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Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson

Politics & Government

North Carolina's ex-lieutenant governor dismisses lawsuit against CNN, has no plans to run again

3:07pm January 31, 2025

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina's former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Friday withdrew his defamation lawsuit against CNN that challenged a report about him making explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board over a decade ago.

CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict

1:49pm January 17, 2025

CNN settled with a security consultant after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from Afghanistan in 2021.

CNN goes on trial over its report alleging 'black market' for Afghan rescues

8:00am January 05, 2025

A CNN story about a "black market" for rescuing people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is at the heart of a defamation trial that opens Monday in Florida.

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CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit against it thrown out

9:00am November 24, 2024

by Associated Press

CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina's lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit posts on a pornography website's message board. The September report nearly led to the collapse of the Republican's campaign for governor.

Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide.

Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis

1:29pm June 07, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.

CNN host Kaitlan Collins is shouldering added pressure for her network, as its town hall event with former President Donald Trump Wednesday evening takes on even greater stakes. On Tuesday, Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll's civil suit against him.

Politics & Government

CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict in Carroll case

3:23pm May 10, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's transformation away from an anti-Trump lineup includes a live town hall featuring Donald Trump. That comes with its own challenges.

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Don Lemon attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York City.

National

CNN announces it's parted ways with news anchor Don Lemon

3:37pm April 24, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Lemon, a 17-year veteran of the cable network, said he was "stunned" when his agent told him Monday morning that he had been terminated.

Don Lemon appears at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala in December.

CNN's Don Lemon apologizes for sexist remarks about Nikki Haley

2:39pm February 17, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The CNN anchor publicly apologized for comments about when women "are in their prime" during a show that aired Thursday.

CNN international anchor Zain Asher poses with her mother, Obiajulu Ejiofor. After losing her husband in a car crash, Ejiofor raised four children with strict and innovative practices — including, when Asher was a teenager, using scissors to cut the pow

CNN's Zain Asher is grateful for her mom's tough love — even if it meant no TV

12:41pm May 06, 2022

by Dave Davies

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

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National

Chris Cuomo seeks $125 million after being fired from CNN

3:34pm March 17, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The former CNN anchor was fired last year for violating CNN's journalistic standards when he helped his brother, ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate the sexual harassment allegations against him.