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House Republicans revolt over reimposed mask mandate

July 28, 2021 5:32 PM CNN

An Atlanta restaurant owner defends his decision to impose a vaccine mandate for customers and employees after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked…

US President Joe Biden speaks about American manufacturing and the American workforce after touring the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations Manufacturing Facility in Macungie

Biden stays close to home as he plots blue-collar focused presidential travel

July 28, 2021 1:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Want to see President Joe Biden in person? Consider a move to Pennsylvania. That is where the President visited again Wednesday,…

Items found by federal authorities in the home of Thomas Robertson are seen

Ex-cop who stormed US Capitol is jailed after buying 37 guns and posting that ‘violence’ is better than ‘peaceful protest’

July 28, 2021 9:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Marshall Cohen A Virginia police officer who was fired after storming the US Capitol was jailed Wednesday by a federal judge because he ordered a…

McAuliffe attacks Youngkin by tying him to Trump’s election lies

July 28, 2021 5:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Dan Merica, CNN Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe, in an effort to tie his gubernatorial opponent, Glenn Youngkin, to all things Donald Trump, is…

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached a deal on a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill security spending bill in response to the deadly January 6 insurrection.

Senate negotiators reach deal on $2 billion Capitol security funding bill in wake of January 6 insurrection

July 28, 2021 12:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, CNN The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached a deal on a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill…

Pelosi calls McCarthy ‘a moron’ for his mask mandate criticism

July 28, 2021 12:31 PM CNN

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi addressed her comment where she called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “moron” after hearing that McCarthy said…

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman led a delegation of US officials in a meeting with Russian counterparts.

US and Russia hold ‘substantive’ strategic stability talks as Moscow raps Biden for comments

July 28, 2021 12:27 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN US and Russian officials had “professional and substantive talks” on strategic stability in…

President Joe Biden met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Wednesday.

Biden meets with Belarusian opposition leader at the White House

July 28, 2021 12:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Wednesday morning, as part of her larger…

Democratic caucus members of the Texas House join a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol to support voting rights

‘Time for action:’ Beto O’ Rourke joins with prominent bishop, Willie Nelson to lead Texas voting rights march

July 28, 2021 11:19 AM CNN

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Civil rights activists and voting rights groups in Texas and elsewhere this week are intensifying pressure on Congress…

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13

Biden proposes strengthening Buy American rules to boost manufacturing

July 28, 2021 11:58 AM CNN, ABC News

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed strengthening the federal government’s Buy American rules in an attempt to…

A healthcare worker at the Jackson Health Systems receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in 2020 in Miami

A third of eligible people aren’t vaccinated. Here’s what we know about them

July 28, 2021 11:14 AM CNN

CNN’s Harry Enten analyzes data from the Axios/Ipsos tracking poll comparing vaccination rates of the Fox News audience to people who get their news…

A third of eligible people aren’t vaccinated. Here’s what we know about them

July 28, 2021 11:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN We’ve been referring a lot to “the unvaccinated” vs. “the vaccinated” in very general terms…

Biden administration issues new sanctions on Syria

July 28, 2021 10:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The US sanctioned Syrian prisons, Assad regime officials and militia leaders on Wednesday, marking the first time the Biden…

Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio (pictured here) and White House aide Steve Ricchetti are among negotiators on a final agreement.

Senate opens debate on trillion-dollar infrastructure bill after bipartisan group strikes deal

July 28, 2021 7:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Alex Rogers, Ali Zaslav, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday to begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure…

Former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (right) works to move ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1 in Phoenix

Justice Department puts states on notice about post-election audits and election law changes

July 28, 2021 10:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department on Wednesday put states and local officials on notice of their federal obligations when conducting…

New York to require state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or undergo Covid-19 testing

July 28, 2021 9:34 AM Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will require all state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly Covid-19…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife pulled their children from a summer camp over its policy not to enforce face coverings

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pulls his children from summer camp over mask policy

July 28, 2021 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Stella Chan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife pulled their 10- and 11-year-olds from a summer basketball…

The Fort Bliss facility was intended to serve as a temporary stop but children in some cases stayed for weeks.

Whistleblowers allege poor conditions at Fort Bliss facility for migrant children

July 28, 2021 7:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Two more whistleblowers have come forward alleging that migrant children who stayed at the Fort Bliss facility near El…

Pelosi calls McCarthy ‘a moron’ for his mask mandate criticism

July 28, 2021 12:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “moron” after being asked by a reporter…

The US House is reinstating its mask mandate as the Delta variant emerges as the dominant strain of Covid across the country.

House physician reinstates mask mandate amid Delta variant spread in the US

July 28, 2021 8:32 AM CNN

Dr. Anthony Fauci and CNN’s Chris Cuomo discuss the importance of wearing masks and getting vaccinated as the Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to…