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Billy Joel performing in Las Vegas in November.

Billy Joel cancels upcoming tour due to neurological disorder

Alli Rosenbloom, CNN May 23, 2025

(CNN) — Billy Joel’s upcoming tour dates have been canceled as the legendary performer seeks treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition that affects the brain, according to a statement...

A screen inside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, in March 2020.

Millions could lose food assistance under GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ CBO says

Tami Luhby, CNN May 23, 2025

(CNN) — Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to...

A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University on April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard sues Trump administration to halt federal ban on enrolling international students

(CNN) — Harvard University is opening a new front in its legal battle against the Trump administration, filing suit in federal court Friday in response to the government’s move to revoke the school’s...

Clouds roll over the US Capitol, May 18, 2025.

Trump summons key GOP holdouts to White House as hardliners warn agenda bill vote would fail on floor

Sarah Ferris, CNN May 21, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump summoned members of a key wing of the Republican Party to the White House Wednesday, as they threaten to defy GOP leaders and prevent his agenda from advancing out of the...

‘It’s great news’: Family of Orlando woman who went missing nearly 20 years ago receives new hope

Gail Paschall-Brown, CNN May 21, 2025

ORLANDO (WESH) - Drew Kesse and his wife received new information from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement regarding their missing daughter, Jennifer Kesse, who vanished from her Orlando condo nearly...

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) questions witnesses during a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, 75, has died, family statement says

Lauren Chadwick, CNN May 21, 2025

(CNN) — Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia died on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and...

After months of outcry over the issue of AI-generated, non-consensual deepfakes, President Donald Trump is set to sign a law that will make sharing them illegal.

Victims of explicit deepfakes will now be able to take legal action against people who create them

Clare Duffy, CNN May 19, 2025

New York (CNN) — In recent years, people ranging from Taylor Swift and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to high school girls around the country have been victims of non-consensual, explicit deepfakes —...

What we know about the Mexican Navy training ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge, killing at least 2

What we know about the Mexican Navy training ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge, killing at least 2

Michelle Watson and Hanna Park May 19, 2025

(CNN) — A Mexican Navy training ship on a goodwill tour struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, leaving two crew members dead and over a dozen injured. The image of the tall ship, outfitted with...

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza as Netanyahu warns of losing allies over looming famine. Here’s what we know

Nadeen Ebrahim and Kara Fox May 19, 2025

(CNN) — Israel launched a new devastating ground offensive in Gaza over the weekend just as US President Donald Trump departed the region without sealing a ceasefire and hostage deal. The Israeli...

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office on May 18, and it has spread to his bones.

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

Betsy Klein, CNN May 18, 2025

(CNN) — Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that he could secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

Trump says he ‘could’ bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but won’t

Karina Tsui, CNN April 30, 2025

(CNN) —President Donald Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that he could secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month but refuses to...

	The Senate votes on a bipartisan resolution on April 30, that would have effectively blocked Donald Trump's global tariffs by revoking the emergency order the president is using to enact them.

Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill bipartisan effort to rebuke Trump’s trade policy

(CNN) — Vice President JD Vance late Wednesday cast a tie-breaking vote to kill a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s tariffs in the Senate. Earlier in the evening, the Senate...

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