Rick Scott: From embattled health care executive to Biden’s top foil
By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Sen. Rick Scott has emerged as Joe Biden‘s top Republican foil in the days since the…
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By Fredreka Schouten, Eva McKend and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN US Rep. George Santos was charged with theft in Pennsylvania in 2017 after several bad…
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CNN, NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND By Fredreka Schouten, Eva McKend and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN US Rep. George Santos was charged with theft in Pennsylvania in…
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By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in both…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis once expressed support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare giving his rivals an opening
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed support for privatizing Medicare and Social Security during his first…
Continue Reading Man who used Confederate flag against Capitol Police officer on January 6 sentenced to 3 years in prison
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Delaware man who carried a large Confederate flag inside the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and was part of the…
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN North Korean government-backed hackers have conducted ransomware attacks on health care providers and other key sectors in the…
Continue Reading Senators introduce bill on US approach to ISIS detainee and displacement camps in Syria
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of US senators put forward a bill to give a senior official the ability to coordinate the US…
Continue Reading Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating a debunked claim about Biden and Medicare
By Daniel Dale, CNN Just before President Joe Biden’s visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state’s Republican senators, Rick Scott,…
Continue Reading Man arrested after Minnesota congresswoman assaulted in DC apartment building, police say
By Karl de Vries and Clare Foran, CNN Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the assault of Rep. Angie Craig, who was attacked in…
Continue Reading Supreme Court under fresh pressure to adopt code of ethics
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst For decades, Supreme Court justices have dodged questions related to conflicts of interest by…
Continue Reading House Oversight chairman requests materials from Hunter and James Biden
By Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent his first official request on Thursday to President Joe…
Continue Reading House passes resolution condemning China’s use of spy balloon
By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution condemning China’s use of the suspected surveillance balloon that…
Continue Reading US and UK sanction Russian cybercriminal gang accused of infecting millions of computers worldwide
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US and UK governments on Thursday sanctioned six Russians and one Ukrainian for their alleged involvement in an infamous…
Continue Reading Florida House approves plan to give DeSantis new power over Disney
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers voted Thursday to give Gov. Ron DeSantis new power over the state’s most iconic theme parks amid his…
Continue Reading US officials disclosed new details about the balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Haley Britzky, CNN Biden administration officials disclosed new information Thursday…
Continue Reading New GOP-led panel holds first public hearing Thursday on alleged ‘weaponization’ of federal government
By Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN The GOP-led House committee on the alleged “weaponization” of the federal government kicked off…
Continue Reading SpaceX admits blocking Ukrainian troops from using satellite technology
By Alex Marquardt and Kristin Fisher, CNN The president of SpaceX revealed the company has taken active steps to prevent Ukrainian forces from using…
Continue Reading Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating a debunked claim about Biden and Medicare
CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Just before President Joe Biden’s visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state’s Republican senators, Rick…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Iranian drones appear to contain modified explosives designed for maximum damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, report finds
By Natasha Bertrand Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum…
Continue Reading Biden homes in on Rick Scott as he challenges Republicans on Social Security
By Priscilla Alvarez, Steve Contorno and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden will embark Thursday on the next leg of his post-State of the Union…
Continue Reading Fetterman in Washington hospital but did not suffer another stroke, office says
By Jessica Dean, CNN Sen. John Fetterman did not have another stroke, his office said Thursday evening, but the Pennsylvania Democrat remains in a…
Continue Reading Biden says US-China relations have not taken a hit in wake of spy balloon shoot down
By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden said in a new interview that the recently recovered Chinese spy balloon that…
Continue Reading Initial classified balloon report wasn’t flagged as urgent, drawing criticism
By Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN A day before the suspected Chinese spy balloon entered US airspace over…
Continue Reading Former Pence chief of staff: FBI search of Pence home for any more classified material ‘not too far off’
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, suggested Wednesday that an FBI search of Pence’s…
Continue Reading Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus calls on Biden to tap Julie Su to replace Walsh as Labor secretary
By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus is throwing its support behind Julie Su, the deputy Labor…
Continue Reading Fact-checking President Biden’s State of the Union speech
CNN By CNN staff President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday. Here is a fact check of some of the claims from…
Continue Reading At least $191 billion in pandemic jobless benefits improperly paid, watchdog tells Congress
By Tami Luhby, CNN At least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits could have been improperly paid, with a “significant portion”…
Continue Reading Appeals court rejects WinRed’s effort to halt Minnesota AG’s probe into its fundraising tactics
By Eric Bradner, CNN The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against WinRed in its effort to block subpoenas from Minnesota Attorney General Keith…
Continue Reading Top White House cyber official set to retire next week
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN One of President Joe Biden’s top cybersecurity advisers will retire next week as the Biden administration continues to…
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