The week in 13 headlines
This week, Vice President Kamala Harris returned from her first foreign trip as President Biden departed for his first as commander-in-chief.…
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Attorney General Garland vows to fight GOP efforts to curb voting access
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department will aggressively fight efforts to restrict voting rights nationwide following a…
Continue Reading Ransomware legislation under consideration as key senators request input from Biden team
The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration on Friday to provide input on…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg delivers infrastructure message from a bridge with a cracked steel beam
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue Reading Face masks no longer mandated on House floor for those fully vaccinated
Facial coverings will no longer be necessary on the US House floor for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. House members, staff and visitors can…
Continue Reading Biden administration will return $2 billion to military projects that had been set aside for border wall construction
The Biden administration is returning more than $2 billion to military projects that had previously been set aside for the construction of former…
Continue Reading Stimulus payment adjustments are still going out to people whose 2020 taxes show they lost income
The Internal Revenue Service reports it has distributed additional stimulus cash to millions of people who lost income during 2020 and qualified for…
Continue Reading Biden joins the world leaders club at G7 with call for wartime effort against Covid-19
The leaders of the world’s advanced economies gathered Friday on the Cornish coast for the first time since the global coronavirus pandemic…
Continue Reading What is the G7, and what power does it hold?
President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad since taking office includes a G7 summit where he’ll look to reestablish US leadership on the…
Continue Reading Trump struggles to find a challenger to Kemp in Georgia
Donald Trump‘s plans to play GOP kingmaker are being disrupted by one of his most loyal supporters in Georgia. In early May at Mar-a-Lago,…
Continue Reading Swalwell says Trump ‘weaponized’ Justice Department against enemies
California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, whose data was seized by the Trump administration as part of a leak probe, on Friday said former President…
Continue Reading FDA preparing to clear roughly 10 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to clear two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines that were produced at the troubled…
Continue Reading The G7 summit: Here’s what you need to know
President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad since taking office includes a G7 summit where he’ll look to reestablish US leadership on the…
Continue Reading Oregon House of Representatives expels lawmaker after video shows him appearing to tell protesters how to breach the state Capitol
The Oregon state representative who faced backlash after a video surfaced of him appearing to tell protesters how to get access to the closed state…
Continue Reading Jill Biden meets and tours school with the Duchess of Cambridge
First lady Jill Biden met Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge on Friday, touring a school in Cornwall, England, near the G7 summit where President…
Continue Reading German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit White House on July 15
President Joe Biden will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House next month, the White House says. It will be her first visit to…
Continue Reading Jill Biden will meet with the Duchess of Cambridge in England this week
First lady Jill Biden will meet with Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge this week while she is in England, Kensington Palace told CNN on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Biden is at the G7 meeting of world leaders. Here’s what to know about it
President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad since taking office includes a G7 summit where he’ll look to reestablish US leadership on the…
Continue Reading Jill Biden will meet with Kate Middleton in England this week
First lady Jill Biden will meet with Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, this week while she is in England, Kensington Palace told CNN on…
Continue Reading Trump Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from House Intelligence Committee Democrats, sources say
Prosecutors in the Trump administration Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats…
Continue Reading Omar seeks to clarify comments after Jewish House Democrats accuse her of comparing US and Israel with Hamas and Taliban
Rep. Ilhan Omar said Thursday that she was “in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries” after a group of Jewish…
Continue Reading DOJ charges six connected to pro-Trump rallies and right-wing revolutionary group in new Capitol riot conspiracy case
Six men from California who allegedly organized themselves as a “DC Brigade,” including one man who spoke at a right-wing rally in…
Continue Reading No shipments of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine have gone out from the government in weeks, official tells CNN
No shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine have gone out from the federal government in several weeks, CNN has learned,…
Continue Reading Four takeaways from the last NYC mayoral debate before early voting begins this weekend
In their final debate before New Yorkers begin early voting on Saturday, five of the leading candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary on Thursday…
Continue Reading Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces plan to build border wall and arrest migrants
Texas will begin building its own border wall and next week will start arresting migrants who trespass on private property, Republican Gov. Greg…
Continue Reading FBI Director Chris Wray says he’s ‘not aware of any investigation’ against Trump related to the insurrection
FBI Director Chris Wray said Thursday that he is “not aware of any investigation” against former President Donald Trump in connection…
Continue Reading Sinema faces Arizona blowback over becoming the Senate’s new unmovable roadblock
Alejandra Gomez worked tirelessly to get Democrats, including Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, elected in 2018. But now she feels betrayed. The 39-year-old…
Continue Reading New infrastructure deal faces Democratic resistance as liberals call for an end to bipartisan talks
Liberal Senate Democrats are unloading on a bipartisan group of senators working on an infrastructure deal, warning that the effort to win GOP…
Continue Reading Arizona attorney general, slammed by Trump, announces Senate bid
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich officially announced a Senate campaign on Thursday, eying a general election matchup with incumbent Democratic…
Continue Reading US lifts sanctions on 3 former Iranian officials and two companies
The Biden administration lifted a handful of Iran-related sanctions Thursday in what the State Department described as a “normal…
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