On Monday, CNN’s anchors and correspondents engaged in what has become an annual tradition for the network on New Year’s Eve: drinking on air. CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Brooke Baldwin, and Randi Kaye spent the night drinking shots, champagne and vodka-sodas and encouraging viewers at home to join them, highlights of which...
Judge: White House Must Return CNN’s Jim Acosta’s Credential
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, saying Acosta suffered "irreparable harm" from the decision to bar him. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, announced his decision...
CNN Sues Trump, Demanding Return of Acosta to White House
NEW YORK — CNN sued the Trump administration Tuesday, demanding that correspondent Jim Acosta's credentials to cover the White House be returned because their revocation violates the constitutional right of freedom of the press. The administration stripped Acosta of his pass to enter the White House following President Donald Trump's...
What Is Known About Mail-Bomb Suspect and Case
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages, the Justice Department said. Law enforcement officers were seen on television examining a white van, its windows covered with an assortment of stickers, in the...
Trump Condemns Series of Attempted Attacks on Democrats, CNN
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump condemned the series of attempted attacks on high-profile Democrats and others, declaring Wednesday that "acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States." Attempting a bipartisan pause during a divisive campaign season, Trump called for unity after crude pipe bombs targeting...
Explosive Devices Sent to Obama, Clintons; CNN Evacuated
WASHINGTON — Bombs and other suspicious packages targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama and CNN were intercepted Wednesday in a rash of attacks aimed at prominent Democrats and a cable news network often criticized by political conservatives. And, in Florida, the Broward Sheriff's Office is using a bomb squad...
When MSNBC or Fox News Airs in Public, Does It Make You Mad?
Have you been traveling and noticed that all the televisions in an airport terminal were set to CNN? Or grabbed a drink at a bar and realized that Fox News was being broadcast to its customers? You might grouse that you’re being forced to watch something that doesn’t jive with...
Bourdain Brought Us Closer. Honor Him By Doing the Same.
In our news meeting this morning, we held a moment of silence for Anthony Bourdain and then talked about his gift for bringing people together. His death Friday by suicide affected me greatly, and I'd like to share with you why. The globetrotting chef and storyteller used food as a way...
Pelosi Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving for '18 GOP Hopes
Fresh off her failure to protect illegal immigrants, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has her sights set on the 2018 midterms. And she’s not shy about it: “I just want the Democrats to have the gavel. It doesn’t have to be me, but I’m good at what I do.” Republicans beg...
Pelosi Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving for '18 GOP Hopes
Fresh off her failure to protect illegal immigrants, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has her sights set on the 2018 midterms. And she’s not shy about it: “I just want the Democrats to have the gavel. It doesn’t have to be me, but I’m good at what I do.” Republicans beg...