CNN's Burnett asks Biden how he is going to turn the economy around. He said he already has. (www.cnn.com)
House kills motion to vacate Johnson from speakership (www.cnn.com)
GOP lawmaker claims KKK is ‘the military wing of the Democratic Party’ in closed door meeting ahead of antisemitism hearing (www.cnn.com)
Boeing’s historic Starliner mission now expected to launch no sooner than May 17 after valve issue (www.cnn.com)
Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding (www.cnn.com)
Russia pounds Ukraine with biggest airstrikes in weeks (www.cnn.com)
Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, according to local authorities, in the biggest aerial onslaught by Russian forces for weeks....
A high-stakes report looms from the Biden administration on whether Israel violated international law (www.cnn.com)
RFK literally had brain worms (www.cnn.com)
Not just metaphorically brainworms
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial (www.cnn.com)
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he is voting for Biden in November (www.cnn.com)
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on Monday said he will vote for President Joe Biden in November, arguing former President Donald Trump “has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character.”...
TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban (www.cnn.com)
Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Newly unsealed grand jury testimony from Trump’s valet helps explain FBI’s desire to search Mar-a-Lago | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Judge’s warning provides dilemma for Trump over whether he will risk jail for a political point (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump and the judge presiding over his hush money trial are staring each other down with profound implications for the former president, the coming election and the rule of law in the United States....
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15141177
Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail time (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge smacked down a series of threats by Alabama’s Republican attorney general to prosecute groups that help women obtain out-of-state abortions, wading into a debate over access to the procedure that has lingered since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago....
Hope Hicks’ testimony was a nightmare for Trump (www.cnn.com)
It’s a cliché to say that electricity surged through a courtroom — but it did when Hope Hicks took the stand Friday morning for her testimony in the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump....
China’s Xi is visiting Europe for the first time in five years – his goodwill tour will be an uphill struggle (www.cnn.com)
When Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea Bocelli, topped with a crowning flourish – Italy’s decision to join Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative....
Get down Mr. President's dog! (www.cnn.com)
Hide yo kids, hide your dog
RNC chief counsel resigns after two months (www.cnn.com)
The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position....
‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The corals are casualties of surging global temperatures which have smashed historical records in the past year — caused mainly by fossil fuels driving up carbon emissions and accelerated by the El Niño weather pattern, which heats ocean temperatures in this part of the world.