After letting Trump abuse it for a year, the legislative branch shows a little pride

This week brought fresh signs that as President Donald Trump’s popularity withers, Republicans in Congress are starting to reassert some of the prerogatives — and pride — that they abandoned during ...

Instagram chief denies social media can be ‘clinically addictive’ in landmark case

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified on Wednesday that he does not think users can be “clinically addicted” to the ...

Justice Department’s antitrust chief has been fired, sources say

Gail Slater, who ran the antitrust division for the Justice Department for nearly a year, was forced out by the Trump administration this week, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.

Janet Mills launches ad hitting Susan Collins as ‘always concerned, but never courageous’ in key Maine Senate contest

Two days after Sen. Susan Collins announced she’s running for re-election, Democratic challenger Gov. Janet Mills has a new ad attacking Collins’ record in the Senate. CNN’s Dana Bash and the “Inside ...

Trump repeals EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution, teeing up a legal battle with global stakes

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate ...

Netanyahu leans on Trump ties as Israel heads toward elections

Only one image was released from Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Wednesday: a handshake in the Oval Office, distributed by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. Beyond that single frame, ...

House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department’s monitoring of lawmaker’s Epstein documents review

Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s search history of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files and even President Donald Trump’s most powerful ally in Congress has a ...

‘He’s won the medal of our hearts’: What slider’s disqualification for honoring fallen athletes means to Ukrainians

The Ukrainian flag wrapped around her shoulders and its colors painted on her left cheek, Olha Scherhyna stood near the top of the Cortina Curling Center and pointed her phone at the big board ...

Tracking measles cases in the United States

Recent outbreaks of measles in the United States are driving up case counts and raising alarm among public health experts, especially as vaccination rates among children lag.

The ‘Quad God’ made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the ...

‘The United States is now a hostile and potentially predatory nation’, says conservative historian

In a new column in The Atlantic, Robert Kagan writes that Donald Trump “managed in one year to destroy the American order that was.” ...

U.S. to send troops to Nigeria soon

Semafor Africa Editor Yinka Adegoke joins CNN with analysis.