreach to youth organizations to win over young voters
July 22, 2024
If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes
July 22, 2024
‘The Simpsons’ are once again getting credit for predicting American politics
July 22, 2024
Multiple false claims and conspiracy theories have surfaced since Vice President Kamala Harris announced her plans to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for the White House
July 22, 2024
Who is Kamala Harris? The life of the woman stepping into the 2024 limelight
July 22, 2024
Charli XCX called Kamala Harris ‘brat.’ Here’s why that’s a strong endorsement for the candidate whose meme stock is bullish
July 22, 2024
Black voters are expressing a mix of hope and worry over Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee
July 22, 2024
Long-time Texarkana, Ark. woman honored with street topper in neighborhood
July 22, 2024
Outside fighters are not merely mercenaries – they are participants in a deeply rooted, historically complex struggle for resources.
July 22, 2024
Montgomery once closed all of its parks rather than desegregate them. Today, the city’s long history of racial inequality is still reflected in the state of its parks and green spaces.
July 22, 2024
There were times Brittney Griner thought she would never wear a USA Basketball jersey again
July 22, 2024
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, episode 6 recap: The one where everyone has an identity crisis
July 22, 2024
Voters nationwide reacted with relief and hope to news that President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid
July 21, 2024
Legal experts are dubious of any court challenge to Democrats’ move to put forward new nominee
July 21, 2024
Democrats are quickly rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race
July 21, 2024
Speaker Johnson calls on Biden to resign after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
July 21, 2024
Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been
July 21, 2024
Harris will seek Democratic nomination and could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket
July 21, 2024
READ: Joe Biden’s statement dropping out of 2024 presidential race
July 21, 2024
President Joe Biden on Sunday posted a letter to social media announcing that he would no longer seek reelection
July 21, 2024
Democratic lawmakers are hailing President Joe Biden’s historic decision not to seek reelection as putting his country and his party before himself
July 21, 2024
The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a
July 21, 2024
The uproar over President Joe Biden’s reelection bid is showing no signs of abating
July 21, 2024
Restaurant critics appear to have the best job in journalism, enjoying meals a few nights a week on someone else’s dime
July 21, 2024
The head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the Games open
July 21, 2024
The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII are providing details about the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ
July 21, 2024
Border Patrol agents are breaking from a practice in effect since 1997 by no longer asking migrants if they fear deportation
July 21, 2024
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi gave a speech largely lacking mention of President Joe Biden's reelection bid to North Carolina Democrats in Raleigh
July 21, 2024
The U.S. criticized "the breadth" of the top U.N. court's opinion that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, with Washington saying it
July 20, 2024
4 big questions couples who want to live together should ask each other, especially if they’re over 50
July 20, 2024
Trump’s epic week began with cheating death
July 20, 2024
CNN's Laura Coates shares personal memories of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.
July 20, 2024
Prosecutors ask judge for trial date for man charged with attempting to kill Justice Kavanaugh in 2022
July 20, 2024
Two top Biden administration officials say Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb, and has made strides in developing one key aspect of a weapon in recent months
July 19, 2024
Journalist Carl Bernstein discusses President Joe Biden's new round of defections from Democratic lawmakers publicly calling on him to leave the presidential race, and addresses Democratic donors’ push for the president to step down as the Democratic nominee.
July 19, 2024
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week
July 19, 2024
Philadelphia doctor, former patient on mission to help others in need of organ transplants
July 19, 2024
NYC landlords would be required to provide air conditioning for tenants under newly introduced bill
July 19, 2024
Kamala Harris turns her attention to JD Vance amid speculation about Biden’s future
July 19, 2024
In the eyes of much of the media, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing with his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention
July 19, 2024
Inside the ‘doom loop’ of Joe Biden’s campaign
July 19, 2024
In a 90-minute, wide-ranging speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump painted a bleak vision of the state of America, distorting facts around crime by immigrants in the country illegally, the state of the economy and jobs
July 19, 2024
In a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, former President Donald Trump formally accepted the GOP nomination. This is his first public speech since the attempted assignation at a rally in Pennsylvania.
