Biden set to cap off first G7 summit with an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
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Former Deputy AG Rosenstein has said he was not aware of subpoena for lawmakers’ data, source says
Ex-top Trump Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein has told people in recent days he was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of…
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YouTube suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s account for posting video about dubious Covid-19 treatments
YouTube suspended GOP Sen. Ron Johnson’s account on Friday after he posted comments regarding dubious treatments for Covid-19. “We…
Continue Reading ‘I’m a partner on this journey’: Jill Biden on how she sees her role as first lady during debut foreign trip
On her third full day in the United Kingdom to accompany President Joe Biden on his first G7 Summit, Jill Biden peeled off from her husband, and the…
Continue Reading New book suggests Birx wanted Trump to lose presidential election
A new book written by one of President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus advisers suggests Dr. Deborah Birx hoped former President Donald Trump would…
Continue Reading Biden causes sighs of relief among world leaders even as G7 divisions linger
When President Donald Trump used his elbows at international summits, it was to throw them — on trade, on Russia and, once, to help remove the…
Continue Reading Macron says Biden is ‘part of the club’ at the G7 in leaders’ first formal meeting
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first formal in-person meeting on Saturday. The two leaders discussed a number…
Continue Reading Biden aims to counter China’s global infrastructure project with new G7 initiative
The United States says it will be a lead partner in a new global, climate-friendly infrastructure program with its Group of 7 partners, part of…
Continue Reading How Trump’s tariffs haunt Kentucky’s whiskey distillers: ‘We’re still on death row’
Dozens of cases of whiskey sit on the ground floor of the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky, ready to be shipped — but, because…
Continue Reading On this day in 1967: Loving v. Virginia and interracial marriage
Editor’s note: This story was originally published for CNN on April 13, 2017. A century after the end of the Civil War, more than a dozen…
Continue Reading Infrastructure in America needs an upgrade. Here’s how Biden’s plans would impact key areas of American life.
The nation’s infrastructure is sorely in need of repair. It recently earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which said…
Continue Reading Biden and Putin not currently expected to hold joint news conference following meeting next week
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are not currently expected to hold a joint press conference following their high-stakes…
Continue Reading Biden’s preaching the benefits of democracy in Europe, but new concerns rise back home
President Joe Biden’s attempts to talk up democracy in Europe this week are facing headwinds from back home, where revelations about the…
Continue Reading Chicago police officer charged in connection to January 6 Capitol riot
A Chicago police officer was arrested at his home Friday morning and is facing five federal misdemeanor charges in connection to the January 6 riot…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses from Baltimore plant
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it was authorizing for use two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines —…
Continue Reading Family of Georgia’s secretary of state was still getting death threats months after election, report says
Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, his wife, