Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure bill
Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure…
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Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure bill
By Ali Zaslav and Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor Sunday evening that the bipartisan group of…
Continue Reading Biden officials say US is still better off than earlier in pandemic despite new steps to fight Delta variant
By Kevin Liptak and Devan Cole, CNN Biden administration officials on Sunday sought to message urgent steps taken last week to contain an increase in…
Continue Reading Democratic heavyweights converge on Cleveland as 11th District primary stokes intra-party heat
By Jeff Zeleny and Gregory Krieg, CNN The final weekend of campaigning for the primary in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District brought to life…
Continue Reading U.S. confident Iran was behind attack on oil tanker in Arabian Sea
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has joined the United Kingdom and Israel in accusing Iran of carrying out a deadly drone strike that killed…
Continue Reading McCarthy says ‘it will be hard not to hit’ Pelosi with gavel if he becomes House speaker
By Daniella Diaz, Nicky Robertson and Chandelis Duster, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at a Saturday night event that it “will…
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Beto O’Rourke says Texas offers Americans a stark history lesson
RELATED STORY: Willie Nelson, Beto O’Rourke rally with hundreds for voting rights at Texas Capitol (Editor’s note: Beto O’Rourke is an El Paso…
Continue Reading Democrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction…
Continue Reading Democrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid
By Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired…
Continue Reading John Lewis aide hopes young Americans use lessons in posthumous graphic novel to change lawmakers’ minds on voting rights
By Chandelis Duster, CNN As the fight over voting rights intensifies, a longtime aide to late Congressman John Lewis hopes young Americans will use…
Continue Reading Senators confident trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal will be introduced Sunday
By Chandelis Duster, CNN A key Republican and Democrat involved in negotiating a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal that will fulfill…
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Willie Nelson, Beto O’Rourke rally with hundreds for voting rights at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of people packed the steps of the Texas Capitol on Saturday at a protest rally to make the end of a four-day march in…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s political organization builds war chest topping $100 million
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Donald Trump‘s political organization entered July with nearly $102 million in cash reserves — an unprecedented…
Continue Reading House Democrat sleeps on Capitol steps as she blasts lawmakers over expiring eviction moratorium
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading House Democrat sleeps on Capitol steps as she blasts lawmakers over expiring eviction moratorium
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rep. Cori Bush slept overnight on the steps of the US Capitol to protest her House colleagues for adjourning for…
Continue Reading Tensions in the House of Representatives boil over after 1/6 hearing and mask rule
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) confronted Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over his comparison of the Capitol insurrection to a tourist…
Continue Reading Senate passes bill to award Congress’ highest honor to first Black NHL player
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress’ highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to…
Continue Reading Tensions in the House of Representatives boil over after 1/6 hearing and mask rule
By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut did not want to lose his cool, but he said this week he couldn’t help it. Himes…
Continue Reading Rep. Lauren Boebert used campaign funds for rent and utilities, new filing shows
CNN’s Gary Tuchman visits a county in Northwestern Colorado where the vaccination rate is low and the Covid-19 infection rate is high. The area is…
Continue Reading DeSantis and other GOP 2024 prospects target public health officials with political attacks
By Eric Bradner, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ warning this week of a “Faucian distopia” offered the latest glimpse at how…
Continue Reading The pandemic turning point the White House didn’t want
As stricter rules and mask mandates return, frustration is building particularly among those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. CNN’s Dan…
Continue Reading The pandemic turning point the White House didn’t want
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden is tired of wearing a mask. Stepping into the East Room on Thursday, his…
Continue Reading Biden nominates Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father and Trump critic, to religious freedom post
By Donald Judd President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was appointing Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father who drew then-candidate Donald…
Continue Reading Sinema strikes big bipartisan infrastructure deal and suffers a Democratic backlash
By Alex Rogers, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN When a group of 22 senators negotiates a $1 trillion bill, conversations can go off track. And…
Continue Reading Biden says US will ‘in all probability’ see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases
By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the US will, “in all probability,” see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising…
Continue Reading The week in 14 headlines
By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, the Senate voted to start debate on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after a bipartisan group of lawmakers finally…
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Biden resumes fast-track deportations of migrants from Texas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration has resumed fast-track deportation flights of undocumented immigrants, Department of Homeland…
Continue Reading Biden administration sues Texas over Gov. Abbott’s migrant transport order
By Tierney Sneed The Biden administration is taking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to court over an executive order he issued earlier this week targeting the…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans inch closer to a takeover of elections in state’s largest county
By Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Republican lawmakers in Georgia are requesting that the state undertake a performance review of local…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Senate confirmed Ur Jaddou to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director on Friday, delivering the…
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