Fact-checking partisan claims on government spending under Trump
By Holmes Lybrand Once again, lawmakers are in a fight over the debt limit. Democratic leaders have called for suspending the debt ceiling through…
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Judge to US Capitol rioter: ‘You’ve disgraced this country in the eyes of the world’
By Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge erupted at a Capitol riot defendant as he pleaded guilty on Friday, chastising him for participating in an…
Continue Reading Biden decides it would be inappropriate to assert executive privilege in January 6 investigation
By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden has determined he will not assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era records from…
Continue Reading Even Biden caught off guard by his administration’s foreign policy crises
By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN When French officials erupted in anger last week after being left out of a…
Continue Reading Situation becoming ‘dire’ at US airbase in Germany housing Afghan refugees
By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The task of accommodating 10,000 Afghan refugees, including pregnant women, is putting facilities at…
Continue Reading Biden decides it would be inappropriate to assert executive privilege in January 6 investigation
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig explains how the first four subpoenas from the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection could play out…
Continue Reading Six United employees ask court to block vaccination requirement
By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Tierney Sneed, CNN Six United Airlines employees are asking a federal judge to block the airline’s vaccine…
Continue Reading Justice Department appoints David Neal as director of the nation’s immigration courts
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration…
Continue Reading Rep. Karen Bass plans to run for Los Angeles mayor next year
By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN California Democratic Rep. Karen Bass is preparing to launch a 2022 campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, and…
Continue Reading Obamas set to oversee groundbreaking of presidential library next week
By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential…
Continue Reading Biden and Harris harshly condemn horseback wrangling depicted in images from US-Mexico border
President Joe Biden says he takes responsibility for the the situation at the southern border of the United States and says there will be…
Continue Reading Biden harshly condemns horseback wrangling images from border: ‘It’s horrible what you saw’
Gov. Greg Abbott/(R) Texas, “If you are targeting Texas to come to, we’re going to show up in force and shut down the…
Continue Reading Two hosts of ‘The View’ test positive for Covid ahead of interview with Harris
“The View” host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro have both tested positive for breakthrough cases of Covid-19 ahead of an interview with Vice…
Continue Reading Judge orders Trump Org. to address subpoenas by New York attorney general for company records
By Kara Scannell A New York judge has ordered the Trump Organization to submit a report next week to the New York Attorney General in an effort to…
Continue Reading House passes bill preserving the right to abortion
By Daniella Diaz, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN The House on Friday passed the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill aimed at preserving…
Continue Reading Education Department repays Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for enforcing mask mandates
The new Florida surgeon general and Gov. DeSantis say schools can allow asymptomatic kids that were exposed to Covid-19 to attend school. CNN’s Nick…
Continue Reading Education Department repays Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for enforcing mask mandates
By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Department of Education on Thursday repaid a group of Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for…
Continue Reading Two hosts of ‘The View’ test positive for Covid ahead of interview with Harris
By Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz and Kate Sullivan, CNN “The View” host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro both tested positive for…
Continue Reading Biden says Democrats are at a ‘stalemate’ as his economic agenda hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill
By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said negotiations on Capitol Hill over his economic agenda had reached a…
Continue Reading Biden and Harris harshly condemn horseback wrangling depicted in images from US-Mexico border
By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in…
Continue Reading County officials in Texas say they are in the dark following ‘audit’ announcement
Donald Trump’s effort to destroy confidence in US elections suffered a serious setback after a draft of the sham review ordered by Arizona…
Continue Reading A play for critical momentum on Biden’s agenda at a moment when there is none
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The White House and Democratic congressional leaders have announced a deal on a framework of a “menu of…
Continue Reading 90% of households won’t see a bigger tax bill under Democrats’ $3.5 trillion plan
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats are inching closer to achieving their long-term goal of reforming the federal tax system so that the wealthy pay a…
Continue Reading Mothers turn grief into action in the fight against childhood cancer
By Rene Marsh, CNN Changing the world is an ambitious goal that can feel impossible, but two mothers are doing it one piece of legislation at a time.…
Continue Reading House GOP’s impeachment backers vow to stay in the midterm fight against Trump and his allies
By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Jeremy Herb, CNN Nearly all of the House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump are signaling they’re…
Continue Reading Longtime Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is running for reelection
By Karl de Vries, CNN Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley announced on Friday that he will run for reelection next year. “It’s 4 a.m. in…
Continue Reading The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
By Simone Pathe, CNN After a rough month for President Joe Biden, Republicans think they have more than historical precedent on their side to retake…
Continue Reading Biden officials stress Quad is an ‘unofficial gathering,’ ‘not a military alliance,’ ahead of first in-person meeting
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden will host the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House on Friday for the first in-person…
Continue Reading Crisis of Haitian migrants exposes rifts for Biden on immigration
By Kevin Liptak, Priscilla Alvarez, Jeremy Diamond and Jasmine Wright, CNN When members of the Congressional Black Caucus arrived to Vice President…
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