OSHA directed to create new regulations protecting workers in extreme heat
EL PASO, Texas – The Biden administration is looking to find new ways to protect working Americans from extreme heat. Above 80 degrees Fahrenheit…
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House GOP leadership urges opposition to infrastructure bill ahead of key vote
By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson, Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN House GOP leaders are rallying Republican lawmakers in opposition…
Continue Reading Commerce Secretary hits back at US Chamber: ‘Get in here’ and compromise on tax hikes
By Matt Egan The White House’s top emissary to the business community hit back at the US Chamber of Commerce Thursday after the powerful lobby…
Continue Reading US says it is working on contingency plans in case Iran continues nuclear advances and refuses to return to talks
By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US is working on contingency plans if Iran continues to make nuclear advances and…
Continue Reading Kerry James Marshall to create ‘racial-justice themed’ windows for Washington National Cathedral
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Washington National Cathedral announced Thursday it has commissioned renowned Black artist Kerry James Marshall to…
Continue Reading Rep. Lauren Boebert used campaign funds for rent and utilities, new filing shows
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert paid utility and rent bills with campaign funds, according to a new filing the Republican…
Continue Reading House approves $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system
By Annie Grayer, CNN The House on Thursday easily approved a bill to provide funding for Israel’s Iron Dome after it was removed from a…
Continue Reading DHS temporarily suspends use of horse patrol in Del Rio
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security has temporarily suspended the use of horse patrol in the Del Rio, Texas, sector, a…
Continue Reading Biden administration will outline $10 billion commitment to end hunger in US and abroad
By Jason Hoffman, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday will outline how the United States will allocate a $10 billion commitment to the effort to…
Continue Reading Democratic leaders tout ‘framework’ to pay for Biden plan, but lack of details makes clear more work is needed
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent House and Senate Democratic leaders say they’ve reached a deal with the Biden…
Continue Reading US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, MATTHEW LEE, DANICA COTO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti…
Continue Reading Special envoy for Haiti resigns citing ‘inhumane’ US decision to deport thousands of Haitians from US border
By Etant Dupain and Chandelis Duster, CNN Daniel Foote, the US special envoy for Haiti, has handed in his resignation to Secretary of State Antony…
Continue Reading As partisan Arizona election review ends, Republicans try copycat tactics in other states
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN This week, a Texas lawmaker introduced a bill that would mandate third-party reviews of the 2020 election in the…
Continue Reading Biden administration to slash use of greenhouse gases used in refrigeration
By Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday it will reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, the potent…
Continue Reading Senators press Blinken to improve care for Havana Syndrome victims as task force leader departs
By Katie Bo Lillis and Kylie Atwood, CNN Some State Department victims of so-called “Havana Syndrome” continue to be denied access to…
Continue Reading Matthew McConaughey ‘measuring’ Texas gubernatorial run
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Matthew McConaughey is still considering a run for political office. The “Dallas Buyers Club” actor, a native of…
Continue Reading Office of Management and Budget begins government shutdown prep, just in case
By Betsy Klein, CNN The government is due to run out of funding on September 30 without congressional action, so it’s about that time again.…
Continue Reading Democrats blast Biden administration on handling of Haitian immigrants at the border
By Daniella Diaz, CNN Democrats are blasting the Biden administration for its treatment of Haitian migrants at the Southern border and want answers…
Continue Reading Democrats: Govern or bust
By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst In a way, it’s almost hard to believe: Here Democrats are, in control of the Congress and the…
Continue Reading In Hill talks, Biden takes down the temperature in push for commitments and an end game
Rep. Mark Pocan joins The…
Continue Reading In Hill talks, Biden takes down the temperature in push for commitments and an end game
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden didn’t enter the back-to-back-back meetings on Wednesday with nearly two dozen…
Continue Reading How the Supreme Court crafted its Roe v. Wade decision and what it means today
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s landmark decisions guaranteeing a constitutional right…
Continue Reading Law professor tells Cruz Texas’ voter ID law is racist in fiery hearing exchange
Law professor Franita Tolson told GOP Sen. Ted Cruz that Texas’ voter ID law is racist in a tense exchange during a Senate hearing on voting…
Continue Reading Parents of 303 migrant children separated at border under Trump have still not been found, court filing says
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 303 migrant children who were separated at the US-Mexico border under…
Continue Reading Border Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails show
Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande River back and forth between Mexico and the US as CNN’s Matt Rivers reports the crisis at the US-Mexico border…
Continue Reading Border Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails show
By Geneva Sands, CNN As far back as June, Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, began asking management for additional resources to more rapidly…
Continue Reading Law professor tells Cruz Texas’ voter ID law is racist in fiery hearing exchange
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A law professor told GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday that Texas’ voter ID law is racist in a tense exchange during a Senate…
Continue Reading Anxious Democrats float Plan B: Raise debt ceiling on party-line vote
Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi says “the economy will be shaken at the core” if the US defaults on its debt…
Continue Reading Anxious Democrats float Plan B: Raise debt ceiling on party-line vote
By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN A number of key Democrats say that their party should take matters into its own hands and raise the national debt…
Continue Reading These government benefits would be at risk if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling
By Tami Luhby, CNN The battle over raising the debt ceiling may seem like political gamesmanship on Capitol Hill, but it has real-life implications…
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