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CNN — In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, dueling claims between Palestinian militants and the…
Read more CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike | CNNCNN — A judge has rejected three more attempts by former President Donald Trump and the Colorado GOP to shut down a lawsuit seeking to block him from…
Read more Lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado 2024 ballot survives more legal challenges | CNN PoliticsGaza and Rafah CNN — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that much more is needed to combat the “catastrophic”…
Read more First trucks carrying aid enter Gaza but besieged enclave desperately needs more | CNNCNN — The escalating confrontation between Israel and Hamas is offering President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to begin flipping the script on one of his most glaring…
Read more Mideast crisis will test whether Biden can make experience an asset | CNN PoliticsCNN — House Republicans are once again scrambling with no clear path to elect a new speaker after voting to push Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan out of the…
Read more House GOP scrambles to find path forward after voting to push out Jordan as speaker nominee | CNN PoliticsWashington CNN — The Internal Revenue Service has collected $160 million in back taxes this year by cracking down on millionaires who haven’t paid what they owe, the…
Read more IRS has collected $160 million in back taxes by cracking down on millionaires | CNN PoliticsCNN — One of the pro-Donald Trump fake electors charged in Michigan has agreed to cooperate with state prosecutors in exchange for getting his case dismissed. James Renner,…
Read more Michigan AG drops charges against fake GOP elector after he agrees to cooperate | CNN PoliticsCNN — Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler of California said Thursday that she would not run for a full term next year. “I’ve spent the past 16 days pursuing…
Read more Laphonza Butler says she will not seek Senate seat in 2024 | CNN PoliticsCNN — President Joe Biden plans to make a direct appeal to the American people to continue funding Ukraine and Israel amid their war efforts in an Oval…
Read more Biden plans to use Oval Office address to make case for wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine | CNN PoliticsCNN — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan again failed to win the House speaker’s gavel in a second vote on Wednesday, faring worse than he did during the first…
Read more Jim Jordan loses second vote for House speaker amid steep GOP opposition | CNN PoliticsGaza and Jerusalem CNN — Protests erupted across the Middle East following the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital as Israeli and Palestinian officials traded accusations over who…
Read more Anger erupts across Middle East over Gaza hospital blast as Biden travels to Israel | CNNCNN — US leaders are mounting an urgent effort to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas and a resulting civilian catastrophe in Gaza from escalating into a widening regional…
Read more The US is mounting a frantic effort to head off a wider Middle East war | CNN PoliticsCNN — A number of House Republicans are in talks to block Rep. Jim Jordan’s path to the speakership as the Ohio Republican tries to force a floor…
Read more Senior House Republican says GOP members ready to block Jordan | CNN PoliticsWashington/Seoul CNN — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to two US officials, and is sending Air Force fighter…
Read more US sending second carrier strike group, fighter jets to region as Israel prepares to expand Gaza operations | CNNCNN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the US should not accept refugees from Gaza, as tens of thousands flee their homes following an evacuation warning…
Read more DeSantis says US should not accept refugees from Gaza | CNN PoliticsCNN — The Biden administration underlined its public and fulsome show of support for Israel Friday as two of its most senior national security officials visited the Middle…
Read more Austin and Blinken pledge fulsome support for Israel as concerns about expected ground offensive grow | CNN PoliticsCNN — Top officials from the campaigns of Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis made their case Friday to major Republican donors, as the two compete to position themselves…
Read more Haley and DeSantis campaigns make case to major GOP donors | CNN PoliticsCNN — Majority Leader Steve Scalise is scrambling to lock down the votes to become the next House speaker, but protracted opposition to the Louisiana Republican inside the…
Read more Scalise faces a key math problem as he struggles to collect 217 votes for speaker | CNN PoliticsCNN — House Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors Wednesday to pick a nominee to be the next speaker – but it remains unclear whether any…
Read more House GOP gears up to pick speaker nominee, but it’s unclear if any candidate can get the votes | CNN PoliticsWashington CNN — The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another…
Read more Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark libel ruling, though Clarence Thomas wants to reconsider the decision | CNN Politics
