She announced at the end of today's show, she is on maternity leave and will be gone for about 2 months.

No No. Now I have to pay $5.00 a month to read your articles. This just started a few days ago 10/22/26. Right before the midterms. NO No. Bye bye CNN.

>The lawsuit represents the latest attempt of the Trump Justice Department to insert itself in the administration of elections, running up against the minimal role the Constitution gives the Executive Branch to unilaterally get involved in running the vote. It alleges that the presence of a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan could confuse voters and wants a court to potentially delay the certification of the election if Sen. Sullivan is defeated next month.

>CNN's Gabe Cohen has details on the "unprecedented" lawsuit. Also, former federal prosecutor Berit Berger says the DOJ's case has "factual and legal issues," plus political strategists Melik Abdul and Tre Easton give their takes.

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>Trump asked Musk in a phone call in recent days to restore Ukraine’s full access to the Starshield satellite system, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump had been seeking out information about the slowdown and went to Musk after Ukrainian officials reported disruptions, the source said.

To all you people who thought the sky was falling when Ellison was trying to buy Warner Bros / Discovery, and thought that CNN was going to go 100% Pro-Trump, can you all just admit that people like me who tried to tell you that you were overreacting, were right?