Iran’s president-elect delivers first speech to supporters
Iran’s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi vowed to keep a tough stance towards the US in his first speech to supporters in the holy city of Mashhad. CNN’s…
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Biden says he’s ‘proud’ of two professional athletes who announced LGBTQ identities
By Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced support for two professional athletes who announced recently that they’re part of the…
Continue Reading Biden administration backs end to the disparity of cocaine sentences
By Christina Carrega, CNN The Biden administration “strongly supports” ending the racial disparity of sentencing federal offenders who…
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Indicted Rochester mayor Lovely Warren defeated in Democratic primary by City Councilman Malik Evans
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has lost her race for a third term. Warren came up short in Tuesday’s Democratic primary…
Continue Reading NYC Democratic mayoral primary to proceed to ranked-choice counting after no candidate wins majority outright, CNN projects
By Ethan Cohen, CNN The New York City Democratic mayoral primary winner will be determined using ranked-choice voting tabulation, CNN projects.…
Continue Reading Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa wins Republican mayoral primary in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Polls have closed in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. But with the debut of ranked choice voting and absentee…
Continue Reading Pentagon tracked failed Iranian satellite launch and new images reveal Tehran is set to try again
By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon was watching as Iran attempted, and failed, to launch yet another satellite into orbit earlier…
Continue Reading Louisiana’s Democratic governor vetoes anti-trans sports ban, calling it discriminatory
By Devan Cole, CNN Louisiana’s Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would’ve prohibited transgender girls and women in the…
Continue Reading Defense secretary to recommend prosecution of sexual assaults in the military be taken out of commanders’ hands
By Oren Liebermann, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday announced he will recommend to President Joe Biden a change in the military…
Continue Reading Attorney general wants to leave any broad review of Trump Justice Department to inspector general
By Christina Carrega and Evan Perez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday he doesn’t want to conduct a broad investigation of…
Continue Reading Sen. Whitehouse faces questions over private beach club membership
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is facing questions over his family’s membership to a private beach club that is accused of having…
Continue Reading Rhode Island Democratic senator faces questions over private beach club membership
By Sunlen Serfaty and Chandler Schlegel, CNN Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is facing questions about his membership at an exclusive beach club…
Continue Reading Pelosi expected to appoint select committee to investigate January 6, sources say
By Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to appoint a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US…
Continue Reading Pelosi to create new committee to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic colleagues on Tuesday that she is creating a new committee to investigate the Jan.…
Continue Reading Texas governor announces special session of state legislature
By Keith Allen and Ashley Killough, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced he will convene a special session of the state legislature on…
Continue Reading Republicans block sweeping voting rights bill in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, DC — The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of…
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Defense secretary backs change in military handling of sex assault cases
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice…
Continue Reading Wisconsin bans use of chokeholds among raft of policing bills
By Keith Allen, Brad Parks and Devan Cole, CNN Wisconsin’s Democratic governor approved a series of policing bills bills on Tuesday, including…
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U.S. to give another chance to thousands denied asylum under Trump policy
SAN DIEGO, California — Thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to…
Continue Reading Abbott orders special session of Texas legislature in July
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered lawmakers back to work in July, raising expectations of another attempt to…
Continue Reading Biden administration says more ‘remain in Mexico’ migrants can enter the US
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is expanding the pool of migrants eligible to be processed into the United States that had been…
Continue Reading Interior Department will investigate Indigenous boarding schools and identify burial sites
By Nicole Chavez, CNN The Department of Interior is launching an initiative to investigate the Native American boarding schools that forced…
Continue Reading US government seizes dozens of web domains connected to Iran
The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran. CNN’s Natasha Bertrand…
Continue Reading IRS adds tools to help parents claim expanded child tax credit payments
By Tami Luhby, CNN Parents can now check their eligibility for the expanded child tax credit and manage their payments, which begin next month, using…
Continue Reading They stood up to Trump’s lies and now are losing their jobs
Democrat Helen Butler and Republican Baoky Vu, who have stood up to former President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, are both being removed…
Continue Reading Democrats plot next steps on new election rules with a focus on Georgia
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats, stymied in their push to mandate a major revamp of election laws, are beginning…
Continue Reading Newsom wants to pay all back rent owed by low-income Californians using pandemic relief funds
By Katie Lobosco, CNN California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, facing a Republican-led recall, is pushing the state legislature to approve his plan…
Continue Reading Fact check: A look at four false claims about Democrats’ big elections bill
By Daniel Dale, CNN The Senate is scheduled to hold a Tuesday vote on whether to move forward with a sweeping Democratic elections and ethics bill,…
Continue Reading Secret Service says nearly 900 employees tested positive for Covid-19
By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Secret Service says 881 employees tested positive for Covid-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021. The admission,…
Continue Reading US government seizes dozens of US website domains connected to Iran
By Evan Perez and Sharif Paget, CNN The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US…
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