Today's special election in Ohio's 12th District is the final Democrat challenge to a Republican stronghold ahead of the midterms. And in today's Democratic primaries across four states, progressive candidates will test how far left some Democrats are ready to go. 1/17 "
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson may have lost his job because he fought too hard to prevent Saudi Arabia from invading Qatar. 1/21 Looking at Zimbabwe's election, Mnangagwa has one clear backer: China. He likely admires Xi Jinping's grip on power. 2/21 Hong Kong
It’s time other newsrooms learn to spot these hateful campaigns for what they are. In a message of support for writer Sarah Jeong, The Verge calls on publications to stand up to trolls who seek only to "waste our time by debating their malicious agenda." 1/15
The Manafort trial sees much talk of expensive cars, clothes, and furnishings, none of Manafort’s work running Trump’s campaign. 1/21 Day three is likely to be another day “heavy on documents and details.†2/21 After the President tells the Attorney General to shut down
The 2020 electoral map is looking markedly different than in prior races—states rarely in play suddenly are. 1/26 Depending on your 2016 electoral map visualization, you can argue America's heading left, right, or nowhere. 2/26 Jokes about a House candidate's Bigfoot erotica proclivity
The first trial of Mueller’s Russia investigation begins today with former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. 1/24 It’s widely believed, including by the judge, that Mueller is pressuring Manafort to flip on Trump. 2/24 The difference between “collusion†and “conspiracy†is mostly semantics—and
Twelve legal experts on whether Trump obstructed justice, in light of Cohen's claims the president knew about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting: If true, it's likely obstruction. 1/16 The GOP tax cuts have lowered corporate taxes so much, and so quickly, that the federal budget
On Friday night, much of the world will see a blood moon during the 21st century’s longest lunar eclipse. 1/22 Facing pressure from China, US airlines like American, Delta, and United no longer say Taiwan. 2/22 Portugal may not be an anti-austerity story, but it shows
Today's Headlines edition is sponsored by Jamf Now. CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins was banned from a White House press conference yesterday, claiming she asked Trump inappropriate questions—about Cohen and the tapes—at a photo op earlier in the day. Journalists who were there say the questions were
CNN obtains the tape where Trump and Cohen discuss a payoff for Karen McDougal. 1/19 One of the big unanswered questions about the tape: What is “the Charleston thing?†2/19 Trump pulls an Obi-Wan, tells a rally in Kansas City, "What you are seeing
