Harris Accepts CNN Town Hall Invite After Trump Declines Debate
2024 Elections
Harris Accepts CNN Town Hall Invite After Trump Declines Debate
2024-10-10 19:06:03
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday accepted CNN’s invitation to do a televised town hall on Wednesday, Oct. 23, after a noon deadline passed for both candidates to agree to do one last presidential debate on the network.... Read More

Getting Ready to Rumble in Atlanta
2024 Elections
Getting Ready to Rumble in Atlanta
2024-06-27 19:20:17
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — The barricades have gone up and anyone seeking admission to the debate site must now pass through a security check point several blocks from CNN’s corporate headquarters here. Of course, you don’t need a pass or media credential... Read More

As Clock Ticks, Final Touches Put on CNN Debate
2024 Elections
As Clock Ticks, Final Touches Put on CNN Debate
2024-06-26 20:49:26
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — Filing swiftly through the press checkpoint outside the McCamish Pavilion here on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a phalanx of technicians set to work transforming rows of empty tables and chairs into a world-class broadcast... Read More

What You Need to Know About CNN’s Presidential Debate
2024 Elections
What You Need to Know About CNN’s Presidential Debate
2024-06-17 14:15:46
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump step into a CNN studio in Atlanta on Thursday, June 27, to participate in the first of two planned presidential debates ahead of the 2024 election they are sure... Read More

Kennedy Complaint Rips CNN, Calls Pending Debate ‘Prohibited’ Contribution
2024 Elections
Kennedy Complaint Rips CNN, Calls Pending Debate ‘Prohibited’ Contribution
2024-05-29 18:23:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign filed a Federal Election Commission complaint on Wednesday, accusing CNN, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and their respective campaigns of “flagrant violations” of federal campaign finance laws. At the... Read More

CNN, ABC Cancel Planned New Hampshire GOP Debates
2024 Elections
CNN, ABC Cancel Planned New Hampshire GOP Debates
2024-01-17 16:54:34
by Dan McCue

CONCORD, Mass. — CNN announced Wednesday morning that it is dropping plans to hold a Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire on Sunday after former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she would only participate in the event if... Read More

CNN Wins Dershowitz Defamation Lawsuit
Law
CNN Wins Dershowitz Defamation Lawsuit
2023-04-05 20:41:20
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — CNN won Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz filed against the television network for its criticism of his commentaries about then-President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The CNN broadcast could lead viewers to... Read More

Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st Chief Anchor, Dies at 82
In Memory
Bernard Shaw, CNN's 1st Chief Anchor, Dies at 82

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Shaw, former CNN anchor and a pioneering Black journalist remembered for his blunt question at a presidential debate and calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 from Baghdad as it was under... Read More

Climate Change Not Just Another ‘Culture War Issue’
Climate
Climate Change Not Just Another 'Culture War Issue’
2022-07-23 16:40:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON —The summer of 2022 has shaped up to be a season of discontent for those who consider themselves climate activists and fans of the environment. It began three weeks ago, when a majority of justices in the U.S. Supreme... Read More

Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage
Technology
Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage

LONDON (AP) — Multiple websites went offline briefly across the globe Tuesday after an outage at the cloud service company Fastly, revealing how critical a handful of companies running the internet's plumbing have become.  Dozens of sites including the New... Read More

Biden Reframes His Goal on Reopening of Elementary Schools
Education
Biden Reframes His Goal on Reopening of Elementary Schools

MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fire when... Read More

Biden’s First Official Trip Will Be to Wisconsin for CNN Town Hall
Political News
Biden's First Official Trip Will Be to Wisconsin for CNN Town Hall
2021-02-10 21:08:45
by TWN Staff

President Joe Biden will visit Wisconsin next week for his first official trip as president, participating in a TV town hall from Milwaukee. Biden will take questions at a socially-distanced, invitation-only event hosted by CNN next Tuesday night, according to... Read More

National Press Club, SPJ Condemn Arrest of CNN Crew, Live, On Air in Minneapolis
In The News
National Press Club, SPJ Condemn Arrest of CNN Crew, Live, On Air in Minneapolis
2020-05-29 14:35:37
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemned the early morning arrests on Friday of a CNN correspondent and his production team, as they were covering ongoing protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the death... Read More

A Day In The Life of The Impeachment Drama
Spotlight
A Day In The Life of The Impeachment Drama
2019-10-04 18:15:45
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The scrum of photographers had been waiting for nearly an hour. Gathered at the railing of a stairwell adjacent to the U.S. Capitol visitor's center, they spoke casually amongst themselves, even as they subtly jockeyed for position and... Read More

CNN, NY Times to Host Next Democratic Candidate Debate in October
CNN, NY Times to Host Next Democratic Candidate Debate in October
2019-09-13 21:21:34
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The New York Times and CNN will co-host the next Democrat debate on Oct. 15, with the possibility of a second night being added depending on the number of candidates who meet the qualifying criteria. The Democratic National... Read More

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