Democrats look to drug spending to rescue infrastructure deal
By Tami Luhby, CNN Blocked from boosting revenues through enhanced Internal Revenue Service enforcement, congressional Democrats are turning to…
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Justice Department won’t prosecute Wilbur Ross for misleading Congress about attempted 2020 census change
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department is declining to prosecute former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for misrepresentations he made to…
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Former Maryland police chief Tom Manger selected to head Capitol Police in aftermath of Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) – A police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia has been selected as chief of the U.S. Capitol…
Continue Reading Harris tests negative for Covid-19 following meeting with Texas Democrats who tested positive
By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for Covid-19 following a meeting with Texas state House Democrats, several of…
Continue Reading Biden backs away from his claim that Facebook is ‘killing people’ by allowing Covid misinformation
By Betsy Klein, Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden continued to put pressure on Facebook on Monday over the online…
Continue Reading Biden backs off claim Facebook is ‘killing people’
President Biden backed away from his claim that Facebook is “killing people” by allowing Covid-19 misinformation, clarifying that his previous…
Continue Reading Florida Republican congressman tests positive for Covid-19
By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida announced Monday he tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing “very…
Continue Reading First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks
By Marshall Cohen A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in…
Continue Reading Fmr. diplomat: Afghan civil war ‘has already started’
Afghan peace negotiator Fatima Gailani and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker speak with Bianna Golodryga about Taliban advances and US…
Continue Reading Biden administration planning to relocate some Afghans who worked for US to Virginia Army post
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Barbara Starr and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The Biden administration is planning to relocate a group of Afghans who…
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1st U.S. Capitol rioter convicted of felony gets 8 months in prison
WASHINGTON, DC — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the…
Continue Reading Belarus opposition leader says meeting with Blinken ‘very friendly,’ ‘strong actions’ to come
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said her meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday…
Continue Reading ICE failed to send detainee with ‘urgent’ medical need to hospital who later died, watchdog finds
By Geneva Sands, CNN An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee in Mississippi with an urgent medical need was not sent to the hospital and…
Continue Reading Attorney General Garland bars prosecutors from seizing media records in leak probes with limited exceptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak…
Continue Reading Key GOP senator rejects ‘arbitrary’ infrastructure deal deadline
On CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash, Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio dismisses Democrats’ plan to hold a Wednesday vote on the bipartisan…
Continue Reading Biden takes on inflation concerns as domestic agenda hangs in the balance: ‘These disruptions are temporary’
By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday directly addressed concerns that his sweeping economic agenda will serve as an…
Continue Reading US transfers Guantánamo Bay detainee to home country of Morocco
By Michael Callahan and Betsy Klein, CNN A Moroccan man held in Guantánamo Bay for nearly 20 years has been transferred from the US detention…
Continue Reading Biden administration transfers 1st detainee from Guantanamo Bay facility to home country in break with Trump policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has transferred a detainee out of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for the first time, a step…
Continue Reading US blames China for hacks, opening new front in cyber offensive
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The United States and its foreign allies on Monday accused China of widespread malfeasance in cyberspace, including through a…
Continue Reading How pollsters are trying to fix election polls after 2020
By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director Polls in the final weeks of the 2020 election campaign were farther off the mark from the election results…
Continue Reading Biden administration blames China for massive Microsoft hack, other cyberthreats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is blaming China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of…
Continue Reading Austria investigating reports of ‘Havana syndrome’ among US diplomats
Austrian authorities are investigating reports that US diplomats in Vienna have experienced symptoms of a mystery illness known as Havana Syndrome.…
Continue Reading Bipartisan infrastructure deal on life support as key Senate test vote looms
By Clare Foran and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden’s agenda appears on the brink. After months of wind up, practice drills and tight votes,…
Continue Reading About two dozen reports of mysterious health incidents on US personnel in Vienna
By Kylie Atwood There have been about two dozen reports of symptoms of mysterious health incidents similar to the “Havana syndrome” among…
Continue Reading Six Texas House Democrats test positive for Covid-19 in Washington
By Paul LeBlanc, Rachel Janfaza and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Another Texas state House Democrat who traveled to Washington, DC, last week has tested…
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5 Texas Democrats who fled elections bill vote now have Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have now tested positive…
Continue Reading ‘We’re tired of living like this’: DACA ruling leads to frustration and devastation for young undocumented immigrants
By Maeve Reston, CNN After navigating life in the US for 17 years without legal status, Yazmin Bruno-Valdez was ushered into the Obama-era Deferred…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Investigation finds Israeli-designed spyware was used to hack journalists and activists around the world
By Devan Cole, CNN Thirty-seven smartphones owned by journalists, human rights activists, business executives and two women connected to the slain…
Continue Reading Boosted by the federal stimulus, these virtual learning companies are fighting to keep their new place in US education
By Katie Lobosco, CNN If parents weren’t familiar with Canvas or Schoology before the pandemic, they likely are now. The two biggest remote…
Continue Reading Biden to welcome Super Bowl champion Buccaneers to White House
By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will welcome the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday, an official tells…
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