July 19, 2024
Takeaways from the final night of the Republican National Convention
July 19, 2024
CNN's David Axelrod and Van Jones react to former President Donald Trump's speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
July 19, 2024
Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech
July 19, 2024
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks former President Donald Trump's Republican National Convention speech.
July 19, 2024
CNN's Van Jones weighs in on the growing number of prominent Democrats trying to get President Joe Biden to abandon his election campaign.
July 19, 2024
Many senior Biden officials believe he must drop out as he becomes increasingly isolated
July 18, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged in an interview published on Thursday that a victory for Donald Trump in the U.S. election in November would be difficult for his country but
July 18, 2024
READ: Raskin’s letter encouraging Biden to reconsider reelection campaign
July 18, 2024
Top Democrat Raskin privately encouraged Biden to reconsider reelection campaign
July 18, 2024
Appeals court halts fresh Biden administration efforts to cancel some student debt
July 18, 2024
Tiger Woods says he lost sleep over Trump assassination attempt
July 18, 2024
Biden’s health and age under even further scrutiny amid questions over his political future
July 18, 2024
Simone Biles reflects on Tokyo Olympics in ‘Rising’: ‘I felt like I was in jail with my own brain and body’
July 18, 2024
Shakeups in the 2024 race provide much-needed jolt in interest for news outlets
July 18, 2024
The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.”
July 18, 2024
Critics say undocumented students put a strain on limited school resources, but research suggests otherwise.
July 18, 2024
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including in ways that end up diluting the Black vote.
July 18, 2024
Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, has accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention
July 18, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance paid tribute to his mother during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
July 18, 2024
Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid
July 18, 2024
Takeaways from the third night of the Republican National Convention
July 18, 2024
Biden is trying to salvage his campaign. Democrats say things are only getting worse
July 18, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has maintained since his defeat in 2020 that the election was stolen
July 18, 2024
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness
July 18, 2024
Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots
July 18, 2024
Is it too soon for political comedy
July 18, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval and trust ratings slightly dropped as he entered his third year in office, according to independent opinion pollster Pulse Asia.
July 18, 2024
Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban
July 18, 2024
CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks JD Vance's speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 18, 2024
A new moment for Biden? One Democratic adviser says: ‘He’s being receptive’
July 18, 2024
Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage
July 18, 2024
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials
July 17, 2024
A federal appeals court has refused to lift a judge’s order temporarily blocking the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students
July 17, 2024
CNN’s Jake Tapper shows clips from an interview on YouTube with President Biden where the president seemed to confuse when former President Obama asked him to be his vice president.
July 17, 2024
Trump says he wouldn’t fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Don’t hold your breath
July 17, 2024
Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general
July 17, 2024
JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’
July 17, 2024
A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants
July 17, 2024
President Joe Biden has made it clear basically any which way you ask him: he’s definitely, assuredly, “one thousand percent” staying in the presidential race
July 17, 2024
Gov. Lujan Grisham addresses bills targeting homeless population
July 17, 2024
Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race
July 17, 2024
Migrants, homeless families dropped off at MBTA stop because Massachusetts emergency shelters are full
July 17, 2024
The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a California port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks
July 17, 2024
Boys and men are experiencing a ‘crisis of connection,’ expert says
July 17, 2024
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party select a different candidate, according to a new poll
July 17, 2024
A common refrain on the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, in the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump was: “Of all the places.”
July 17, 2024
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
July 17, 2024
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.
July 17, 2024
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.
July 17, 2024
JD Vance, the new heir to Trump’s MAGA movement, steps into the spotlight
July 17, 2024
CNN political commentator Van Jones reacts to Sarah Huckabee Sanders' speech given during the second night of the Republican National Convention.
July 17, 2024
Takeaways from the second night of the Republican National Convention
July 17, 2024
CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale debunks claims from day two of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 17, 2024
Britain’s new Labour Party government has set out its plans for “national renewal,” saying it will calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis
July 17, 2024
JD Vance used his Wednesday night address to the Republican National Convention to share the story of his hardscrabble upbringing and make the case that his party best understands the challenges facing struggling Americans
July 17, 2024
A father in Gaza is mourning a baby boy killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike
July 17, 2024
During the Republican National Convention, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley endorsed former President Donald Trump and had a message to Republicans who don't always agree with him.
