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Attorney General Garland promises to prioritize investigating police departments that commit civil rights violations

April 14, 2021 9:57 AM CNN Newsource

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday promised to examine the practices of police departments around the country that commit civil rights…

Senate pushes bill to combat surge of anti-Asian hate crimes

April 14, 2021 9:42 AM CNN Newsource

The Senate is pushing to advance a bill Wednesday that would address the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans. The bill, which would assign a…

Nikki Haley fails the Trump test

April 14, 2021 9:40 AM CNN

It’s always bad when politicians, faced with a serious moral dilemma, put self-interest ahead of public service. It’s even worse when…

House committee to vote on bill to grant DC statehood

April 14, 2021 9:29 AM CNN Newsource

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is slated to hold a vote on Wednesday to approve a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a…

4 signs of where infrastructure stands on Capitol Hill

April 14, 2021 8:58 AM CNN Newsource

The White House and congressional Democrats face a crowded slate of pressing issues and competing priorities this week as they try to push forward…

Treasury sets up office to oversee implementation of recovery programs

April 14, 2021 8:56 AM CNN Newsource

The Treasury Department is establishing an Office of Recovery Programs to lead the agency’s implementation of economic relief measures from…

Bernie Madoff, who ran world’s largest Ponzi scheme, dies in prison

April 14, 2021 7:25 AM Associated Press

BUTNER, North Carolina — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in a…

Biden draws on long history with the war in Afghanistan as he prepares to announce troop withdrawal

April 14, 2021 7:52 AM CNN Newsource

It’s an image President Joe Biden kept returning to: the sight of helicopters evacuating Americans from Saigon during the last major battle of…

Fact check: How a group of right-wingers spread a lie that Black Lives Matter stormed Iowa’s Capitol

April 14, 2021 7:46 AM CNN Newsource

A group of right-wing websites and social media personalities, some with hundreds of thousands of followers, claimed that Black Lives Matter…

John Boehner Fast Facts

April 14, 2021 7:21 AM CNN Newsource

Here is a look at the life of John Boehner, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1949 Birth place:…

Wisconsin Treasurer jumps into crowded Democratic Senate primary as Ron Johnson freezes GOP field

April 14, 2021 7:15 AM CNN Newsource

Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski launched her campaign for Senate on Wednesday, jumping into what’s expected to be a contentious Democratic…

Biden will address a joint session of Congress on April 28

April 14, 2021 6:43 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden will address lawmakers in a joint session of Congress later this month, delivering his first remarks to both chambers nearly 100…

Matt Gaetz associate has been cooperating with Justice Department since last year

April 14, 2021 5:43 AM CNN Newsource

Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been providing investigators with…

Why Biden is pulling the US — and NATO — out of Afghanistan

April 14, 2021 5:15 AM CNN Newsource

As President Biden prepares to lay out his plan Wednesday to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end America’s longest war, a source…

DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke faces Senate as supporters say civil rights chief is badly needed

April 14, 2021 5:08 AM CNN Newsource

Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, heads to her Senate confirmation…

Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski launches Senate campaign as Ron Johnson freezes GOP field

April 14, 2021 4:03 AM CNN Newsource

Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski launched her campaign for Senate on Wednesday, jumping into what’s expected to be a contentious Democratic…

Intelligence officials reassert their role post-Trump

April 14, 2021 3:12 AM CNN Newsource

The last time the top three intelligence officials testified in front of Congress, they were publicly criticized by the President, who lashed out at…

US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic

April 14, 2021 2:31 AM CNN Newsource

The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is poised to fracture societies worldwide, increase instability across the globe and reshape political and…

Yes, Andrew Yang could be New York City’s next mayor

April 13, 2021 9:59 PM CNN Newsource

With 10 weeks to go before New York City Democrats vote in their primary for mayor, the question dominating Big Apple politics is simple: Can Andrew…

Clyburn says ‘we’ve got to have police officers’ after Tlaib calls for ‘no more policing’

April 13, 2021 9:51 PM CNN Newsource

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Tuesday stressed that the US has “got to have police officers” after Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a…

New York Times: Matt Gaetz associate has been cooperating with Justice Department since last year

April 13, 2021 9:12 PM CNN Newsource

Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been providing information to…

What’s happening in Myanmar and what the Biden administration is trying to do about it

April 13, 2021 8:15 PM CNN Newsource

The US policy on the Myanmar military’s crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators has been bipartisan — but that hasn’t…

Biden dispatches unofficial delegation to Taiwan

April 13, 2021 7:47 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden dispatched an unofficial delegation to Taiwan Tuesday in a show of support for the island, according to a senior administration…

White House scrambles to reassure public after pause on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine

April 13, 2021 7:46 PM CNN Newsource

It was after 10 p.m. Monday when officials leading President Joe Biden’s ambitious vaccine effort received some alarming news. The US Food and…

Pelosi says she would be open to abandoning 9/11-style commission for Capitol riot if efforts remain stalled

April 13, 2021 7:36 PM CNN Newsource

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said for the first time that she would be open to establishing a select committee to probe the January 6 riot at the US…

Pelosi invites Biden to address a joint session of Congress on April 28

April 13, 2021 6:57 PM CNN Newsource

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday formally invited President Joe Biden to address lawmakers in a joint session of Congress later this month.…

House Speaker Pelosi invites President Biden to address joint session of Congress for 1st time on April 28

April 13, 2021 6:06 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time on April 28. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy…

The second couple settles in after a stressful start to their life in Washington

April 13, 2021 5:59 PM CNN Newsource

Three months into her historic vice presidency, Kamala Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, have finally unpacked their suitcases…

Ex-Trump aides form new policy group with $20 million initial budget

April 13, 2021 5:26 PM CNN Newsource

A well-funded new group formed by former senior aides to then-President Donald Trump launched on Tuesday with the goal of permanently fusing the…

Appeals court upholds Ohio’s Down syndrome abortion law in case with Supreme Court implications

April 13, 2021 5:03 PM CNN Newsource

A US appellate court decision on Tuesday upholding an Ohio law that prohibits abortions because of fetal Down syndrome evades major Supreme Court…