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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Saturday she had spoken with former President Donald Trump amid calls for her expulsion from Congress, saying she’ll “never apologize” as she faces backlash over controversial actions and recently resurfaced comments. In a series of tweets, the Georgia Republican said she was “so grateful for (Trump’s) support and more importantly

The 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump are facing a wave of anger at home, with Republican officials, donors and voters condemning their votes and primary challengers launching their campaigns early. The backlash has turned their 2022 primaries into tests of how long Trump can hold the stage in Republican

Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, who has been vaccinated for Covid-19, tested positive for the virus on Friday afternoon and remains asymptomatic, according to his spokeswoman. “This afternoon U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive test result for COVID-19 after a staff member in the Congressman’s Boston office had tested positive earlier in

A recommendation from the acting chief of the US Capitol Police for permanent fencing and other enhanced security measures around the US Capitol in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection has been met with resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and from the mayor of Washington. Acting chief Yogananda Pittman proposed

When President Joe Biden intensifies his attention next week to selling Republicans and Democrats on his coronavirus relief bill, he won’t be relying on some of the presidency’s most symbolic powers. Out, for now, are arm-twisting sessions in the Oval Office or rides into a lawmaker’s district aboard Air Force One. Instead, administration aides are

The Justice Department on Friday announced conspiracy charges against two members of the far-right Proud Boys who allegedly participated in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The new indictment against Dominic Pezzola and William Pepe, both of New York, is the first riot-related case to accuse Proud Boys members of working together

Two soldiers at Fort Bliss received treatment at the intensive care unit of a local hospital Friday for ethylene glycol poisoning, a chemical often used in the making of antifreeze, the Army’s 1st Armored Division said. The soldiers drank a substance during a field training exercise “thinking they were drinking an alcoholic beverage,” the statement

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will meet with controversial freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene next week, his spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The announcement comes as many House Republicans have been silent about Greene’s newly resurfaced incendiary comments — ranging from supporting violent threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to spreading baseless claims pertaining to

A New York state judge on Friday ordered a tax firm that has worked with former President Donald Trump to turn over more documents to New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her office’s investigation into the Trump Organization. The supplemental order is one of several that Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron

The use of Mar-a-Lago as former President Donald Trump’s permanent home is under legal review by the town of Palm Beach and the arrangement may be discussed at the upcoming town council meeting, the town manager told CNN. When Trump turned the private residence into a social club, he had agreed with the town to

President Joe Biden hasn’t wasted any time setting his agenda into motion through a flurry of executive actions that address everything from Covid-19 to the climate crisis. While his administration continues the plodding work of coordinating with Congress on more ambitious policy goals, Biden has inked 42 executive actions thus far. See them all here

The Pentagon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are negotiating the final terms of an agreement that could see the military provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day. The figure is included in a draft agreement between the two agencies viewed by CNN that also calls for the deployment of 10,000 troops at 100 vaccination

Eleven soldiers at Fort Bliss “fell ill after consuming a substance acquired outside of authorized food supply distribution channels,” a statement from the Army base said Friday. In an email to CNN, the public affairs office for the base said the “substance ingested has not been revealed to us, as the investigation is ongoing.” Located

The Biden administration has tapped Robert Malley, a progressive foreign policy expert who served on the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal, as its new top envoy for Iran. In a harbinger of the fight the administration is likely to face over Iran, Malley’s appointment was preceded by attacks from conservative lawmakers

The 2021 March for Life unfolded Friday mostly virtually under the cloud of a pandemic, encouraging participants to remain committed to the anti-abortion cause despite a Biden administration already drawing a sharp contrast from a Trump White House that partnered with the movement. The rally maintained much of its usual ethos despite shifting online, with

Two members of the Arlington County Police Department’s Civil Disturbance Unit provided a debriefing memo, obtained by CNN, that details their experience during harrowing moments of being the only medical assets on the scene for all law enforcement agencies during the US Capitol riots. The memo describes how Lt. Ned Waterfall and public information officer

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will not serve jail time for changing a document that backed a surveillance warrant of former Trump associate Carter Page during the early Russia investigation, a federal judge ruled on Friday. He is the only defendant charged in the Durham investigation, which has looked closely at the FBI’s work on

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday accused Sen. Ted Cruz of “trying to get me killed” during the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and called for his resignation from the Senate, after the Texas Republican appeared to agree with her on the need for an investigation into Robinhood following chaos on Wall Street.