July 17, 2024
The Republican National Convention marched into its second day Tuesday, showcasing classic GOP themes like border security and public safety that have become the centerpieces of former President Donald Trump’s campaign
July 17, 2024
Nikki Haley offers her ‘strong endorsement’ of Trump in convention speech
July 16, 2024
Republican Senate candidates take the spotlight at Milwaukee convention as GOP eyes expanded map
July 16, 2024
Over 70 arbitrary detentions reported days into campaigning for Venezuela election, NGO says
July 16, 2024
President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law, amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable
July 16, 2024
In an excerpt of a recent conversation between former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F
July 16, 2024
A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S. A group that opposes the rule now hopes to extend it further
July 16, 2024
Schools' rejection of AP African American studies course hotly debated at meeting
July 16, 2024
Why Europe looks at Trump’s VP pick with anxiety
July 16, 2024
Growing faction of Democrats revolt against Biden’s upcoming virtual nomination
July 16, 2024
Tiger Woods rebuts Colin Montgomerie’s call for him to retire: ‘As a past champion, I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin’s not’
July 16, 2024
When political discourse is devoid of facts and high on demonization, it’s no surprise that political violence is the result. There is a way out, but it’s slow and will take effort.
July 16, 2024
In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
July 16, 2024
Here’s why people have fond memories of the Trump economy
July 16, 2024
Do Olympians get paid? Everything you need to know about prize money – for some – at Paris Games
July 16, 2024
The leader of the Welsh government says he will resign amid a campaign donation scandal
July 16, 2024
Gazans endure deadly weekend of Israeli strikes as UN chief laments ‘incomprehensible and inexcusable’ destruction
July 16, 2024
How Donald Trump landed on JD Vance as his vice presidential pick
July 16, 2024
Former President Donald Trump's White House communications director, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and CNN political commentator Van Jones weigh in on the RNC programming and Sen. Tim Scott’s speech.
July 16, 2024
CNN’s Gregory Krieg talks to Republican National Convention attendees about former President Donald Trump’s decision to select Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice-presidential running mate.
July 16, 2024
In a typical presidential campaign, Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his running mate on the Republican ticket would have dominated media discussions for a week or two
July 16, 2024
Who is Usha Vance, the wife of Trump’s running mate?
July 16, 2024
CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale debunks claims from the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 16, 2024
Private efforts to nudge Biden to step aside continue
July 16, 2024
Biden says he considers himself a Zionist, adds that he’s done ‘more for the Palestinian community than anybody’
July 16, 2024
JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, once called him a ‘moral disaster,’ and possibly ‘America’s Hitler’
July 15, 2024
The conservative think tank that drew up a nearly 1,000-page guidebook on how the next Republican administration can remake the federal government is highlighting its policies while defending itself from Democratic criticism
July 15, 2024
President Joe Biden addressed his comments made to donors about putting Donald Trump in a "bullseye," calling the verbiage a mistake during his interview with NBC's Lester Holt.
July 15, 2024
At the heart of JD Vance’s journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
July 15, 2024
Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
July 15, 2024
Aileen Cannon’s nuking of the Trump documents case continues her trend of embracing long-shot legal theories
July 15, 2024
Takeaways from the dismissal of the mishandling classified documents case against Donald Trump
July 15, 2024
Tim Robbins condemns drawing parallels between his ‘Bob Roberts’ film and Trump assassination attempt
July 15, 2024
Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick
July 15, 2024
What to watch at the Republican National Convention this week
July 15, 2024
Trump’s ‘luck’ and American ‘violence’ are the talk of China’s internet
July 15, 2024
Presidential conventions can be memorable for floor fights and bloody battles on the streets outside or for scenes that stand out as outlandish or awkward
July 15, 2024
“Tone it down!”
