Wyden delays key Biden immigration nominee until he gets more info on Portland unrest response
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon will not advance President Joe Biden’s pick to lead US Customs and Border…
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‘This is way beyond collaborative’: Young leaders see their feedback reflected in Biden’s plans
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN When Joe Biden campaigned for the presidency, he called himself a bridge to a new generation of leaders in the Democratic…
Continue Reading DOJ creates gun trafficking strike forces in five cities to crack down on sources of firearm-related crime
By Christina Carrega, Priya Krishnakumar, Omar Jimenez and Evan Perez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to travel to Chicago on Thursday to…
Continue Reading Alabama city plagued by gun violence
The US is seeing a spike in crime across the country with even some of the country’s smallest cities are seeing a spike in gun violence. CNN’s Ryan…
Continue Reading Biden grappling with immigration and travel restrictions as pandemic worsens
By Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from US allies and the travel industry to lift…
Continue Reading More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it
By Melanie Zanona, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “perplexed” why so many people in the country still…
Continue Reading Trump called crowd gathered for his speech before Capitol riot ‘loving’ in March audio recording
Authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker of “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year” share audio recordings of their interview…
Continue Reading Trump called crowd gathered for his speech before Capitol riot ‘loving’ in March audio recording
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump in March called the crowd that had gathered for his speech before the deadly US Capitol…
Continue Reading Biden health officials begin discussing mask recommendations as variants surge cases
By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Top Biden health officials and some White House officials are holding preliminary conversations on…
Continue Reading Biden: The first time they played ‘Hail to the Chief’ I asked, ‘Where is he?’
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Joe Biden quipped Wednesday evening that the first time he heard “Hail to the Chief” as President he asked,…
Continue Reading Biden: The first time they played ‘Hail to the Chief’ I asked, ‘Where is he?’
President Joe Biden cracked a joke while explaining to CNN’s Don Lemon how he is adjusting to life at the White House, saying the first time he heard…
Continue Reading Biden slams attempts to curb voting rights but says he isn’t ready to call for an end of the filibuster
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he did not want to get “wrapped up” in arguments about the filibuster and…
Continue Reading CNN’s Don Lemon presses Joe Biden on his answer on the filibuster
Pressed by CNN’s Don Lemon, President Biden maintained that, despite the severity of the threat to voting rights, he would not support nuking the…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived in Ohio on Wednesday mindful the days for actual bipartisan governing in Washington are quickly…
Continue Reading Biden says he believes kids under 12 will be able to get Covid-19 vaccines ‘soon,’ but it’s up to scientists
By Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that children under the age of 12 could be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Boosters, masks and mandates: Biden’s team sorts through options for containing Covid surge among unvaccinated Americans
President Biden joked about Fox News hosts who recently promoted the Covid-19 vaccines, but then ultimately said it’s…
Continue Reading Biden warns about conspiracies flourishing in the US: ‘The rest of the world’s wondering about us’
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the alarm about conspiracy theories flourishing in the US and dividing the nation,…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall
During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden revealed what leaders around the world are asking him after four years of the Trump…
Continue Reading West Virginia’s anti-trans sports ban temporarily blocked by federal judge
By Devan Cole, CNN West Virginia must pause its enforcement of a new law that prohibits transgender women and girls from participating in public…
Continue Reading Monthly child tax credit payments may mean a big tax surprise in the spring for some parents
By Tami Luhby, CNN Many parents were thrilled to have hundreds of dollars suddenly land in their bank accounts last week, as the Internal Revenue…
Continue Reading Fact checking Rep. Jordan’s claim that Speaker Pelosi was responsible for US Capitol security on January 6
By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio suggested Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been…
Continue Reading Banks held call with the 1/6 committee chair on Tuesday. By Wednesday, he was off the panel.
By Melanie Zanona, CNN Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks was just about to send a letter to Democrats requesting a GOP witness for the January 6…
Continue Reading Judge forces US Capitol rioter to unlock laptop seized by FBI
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen A federal judge forced a US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop Wednesday after prosecutors argued that it…
Continue Reading Prosecutors had evidence last year to charge prominent Trump ally Tom Barrack
By Evan Perez, Erica Orden, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn investigating Tom Barrack, a prominent ally to former…
Continue Reading Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for trans youth
By Devan Cole, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth from…
Continue Reading Biden predicts restaurants and businesses will be ‘in a bind’ for some time due to labor shortages
By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden conceded during a CNN town hall on Wednesday that certain businesses will remain…
Continue Reading US and Germany reach deal on controversial pipeline that Biden sees as a Russian ‘geopolitical project’
By Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Germany that would allow completion of the…
Continue Reading Biden names ambassadors to Canada, Slovenia and Austria
By Kaitlan Collins and Fredreka Schouten, CNN President Joe Biden has selected another round of ambassadors, including choices for posts in Canada,…
Continue Reading Milley pressed on claims he was concerned Trump would attempt coup
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said he wouldn’t comment on a recent book excerpt alleging he was so shaken that then-President…
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