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Capitol Police ramp up security ahead of protests planned on two-year anniversary of January 6 insurrection

January 5, 2023 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Capitol Police is ramping up its security posture and monitoring online chatter about planned protests set to occur on…

South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban struck down by state Supreme Court

January 5, 2023 11:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The South Carolina state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s six-week ban on abortion violates…

Biden announces new migration programs as he prepares to visit the border on Sunday

January 5, 2023 10:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he is expanding a program to accept up to 30,000 migrants per…

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson set to publish ‘Lovely One’ memoir

January 5, 2023 9:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole, CNN Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is planning to release a memoir on her life titled “Lovely One,” the…

Democratic senators say Navy response to suicides on board aircraft carrier is unacceptable

January 5, 2023 9:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Navy’s response to a series of suicides on board a US aircraft carrier was unacceptable, according to two…

The clerk presiding during the speaker vote is no stranger to turbulent times in the House

January 5, 2023 8:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Cheryl Johnson, the House clerk who has presided over the contentious votes taking place this week during the speakership…

First on CNN: Biden to honor 12 people with Presidential Citizens Medal on two-year anniversary of January 6 insurrection

January 5, 2023 8:16 AM CNN Newsource

By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent President Joe Biden on Friday plans to mark the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, insurrection…

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow won’t seek reelection in 2024

January 5, 2023 7:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Rebekah Metzler, CNN Sen. Debbie Stabenow will not seek reelection in 2024, the longtime Michigan Democrat said Thursday. “Inspired by a new…

Republicans scramble to end impasse over McCarthy’s imperiled speakership bid

January 5, 2023 4:51 AM CNN

CNN By Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN Kevin McCarthy faces growing pressure to end the impasse over his imperiled speakership bid after two…

House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years

January 5, 2023 3:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new…

House adjourns for second day without electing a speaker with McCarthy’s bid in peril

January 4, 2023 9:15 PM CNN

CNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Kevin McCarthy suffered yet another stinging defeat on Wednesday as he lost in the…

Jill Biden to undergo procedure for skin lesion

January 4, 2023 6:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden will undergo a procedure next week to remove a lesion that was found during a routine skin cancer…

Special counsel Jack Smith gets trove of new documents from local election officials

January 4, 2023 6:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Zachary Cohen, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has received a trove of new documents from local election officials in Wisconsin and Nevada who were…

Republican Kevin McCarthy fails to win speakership in sixth round of voting

January 4, 2023 11:19 AM Associated Press

UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) — House adjourns for 2nd day without a speaker after Kevin McCarthy fails to win enough Republican support. UPDATE:…

Byron Donalds: Who is the hard-right’s new nominee for speaker?

January 4, 2023 4:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Jack Forrest, CNN The far-right of the House Republican Party nominated Rep. Bryan Donalds from Florida for speaker as the floor fight over the…

Brazilian clerk allegedly defrauded by George Santos calls him ‘a professional liar’

January 4, 2023 3:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Julia Jones, AnneClaire Stapleton, Gregory Krieg, Marcia Reverdosa and Camilo Rocha, CNN A Brazilian former shop clerk allegedly defrauded out of…

A quarter of US service members have been food insecure, new report finds

January 4, 2023 1:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Haley Britzky, CNN Just over a quarter of US service members have experienced food insecurity in recent years, according to a new report from the…

Biden says he intends to visit US-Mexico border during next week’s trip

January 4, 2023 12:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Phil Mattingly and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he intends to visit to US-Mexico border when he travels next week to the…

FBI, ATF and DC police increase reward for information on pipe bombs found near RNC and DNC headquarters to $500,000

January 4, 2023 10:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Washington, DC,…

The lawmaker trying to unite Republicans around McCarthy’s speakership bid

January 4, 2023 9:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Chandelis Duster, CNN As House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to secure votes within his party to secure speakership of the chamber, he has…

Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to using stolen checks in Brazil in 2008, documents show

January 4, 2023 7:59 AM CNN

CNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s…

Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to using stolen checks in Brazil in 2008, documents show

January 4, 2023 7:59 AM CNN

CNN, WCBS, NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to…

Hakeem Jeffries makes history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress

January 4, 2023 4:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Hakeem Jeffries made history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress early Saturday during the 118th…

CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies

January 4, 2023 4:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Bertrand Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found inside a single Iranian drone downed in Ukraine last fall,…

Biden and McConnell show off their bipartisan bonafides in Kentucky

January 4, 2023 4:00 AM CNN Newsource

By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum, CNN A rare scene unfolded Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky: President Joe Biden stood alongside Senate…

First on CNN: McCarthy proposes key concessions after House adjourns for second day without electing a speaker

January 4, 2023 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN After suffering yet another stinging defeat on Wednesday, in which he lost a sixth…

Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to using stolen checks in Brazil in 2008, documents show

January 3, 2023 10:49 PM CNN Newsource

By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s…

The lack of a new speaker has ground House business to a halt

January 3, 2023 10:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Jack Forrest, CNN House Republicans’ failure to elect a speaker after days of voting has frozen business in the chamber — and some GOP…

Here are the 20 House Republicans who voted against McCarthy for speaker on the third ballot

January 3, 2023 8:51 PM CNN

CNN By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Jessica Dean and Sonnet Swire, CNN Republican leader Kevin McCarthy suffered a third rebuke for…

FDA to allow pharmacies to dispense abortion pills to patients

January 3, 2023 7:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Katherine Dillinger and Evan Perez, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is allowing certified pharmacies to dispense the abortion medication…