July 15, 2024
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will speak Tuesday at the Republican National Convention
July 14, 2024
Biden and his campaign grapple with a delicate national moment
July 14, 2024
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called for an end to divisive political rhetoric on NBC's "TODAY" show after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
July 14, 2024
President Joe Biden is urging Americans to reject political violence and recommit themselves to resolving their differences peacefully
July 14, 2024
Confidence is key to well-being. Here are 5 ways to boost yours
July 14, 2024
A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
July 14, 2024
Biden says he’s grateful Trump is safe after rally shooting, denounces political violence
July 14, 2024
Full list of expected speakers at the Republican National Convention
July 13, 2024
D’Vontaye Mitchell’s widow remembers husband as ‘beautiful person’ as attorney calls for charges to be filed in his death
July 13, 2024
‘It was a mistake’: Zelensky defends Biden’s ‘President Putin’ gaffe
July 13, 2024
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to discuss abortion restrictions, which have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential campaign
July 13, 2024
Black voters helped Biden win Georgia in 2020. Some say it’s too risky to abandon him now
July 13, 2024
Trump transformed the federal judiciary. He could push the courts further right in a second term
July 13, 2024
President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concerns about his cognitive capacities
July 13, 2024
‘Pod Save America’ hosts hit back at Biden team: ‘What are you spending time on us for?’
July 12, 2024
Since Donald Trump's emergence on the political scene, late-night comics like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have made him a relentless target
July 12, 2024
The uproar over President Joe Biden's ability to win reelection is leaving Democrats at a standstill
July 12, 2024
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and other presidents showed that getting limited information as president can have some benefits – but also risks.
July 12, 2024
‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on view
July 12, 2024
The most successful teams at Europe’s soccer championship comprise diverse players, often thanks to immigration. Could that be influencing fans’ views of nationalism?
July 12, 2024
Immigration rhetoric and policies have created a chilling effect for immigrants seeking medical care. Two dozen Latina immigrant mothers share their experiences during pregnancy.
July 12, 2024
Overseas-based sports betting companies offer wagers in the US on who will clinch a party’s presidential nomination and which candidate will win the election. What does this mean for democracy?
July 12, 2024
if political loyalty replaces merit as the basis of key federal appointments, Americans can expect government to be less competent – as Andrew Jackson learned during his administration
July 12, 2024
By giving dogs a second chance through adoption, these vulnerable kids are getting a second chance of their own
July 12, 2024
Trump isn’t leaving himself many options to save Social Security
July 12, 2024
President Joe Biden is forcefully defying the growing number of critics in his own party who have called on him to exit the race, pivoting to warnings about a second Donald Trump term and declaring he is “not done yet.”
July 12, 2024
Republicans have nominated Donald Trump for the presidency twice before
July 12, 2024
It's been two weeks since President Joe Biden's debate with Donald Trump and Democrats are torn over what to do about their predicament
July 12, 2024
Fact check: Biden’s false and misleading claims at high-stakes news conference
July 12, 2024
According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman
July 12, 2024
If you watched President Joe Biden's news conference, two weeks after a poor debate performance, you may have been reassured by his ability to talk about complex issues
July 12, 2024
During a news conference at the NATO summit, President Joe Biden pushed back on reporting that he has privately suggested that he may push for earlier evening events.
July 12, 2024
Obama and Pelosi huddled as Democrats look to steer Biden out of 2024 race
July 12, 2024
Joe Biden faced a test Thursday that he had avoided so far this year — a solo news conference with questions from the White House press corps
July 11, 2024
Donald Trump’s lawyers are urging the judge in his New York hush money case to overturn his conviction and dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity
July 11, 2024
A statewide referendum vote is set in South Dakota for the Nov. 5 general election on a so-called “landowner bill of rights” related to a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline project proposed for the Midwest
July 11, 2024
Harris under pressure to outline stakes of the election as Biden faces calls to step aside
July 11, 2024
Why fast food value menus aren’t as good a deal as you might think
July 11, 2024
Angry and stunned Democrats blame Biden’s closest advisers for shielding public from full extent of president’s decline
July 11, 2024
Jasmine Paolini has reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over Donna Vekic at Wimbledon
July 11, 2024
An important name from Hollywood is calling on President Biden to step aside and let another Democrat be the party's standard bearer in the November election.
July 11, 2024
Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the
July 11, 2024
Whether sharing online about health topics or chatting about the weather, you communicate about science. Borrowing a tactic from antiscience advocates can help make your stories more persuasive.
July 11, 2024
Ending tuition might not result in more doctors serving the communities that need them most without further steps.
July 11, 2024
The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections
July 11, 2024
Welcome to summer! Body-shaming is everywhere
July 11, 2024
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov compared Russia's justice system to that of Nazi Germany on Thursday as a judge rejected his appeal
July 11, 2024
Sport climbing's debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games was a bittersweet experience following criticism of the format from athletes, but with an extra gold medal on offer
July 11, 2024
CNN's Abby Phillip speaks with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) about the debate within the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign.
July 11, 2024
The framers creating the U.S. Constitution knew they needed SOMEONE to be at the helm of the federal government, a president
July 11, 2024
Democrats face uncertainty around roll call timing amid questions about Biden’s political standing
July 10, 2024
Trump says Burgum’s signing of near-total abortion ban in North Dakota is ‘an issue’
July 10, 2024
Progressives offer strategic aid to Biden as he fights for his presidency
July 10, 2024
New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden should end his campaign.
July 10, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now expected to address former President Donald Trump’s nominating convention next week
July 10, 2024
Ron DeSantis now expected to speak at Republican convention
July 10, 2024
Ex-Obama aides David Axelrod and Jon Favreau join Inside Politics with Dana Bash to discuss Democratic donor and actor George Clooney's op-ed calling on President Joe Biden to step aside.
July 10, 2024
He’s calling into his favorite morning cable news show, bashing the “elites” of his party and dismissing unfavorable polls
July 10, 2024
The wife of an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate says that the Belarusian authorities are depriving her husband of medicine
July 10, 2024
Is there a plot among journalists to push President Joe Biden out of the race? Why are so many journalists focusing on Biden’s problems and not Trump’s? A journalism scholar explains what’s going on.
July 10, 2024
On issues and policies in which government has a serious role – taxes, immigration, the state of the economy and even abortion – a 2023 survey found a great deal of agreement among Americans.
July 10, 2024
While people rely less on TV for their daily news than they used to, it remains influential − and the TV storytelling about student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza and more can shift opinions.
July 10, 2024
The author of ‘A Black Philadelphia Reader,’ a new anthology of writing by Philadelphia authors past and present, revisits four riveting works by local women.
July 10, 2024
Paris mayor vows to swim in River Seine next week despite pollution concerns ahead of Olympics
July 10, 2024
Democrats are still fretting about Biden’s disastrous debate. He’s ready to be done talking about it.
July 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris put the focus on the dangers of a second Trump administration, rather than the growing concerns over President Joe Biden’s candidacy, as she attempted to convince Black voters to once again deliver a win for the Biden-Harris ticket. CNN's Eva McKend reports.
July 10, 2024
Bennet becomes first Democratic senator to publicly warn Biden can’t win 2024 election
July 10, 2024
Republican officials in Montana will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling in a lawsuit brought by young environmentalists
July 10, 2024
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age
July 10, 2024
Starbucks reports weak quarterly results despite the arrival of Pumpkin Spice Latte season
Russia and Iran may fuel violent post-election protests in the US, intelligence officials warn
Baker Hughes beats quarterly profit estimates on international drilling demand
West blasts China on rights, China responds: What about Gaza?
UN says Haiti conflict has 'worsened' as gangs push fresh attacks
Britain and Germany to bolster defence cooperation with new agreement
Australia takes insurer QBE to court over pricing discounts
Corvex founder Meister sees big upside for stocks already targeted by others
49ers WR Deebo Samuel gets released from the hospital, AP source says
Trump will conduct an interview with Joe Rogan for his podcast
ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure musicians sign AI protest letter against 'unlicensed use' of works