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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes announced Thursday that he would step aside from the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, an abrupt about-face from the California Republican who had insisted he had no plans to recuse himself.

Ten years ago, the idea that the Senate would wipe out the filibuster rules in order to confirm a Supreme Court justice was a radical one. Today it is happening -- and no one seems terribly surprised.

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and top adviser, met with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards in January, sources confirm to CNN.

Sen. Edward Markey is calling on President Donald Trump to engage in direct negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as part of a proposed joint effort with China to reduce North Korea's nuclear threat.

It's the 77th day of Trump's presidency. We're covering it in real time, below.

If there's been one consistent thread through Donald Trump's relatively brief political career, it's this: The media are bad, biased and generally terrible people.

A Democratic lawmaker denied Thursday that he told President Donald Trump he "will go down as one of the great presidents in the history of our country," disputing the President's version of a conversation between the two.

Roe v. Wade is a controversial Supreme Court case decided more than four decades ago. It notably came up in the recent confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Ideas brought up in that case -- such as the definition of personhood, highlighted in the Instagram post above -- are still being debated today.

CNN has learned from multiple law enforcement sources that a Secret Service agent on Vice President Mike Pence's detail has been suspended from official duties after meeting a prostitute at a Maryland hotel. One law enforcement source says the agent was caught when police saw him exiting the prostitute's room.

It's a blind date with global ramifications.

Donald Trump was asked Wednesday by the New York Times why he thought Democrats were opposing Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court. Here's how he answered:

The US Secret Service, one of the most elite, selective and discreet law enforcement agencies in the country, is charged with the protection of current or former leaders and their families. In recent years, its image has been tarnished by episodes of misbehavior by agents, ranging from drinking to soliciting prostitutes:

"We're into a new phase of the investigation."

Former US President Barack Obama is set to make his first visit to Scotland next month when he addresses business leaders in Edinburgh.

In December, Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser met privately with the head of a Russian bank under U.S. sanctions.

President Donald Trump's choice to fill an open seat on the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, is nearing the end of his confirmation process, but how senators vote Thursday in a series of procedural but consequential increments will ultimately decide if Gorsuch will be seated.

Tom Perez has spent much of his first month as Democratic National Committee chair making what he calls "house calls" -- even though his speeches are more like full-shout rallying cries.

President Donald Trump's relentless attack on the reporters who cover him has "breathed new life" into a decaying mainstream media, says the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, the popular social news and entertainment organization.

President Donald Trump left the door open to new action in Syria in his first on-camera comments in response to a deadly suspected chemical attack in the Middle East.

For the first time since taking a plum job in her father's White House, Ivanka Trump sat down for a television interview to describe just what exactly that job is. Trump, you recall, has carefully crafted a very specific political identity -- she is the truth-teller who supposedly has a moderating influence on her father.