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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 Judge rules conservative radio host Larry Elder will be on ballot in recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder will be a candidate in California’s upcoming recall election aimed at removing…
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 GOP blocks U.S. Senate debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group…
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…
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Abbott won’t impose new mask mandate despite increasing Texas virus cases
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…
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…
Continue Reading Rep. McCarthy blasts Pelosi: She has ‘broken this institution’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the GOP is pulling all members from the January 6 select committee after Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Continue Reading Blinken goes back to Sesame Street
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his way back to where the air is sweet, reprising an appearance on Sesame Street this…
Continue Reading Milley pressed on claims he was concerned Trump would attempt coup
By Zachary Cohen and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said Wednesday he wouldn’t comment on a recent book…
Continue Reading Pelosi just made an unprecedented move. Here’s why
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6…
Continue Reading House GOP leader McCarthy threatens to boycott Jan. 6 panel after Pelosi blocks appointment of 2 Trump allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Trump allies tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee…
Continue Reading McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks
By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN House Republicans balked at participating in the House committee that’s investigating the January 6…
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Federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Arkansas ban on gender confirming treatment for transgender youth
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a…
Continue Reading Speaker Pelosi rejects 2 Republicans tapped by GOP leader to serve on panel investigating Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee…
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Official tells lawmakers US, Germany have reached deal allowing completion of Russian pipeline without new sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official says the U.S. and Germany have reached a deal that will allow the completion of a…
Continue Reading US extends Covid-19 travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico through August 21
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions for the US northern and southern borders until…
Continue Reading McConnell says GOP will not vote to raise debt ceiling, setting up clash in Congress
By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Republicans will not vote to increase the federal borrowing limit, Senate Minority…
Continue Reading Ex-Army Ranger weaponized military training during Capitol riot, judge says
A federal judge ordered Capitol rioter and ex-Army Ranger Robert Morss to remain in jail before trial, and criticized him for using his training to…
Continue Reading Ex-Army Ranger weaponized military training to aid Capitol rioters, judge says
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Capitol rioter and ex-Army Ranger Robert Morss to remain in jail before trial, ruling…
Continue Reading Ad hoc extremist groups come into focus in post-January 6 criminal charges
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN When officers arrested Robert Morss of Pennsylvania on charges related to the January 6 Capitol riot, they found in his car a…
Continue Reading See what Ted Cruz is doing to frustrate Republicans and Democrats
Ted Cruz is facing resistance for pressuring the Biden administration to look over a policy on Russia which is blocking diplomats from being…
Continue Reading Personal threats, election lies and punishing new laws rattle election officials, raising fears of a mass exodus
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Maribeth Witzel-Behl had run elections in Madison, Wisconsin, for 15 years when the 2020 election arrived, bringing…
Continue Reading Biden and Schumer working fast to confirm judges and counter Trump’s reshaping of the federal bench
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges from a broad range of backgrounds to the…
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