The global economy is weakening and consumers are feeling financially stressed. Gas and heat prices are up significantly from last year and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated on Wednesday that painfully elevated interest rates will hang around for some time.
President Joe Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House, using the very first state dinner of his presidency to shore up relations with a key American ally whose friendship has until recently been on the rocks. The lavish event drew leaders from Hollywood, fashion and politicians from across the aisle. CNN's Kate Bennett has the details.
Authorities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, believe the murders of four Indigenous women came at the hands of an alleged serial killer now in custody in Canada.
A trio of new defeats extended former President Donald Trump's legal losing streak as he seeks to delay or avoid scrutiny over his hoarding of classified documents and his 2020 election chicanery.
Most labor disputes never end up being debated in Congress. But thanks to a nearly century-old law that regulates labor relations only when it comes to railroads and airlines, what otherwise would be strictly an economic issue became a political one.
Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It's an attempt to keep the CDC from repeating the mistakes it made while responding to covid-19.
Three non-profit immigrant rights organizations have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, claiming that the state is "infringing upon the federal government's immigration system by creating a separate, parallel immigration system."
The Washington Post's Geoffrey Fowler tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin how Amazon is now dominated by ads and sponsored posts, which risks turning customers off. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here.
In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
In the shimmering heat of the Saudi desert, it could be dismissed as a mirage -- but photographer Khaled Al Enazi. has the pictures to prove he really did spot a giant fish-shaped rock emerging from the sands.
For the first time in 10 years, there's now a nonstop flight between North America and the capital of one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, Thailand.
Protests this week across China show just how unpopular Beijing's zero-Covid policy has become. Now, even as the country signals it may loosen pandemic controls, it faces another challenge: Local governments charged with conducting mass testing and enforcing quarantine are running short of cash and could be forced to cut corners or reduce other vital services.
• Photos: Biden hosts Macron for state dinner
• Supreme Court says Biden's student loan forgiveness plan remains blocked for now
• Senate passes legislation to avert a rail shutdown
Former President Barack Obama on Thursday warned Democrats against becoming complacent in the final days of Georgia's Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, describing the GOP nominee as unfit to represent the state and stressing the value in adding a key vote to the slender Democratic Senate majority.
Former special counsel at the Department of Defense Ryan Goodman and former Nixon White House counsel John Dean explain to CNN's Erin Burnett why a federal appeals court decision to halt a special master review of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago estate is a "direct blow" to former President Donald Trump's case.
Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll argued that former President Donald Trump acted with private motives when he denied raping the ex-magazine columnist and they urged the DC Court of Appeals to reject his claim that his allegedly defamatory statements were made as part of his job as president.
