Year: 2022

By Hannah Sarisohn and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Illinois Democratic state lawmakers voted Thursday to remove nine Republicans from the state House after they refused to comply with the chamber’s mask mandate. The motion to remove the lawmakers — which passed 66-39 — followed an emotional appeal by Democratic state Rep. Lakesia Collins, who pleaded with

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN More than 100 congressional Democrats have urged President Joe Biden in a recent letter to review the “disparate treatment of Black migrants” throughout the immigration system and end the public health order that allows authorities to turn away migrants encountered at the US southern border. “It is time to undo the

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN The more than $1.9 million effort that ousted three San Francisco School Board members from their positions Tuesday was funded in large part by Silicon Valley-area billionaires, records show. According to publicly available information, the recall effort’s three biggest donors were “Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Advocacy,” a political action

By Ryan Nobles, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has endorsed Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed opponent of incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming — a rare endorsement from leadership in a divisive GOP primary, and one that marks the culmination of a simmering feud between the two powerful Republicans battling

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Four years ago, Hillary Clinton was greeted with a bouquet by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo when she endorsed him at the New York State Democratic Party convention. But a lot has changed since then and, on Thursday, as she introduced Cuomo’s successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, at the same event, Clinton, like her

By Devan Cole and Paradise Afshar, CNN The mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky, who survived a shooting at his campaign headquarters earlier this week said Thursday that his family and campaign team are “traumatized again” after the suspected shooter was released from jail on bond. “Our criminal justice system is clearly broken. It is nearly

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Pressure is growing on the Biden administration to make it easier to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy. President Joe Biden campaigned on reforming the bankruptcy system, which currently makes it extremely difficult for student loan debt to be discharged. Borrowers must meet a high burden of proof: that paying the