Alabama GOP governor signs bills to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons into law
By Rebekah Riess and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Friday a number of prison infrastructure bills that will use…
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By Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, all eyes were on Capitol Hill as constantly shifting negotiations highlighted the split between moderates and…
Continue Reading Justice Sotomayor rejects request to block New York City school vaccine mandate
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the…
Continue Reading Justice Sotomayor rejects request to block New York City school vaccine mandate
New York City public school teacher Stephanie Edmonds tells CNN’s Alisyn Camerota why she is choosing to leave her job over the city’s vaccine…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ office doing clean-up after exchange with student on Israel
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office is doing damage control following an exchange earlier this week between the vice president and a student who…
Continue Reading Justice Department makes changes in wake of blunders investigating sexual abuse of gymnasts
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent The Justice Department is making changes to improve the way federal agents and prosecutors deal with crime…
Continue Reading DHS intelligence branch sent ‘untrained, inexperienced’ intel collectors to Portland, internal review finds
By Geneva Sands, CNN An internal review of the Department of Homeland Security intelligence branch revealed an unprepared and ill-trained workforce…
Continue Reading Judge says DOJ should be ‘even-handed’ in treatment of Capitol rioters
By Marshall Cohen A federal judge said Friday that he believes the Justice Department hasn’t been “even-handed” with President…
Continue Reading Man charged in Fanone assault at Capitol to remain in jail after emotional hearing
By Hannah Rabinowitz A New York man charged in the grizzly assault of DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone will remain in jail while he…
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Biden vows ‘we’re going to get this done’ as Democrats attempt to overcome divisions to enact agenda
By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Ryan Nobles, Clare Foran and Daniella Diaz, CNN President Joe Biden vowed on Friday that Democrats will deliver on…
Continue Reading White House explored whether administration could make payments after debt ceiling breached
By Phil Mattingly, CNN Senior White House officials explored whether the US could unilaterally continue payments should the debt ceiling be breached…
Continue Reading Anchorage mayor apologizes after saying protesters’ use of Star of David to oppose mask mandate is ‘credit’ to Jews
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, apologized this week after he said that some residents’ decisions to wear the…
Continue Reading Nearly 4,000 federal employees furloughed after Congress lets highway funding lapse
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calls out Republicans as the deadline to raise, or suspend, the debt ceiling…
Continue Reading House passes 30-day extension for highway funding
By Gregory Wallace, Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives on Friday night passed a resolution extending funding for the…
Continue Reading Judge questions Texas abortion ban’s controversial enforcement mechanism
By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Biden administration to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threat
By Sean Lyngaas The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to…
Continue Reading Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19. Kavanaugh, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive, according to a statement released by…
Continue Reading Fact check: Did the Marine who Trump brought on stage at rally actually hoist a baby over a wall at Kabul airport?
During a rally in Georgia, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark to the stage, implying he was the Marine in a viral video…
Continue Reading US climate action is on the line as negotiations in Congress reach a fever pitch
By Ella Nilsen and Angela Dewan, CNN With just one month to go until a pivotal UN climate change conference in Glasgow, President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, DC —Â Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill set for another desperate push on Biden’s agenda as leaders put a $2.1 trillion option on the table
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN There wasn’t a vote. There wasn’t a deal. But a $2.1 trillion compromise framework has been floated…
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 97th birthday today
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former President, turns 97 on Friday. The 39th President is spending the day at home…
Continue Reading States face tough choices on repaying loans to Uncle Sam for pandemic unemployment benefits
By Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government picked up the cost of the unprecedented expansion of jobless benefits during the pandemic, but many states…
Continue Reading Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in…
Continue Reading Virginia governor’s race offers tea leaves for 2022
By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Glenn Youngkin doesn’t deliver blistering criticism of President Joe Biden. He…
Continue Reading Historic increase in food stamp benefits starts in October
By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp recipients will see their monthly payments go up in October thanks to a major update to the program, even though a…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ office doing clean-up after exchange with student on Israel
By Jasmine Wright and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’s office is trying to contain the fallout from an exchange earlier this…
Continue Reading ‘She is just absolutely standing in the way’: Sinema’s critics in Arizona speak out
Kyrsten Sinema’s 2018 Senate victory was a triumph for Arizona Democrats. Now, many of her constituents feel she is squandering her position by…
Continue Reading Fact check: Did the Marine who Trump brought on stage at rally actually hoist a baby over a wall at Kabul airport?
By Holmes Lybrand, Tara Subramaniam and Greg Clary, CNN During a rally in Georgia over the weekend, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl.…
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USPS to slow down some mail delivery starting Friday
By Kristen Holmes Americans across the country could start seeing slowdowns in mail delivery across the country as early as Friday when the United…
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