Inside the numbers from new study on Senate staff diversity

Trump's wealth buys leniency in America's 'rigged' justice system

Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for a "catch and kill" scheme to suppress embarrassing stories during the 2016 campaign, while the wealthy are rarely held accountable for financial crimes, and the poor are over-prosecuted for

'Breaking Bread' series aims to show the 'disarming effect' food can have on political talk

The latest season of a series that combines dining and democracy — and showcases lawmakers chowing down on some of their favorite foods — is aiming to show that even in fractured times, bipartisanship can taste delicious. "Breaking Bread," which premieres its second season on

Carville: Bannon cellmate can make ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ argument

Democratic strategist James Carville said Steve Bannon, who is set to report to prison next week, should be given a private cell because any cellmate could make an argument that rooming with Bannon is “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. Carville joined

Assange returns to Australia after pleading guilty to US espionage charge

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and sharing classified documents about the U.S. military. He pleaded guilty for conspiring with Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. intelligence analyst, to obtain and disclose the

CNN has the spotlight for the presidential debate, but can it stand the heat?

CNN has been given the opportunity to host the first joint appearance between Joe Biden and Donald Trump of the 2024 presidential election, and it is up to the network to measure up to this unexpected and perhaps undeserved windfall.

Most in new poll planning to watch Trump, Biden debate

Most U.S. adults say they plan to watch some form of media about Thursday’s presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump, a new survey found. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and released Wednesday,

Border encounters down more than 40 percent after Biden asylum order

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that border encounters with migrants are down 40 percent three weeks after President Biden’s order halting asylum processing. The Border Patrol’s seven-day encounter average is down to under 2,400 encounters per day, which is 40

Ex-GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden for president

Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid Wednesday, a day before the first presidential debate against former President Trump. In a video released Wednesday, Kinzinger said he’s a “proud conservative” but bashed Trump as a threat to

Donald Trump can out-debate Joe Biden with this counterintuitive strategy

Former President Donald Trump must strategically win the debate against Joe Biden without landing a devastating knockout blow, as the Democratic Party still has time to work on Biden if he falls, while Biden must back up his arrogance with facts and avoid being mocked by Trump.

Speaker Johnson: ‘No one expects that Joe Biden will be on cocaine’ at debate

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that no one expects President Biden to be "on cocaine" during the debate later this week, despite President Trump and his allies suggesting otherwise. Johnson joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss how at a recent rally, Trump told his

Are the presidential candidates taking any prescription drugs to aid their performance?

I do think it would be helpful to know whether or not either of the men seeking the highest office in the land feels like he needs medication to get through a presidential debate.

Republicans will be reminded this November: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

November will be a moment of immense reckoning for a Republican Party fixated on restricting the freedom of American women. It can’t come soon enough.

AI blood test could detect Parkinson’s disease

Predicting Parkinson's disease earlier could potentially revolutionize treatment.

Morning Report — Rough primary night for progressives, Trump

In Tuesday’s primaries, one of the most progressive House incumbents lost in New York, one of the country’s most conservative House incumbents won by switching districts in Colorado and a moderate Republican trounced the rest of Utah’s Senate primary field, including a

“Last Summer” Is a Marvel of Toxic Lyricism

Few filmmakers can rival Catherine Breillat’s origin story; by all accounts, the director who would later refer to herself as “the pariah of French cinema” emerged fully formed from her homeland’s subconscious. If she didn’t exist, the French cinema—or at least the wing

Why Is Snopes.com Helping Trump Clean Up “Very Fine People”?

Nearly seven years after Donald Trump infamously stated that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the deadly Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, internet fact-checkers at Snopes.com have published a piece declaring it “false” that Trump was referring

Trump’s 2017 Tax Cut Created a Huge Stock-Buyback Spree

For years we’ve been hearing that when President Donald Trump cut corporate taxes in 2017, corporations pissed away their tax savings on stock buybacks. Trump himself, in one of his rare episodes of truthfulness, admitted it. But that turns out not to be quite right. According

Trump, Biden contrasts on Ukraine, Israel to take center stage

The presidential debate Thursday will set out clear differences over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, with President Biden’s pitch for unity among traditional allies expected to contrast with former President Trump’s tough talk and transactional foreign policy. And while Ukraine

Trump immunity ruling set to loom over Biden debate

A Supreme Court ruling on former President Trump’s claims of immunity from criminal prosecution is looming over his debate this week with President Biden. The question of whether Trump is immune from prosecution for certain acts while president could upend his criminal trials,

Texas’s “Death Star” Law Is Making Summer More Dangerous

Last year, Texas’s state legislature passed a measure known not so affectionately by opponents as the “ Death Star ” bill. The Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, House Bill 2127, preempts cities and counties from passing measures that are stronger than those passed at the state

Supreme Court sets up wealth tax battle for Congress

The Supreme Court passed the ball back to Congress on the question of a wealth tax in its decision on Moore v. U.S. last week, a case that implicated trillions of dollars in government revenue and vast swaths of federal law and precedent. The decision carefully avoided the most

Lobbying World: Motion Picture Association adds FBI alum as content protection chief

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Larissa Knapp as executive vice president and chief content protection officer. Knapp joins the MPA after 27 years at the Federal Bureau of Investigations, where she recently led the national security branch as the bureau's

Joe Biden Should Be Boring in Thursday’s Debate

In keeping with the time-honored principles of journalistic overkill, the only entities that have not yet weighed in with their debate previews are two laggard preschools in Wichita, Kansas, and isolated pockets of Ukrainian soldiers in heavy combat with the Russians in the

GOP plots big Trump agenda despite past missteps

Senate Republicans hoping to win full control of Congress and the White House are crafting an ambitious legislative package that would go far beyond extending former President Trump's tax cuts. The legislation, being cobbled together for budget reconciliation rules that would

Conservatives take aim at McConnell's fundraising strength in GOP civil war

The civil war within the Senate GOP conference is getting heated as conservatives step up calls to curb the power of the next Senate Republican leader, while current Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) mainstream and moderate allies warn the changes could make the upper

'It's not enough:' Experts question whether social media warning labels can protect teens

The surgeon general’s call for warning labels on social media platforms has largely been met with ambivalence as experts tout the idea as a step in the right direction but question the effectiveness of labels without more concrete action. In an op-ed in The New York Times last

Pro-Sheehy super PAC launches $4M ad buy in Montana Senate race

Judge Cannon’s Pro-Trump Trickery Is About to Get Even More Shameless

This week, Judge Aileen Cannon gave Donald Trump two more big assists. She agreed to hold a multi-day hearing on the constitutionality of the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. And she appeared skeptical of Smith’s demand for a gag order on one of Trump’s most deranged

Biden to pardon veterans convicted under former military law banning gay sex

President Biden on Wednesday will pardon thousands of former U.S. service members given military convictions over a 60-year period under a law that banned gay sex, senior administration officials confirmed. The pardon grants clemency to veterans who were convicted under the

Biden administration announces $1.8B for infrastructure projects

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it has awarded $1.8 billion in grants for 148 infrastructure projects across the U.S. The grants come from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, which was expanded due to funding

Phelps, Schmitt plead Congress to crack down on doping ahead of Olympics

Star Olympian swimmers Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt took to Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to crack down on doping ahead of the Olympics. Alongside Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the Olympians made the case for why and how the government could

Trump, progressives suffer a rough night: 5 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, New York, South Carolina and Utah saw the first incumbent House Democrat to lose in a primary this cycle, along with several losses for Trump-endorsed candidates. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party suffered a major blow when Rep.

House Republican who got in shouting match with Bowman gloats over ouster

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posted online gloating after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost his bid for reelection. “I’m going to miss our informal chitchats in the hallways,” Massie posted on social media platform X. Massie was poking fun at Bowman, who lost Tuesday evening

Speaker Johnson to file brief supporting Bannon Supreme Court appeal

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he will file a legal brief in support of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to stay out of prison. Bannon made the appeal after he was ordered to report to jail by July 1 in connection to being convicted

CDC warns of increased risk of dengue virus in US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory on Tuesday warning the public of a heightened risk of dengue virus (DENV) infections in the U.S. this year as cases continue to rise around the globe. Countries in the Americas reported the highest

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox fends off primary challenge amid GOP divisions

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has fended off a primary challenger from his right, Decision Desk HQ projects, defeating the candidate backed by the state party. Popular incumbent Cox bested Phil Lyman, who scored the official nod from the Utah GOP earlier this year as some in the

Curtis defeats Trump-backed Republican in Utah Senate primary to replace Romney

Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) will be the Republican nominee for Senate in Utah to succeed retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R), according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Curtis was one of four candidates running for the nomination who advanced to compete in the primary following

Republican Jeff Hurd beats election denier boosted by Democrats in race for Boebert seat

Establishment-backed Republican candidate Jeff Hurd has won his GOP primary for Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Hurd, an attorney in Grand Junction, won a competitive Republican

Former CNN personality John Avlon wins Democratic primary in New York

Former CNN anchor John Avlon has won the Democratic nomination for the seat representing New York’s 1st Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects. Avlon defeated Nancy Goroff, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Stony Brook University, to win the nomination to face

Trump-backed Colorado GOP chair loses House primary

Republican candidate Jeff Crank has won the GOP primary for retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-Colo.) seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Donald Trump. Crank, an official at the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity who enjoyed the endorsements