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President Trump made two comments Thursday in the company of his most senior military leaders. One was a rebuke. The other was a threat. Both were incredibly irresponsible. Let’s set the stage a bit first. Every three months all the top US military commanders and service secretaries get together for an event they call the […]

[Breaking news update, published at 4:37 p.m. ET] Investigators looking into Sunday’s Las Vegas massacre have found no known nexus to terror or connections to ISIS, Undersheriff Kevin C. McMahill told reporters Friday. They have no credible information as to motive, despite more than 1,000 leads and tips, McMahill said at a news conference. McMahill […]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general “plans to expand the scope” of its investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt’s travel to Oklahoma to include all of his travel through September 30. In a memo obtained by CNN, the inspector general said the objectives are to determine the “frequency, cost, and extent” of Pruitt’s travel, whether travel […]

When the “Fearless Girl” statue arrived in front of the Wall Street bull in May, she drew crowds and cheers for representing female empowerment. So it’s no small irony that the company that sponsored the statue, State Street Corporation, just agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it underpaid female and black employees. […]

The United States will lift a myriad of economic sanctions against Sudan next Thursday, marking a significant warming of relations with a country whose leader has been charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court. The move follows 16 months of diplomatic negotiations, initiated under former US President Barack Obama and continued under President Donald […]

The United States will lift a myriad of economic sanctions against Sudan next Thursday, marking a significant warming of relations with a country whose leader has been charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court. The move follows 16 months of diplomatic negotiations, initiated under former US President Barack Obama and continued under President Donald […]

The U.S. Commerce Department has heaped another big tariff on Bombardier’s new C Series jet — a win for Boeing. The department’s International Trade Administration said Friday that it would recommend a 79.82% tariff on the import of each roughly 110-seat Canadian airliner. The penalty stems from an allegation by Boeing that Bombardier sold the […]

The body of a US service member who went missing following a deadly ambush Wednesday in southwest Niger has been recovered, multiple US officials told CNN Friday. The discovery of the missing US service member in a remote area of the northwestern African country by Nigerien troops comes nearly 48 hours after he was first […]

Scott Pruitt has made no secret of his interest in shaking things up at the EPA. The former Oklahoma attorney general spent years during the Obama administration challenging its regulations. Now working as administrator of the very same agency, he’s rolled back rules given more of a voice to industry players, meeting with them far […]

Jony Ive, perhaps more than anyone not named Steve Jobs, helped kick off the smartphone era as we know it with the launch of the iPhone. But when asked to assess how the iPhone has changed the world, Apple’s design guru offered a sober assessment. “Like any tool, you can see there’s wonderful use and […]

Facing the specter of a lawsuit, the New York Times is calling on Harvey Weinstein to release the women who have accused him of inappropriate behavior from their non-disclosure agreements. “Mr. Weinstein should publicly waive the NDAs in the women’s agreements so they can tell their stories,” a Times spokesperson told CNN in a statement. […]

TGIF! Unless, of course, you work for Donald Trump. In which case: So long! The president has, in his relatively brief time in office, shown a penchant for firing people letting people resign as the country packs up for the weekend. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was fired resigned last Friday. White House […]

Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage Friday after the Trump administration announced a rollback to Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate. The new rules would let a broad range of employers — including nonprofits, private firms and publicly traded companies — stop offering free contraceptives through their health insurance plans if they have a “sincerely held religious or moral objection,” […]

Cars may be be getting safer, but American roads are getting deadlier. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the number of traffic fatalities in 2016 rose nearly 6% compared with the previous year to 37,461. Part of the problem is that once again the combination of cheap gasoline and an improving job picture […]

New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter announced Friday that she will retire at the end of her term, turning one of the nation’s most competitive House seats into an open race. New Hampshire’s 1st District has changed hands — from Shea-Porter to Republican Frank Guinta — in every election since 2010. Shea-Porter has served four […]

Investigators are still trying to pin down Stephen Paddock’s motive for opening fire on thousands of country music fans in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding nearly 500 in the worst mass shooting in modern US history. What they have uncovered — in his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel, his car and […]

In addition to his frequent forays into casinos and gun shops, Las Vegas strip killer Stephen Paddock took 20 cruises, many of them in Europe and the Middle East, investigators have learned. The cruises included stops at ports in Spain, Italy, Greece, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, according to information provided by a law […]

Like sandcastles and snowmen, international diplomatic deals are difficult and time-consuming to build, but exceptionally easy to smash, topple or abandon. President Donald Trump’s brand, from well before he entered the 2016 presidential race, was that of a builder and dealmaker. But Trump himself has been the brand for decades, slapping his name on hotels […]

Less than a week after the massacre at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, some of the 140 acts at the two-weekend Austin City Limits music festival hope to deliver a message of comfort and healing amid heightened security. “You shouldn’t have to think about that sort of thing happening, especially in this atmosphere where […]

Hawaiian Airlines wants to connect its Pacific island home to the other side of the world and begin 13-hour flights. But it’s not sure what airplane it wants to use. The airline is rethinking its multibillion-dollar plan to buy Airbus A330neo jets, according to chief executive Mark Dunkerley. For Hawaiian Airlines, it would be the […]

Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip who was shot at a congressional baseball practice in June, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Friday night’s Washington Nationals playoff opener, a source confirmed to CNN. The Nationals will host the Chicago Cubs for Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Scalise, an avid […]

At what point in time was it ever appropriate to use your power over someone else to make them squirm? What circumstance justifies a company knowing about a pile of sexual harassment allegations against the same person, and not firing him? I thought of this Thursday when the allegations against Harvey Weinstein broke. A story […]

A trickle of companies fleeing the restive Spanish region of Catalonia threatened to turn into a flood Friday as a second major bank and two more firms said they would move their head offices to other parts of the country. CaixaBank, Gas Natural Fenosa, an energy supplier, and Dogi International Fabrics said they were moving […]

A quarter-century of surgical experience couldn’t steel Dr. Michael Seiff for what he encountered entering Sunrise Hospital’s emergency room Sunday night. “Blood everywhere. Blood all over the floor. The stench of blood and bodies whisking by in either direction on stretchers,” he recalled. “Just a mind-boggling sight that you’re not expecting and not prepared for.” […]

The bikeshare market is being turned on its head, and the implications could be huge for cities. Governments, which have long struggled to afford bikeshare systems, are suddenly seeing startups offer free bikes to cities. Previously, cities needed millions of dollars to acquire bikes and stations for parking. But now, money isn’t a barrier to […]