U.S. Senate votes to start work on $1T infrastructure bill
UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate has voted to start work on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. The vote came together…
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Blinken meets with WHO director to reaffirm US support for second probe into Covid outbreak
By Nicole Gaouette, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the director-general of the World Health Organization Wednesday and underscored US…
Continue Reading White House works behind the scenes to prepare labor leaders for federal employee vaccine requirement
By Phil Mattingly, CNN White House officials have reached out to key union representatives over the last two days to lay the groundwork for President…
Continue Reading Maine church asks Supreme Court to block state from enforcing Covid restrictions due to Delta
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A church in Maine is asking the Supreme Court to block the state from enforcing or reinstating any…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in the bipartisan infrastructure package
By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday, finalizing a key part of his…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde evading House fines, GOP colleague says
By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Andrew Clyde, the Georgia Republican who compared scenes from January 6 to a “tourist visit,” has found a way…
Continue Reading Fact checking claims January 6 was not an armed insurrection
By Holmes Lybrand The question of whether rioters were armed on January 6 has been among the most debated issues surrounding the insurrection —…
Continue Reading Liberals may end up liking much of Garland’s Justice Department after all
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Attorney General Merrick Garland’s effort to restore public trust in the Justice Department quietly…
Continue Reading Jared Kushner is starting an investment firm and leaving politics for the foreseeable future
By Kate Bennett, CNN Jared Kushner — former senior adviser to, and son-in-law of, ex-President Donald Trump — intends to start a…
Continue Reading House Republicans revolt over reimposed mask mandate
By Annie Grayer, Daniella Diaz and Melanie Zanona, CNN The drama over mask wearing on Capitol Hill is back and in full force. One day after Capitol…
Continue Reading Officers who testified at 1/6 hearing call for police union to publicly denounce insurrection
By Zachary Cohen and Josh Campbell, CNN Still grappling with physical and mental trauma from the January 6 insurrection, several police officers who…
Continue Reading Sinema says she does not support $3.5 trillion reconciliation package Democrats plan to pass along party lines
By Ryan Nobles, Ali Zaslav and Devan Cole, CNN Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Wednesday that she does not support a $3.5…
Continue Reading House Republicans revolt over reimposed mask mandate
An Atlanta restaurant owner defends his decision to impose a vaccine mandate for customers and employees after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked…
Continue Reading Biden stays close to home as he plots blue-collar focused presidential travel
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Want to see President Joe Biden in person? Consider a move to Pennsylvania. That is where the President visited again Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Ex-cop who stormed US Capitol is jailed after buying 37 guns and posting that ‘violence’ is better than ‘peaceful protest’
By Marshall Cohen A Virginia police officer who was fired after storming the US Capitol was jailed Wednesday by a federal judge because he ordered a…
Continue Reading McAuliffe attacks Youngkin by tying him to Trump’s election lies
By Dan Merica, CNN Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe, in an effort to tie his gubernatorial opponent, Glenn Youngkin, to all things Donald Trump, is…
Continue Reading Senate negotiators reach deal on $2 billion Capitol security funding bill in wake of January 6 insurrection
By Clare Foran, CNN The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached a deal on a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill…
Continue Reading McCarthy jokes ‘it will be hard not to hit’ Pelosi with gavel if he becomes House speaker
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi addressed her comment where she called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “moron” after hearing that McCarthy said…
Continue Reading US and Russia hold ‘substantive’ strategic stability talks as Moscow raps Biden for comments
By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN US and Russian officials had “professional and substantive talks” on strategic stability in…
Continue Reading Biden meets with Belarusian opposition leader at the White House
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Wednesday morning, as part of her larger…
Continue Reading Biden proposes strengthening Buy American rules to boost manufacturing
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed strengthening the federal government’s Buy American rules in an attempt to…
Continue Reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom pulls his children from summer camp over mask policy
Is the staff vaccinated? Are masks required? Dr. Leana Wen tells you what you need to know before sending your kids to summer…
Continue Reading A third of eligible people aren’t vaccinated. Here’s what we know about them
CNN’s Harry Enten analyzes data from the Axios/Ipsos tracking poll comparing vaccination rates of the Fox News audience to people who get their news…
Continue Reading A third of eligible people aren’t vaccinated. Here’s what we know about them
By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN We’ve been referring a lot to “the unvaccinated” vs. “the vaccinated” in very general terms…
Continue Reading Biden administration issues new sanctions on Syria
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The US sanctioned Syrian prisons, Assad regime officials and militia leaders on Wednesday, marking the first time the Biden…
Continue Reading Senate opens debate on trillion-dollar infrastructure bill after bipartisan group strikes deal
By Alex Rogers, Ali Zaslav, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday to begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure…
Continue Reading Justice Department puts states on notice about post-election audits and election law changes
By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department on Wednesday put states and local officials on notice of their federal obligations when conducting…
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New York to require state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or undergo Covid-19 testing
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will require all state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly Covid-19…
Continue Reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom pulls his children from summer camp over mask policy
By Stella Chan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife pulled their 10- and 11-year-olds from a summer basketball…
Continue Reading Whistleblowers allege poor conditions at Fort Bliss facility for migrant children
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Two more whistleblowers have come forward alleging that migrant children who stayed at the Fort Bliss facility near El…
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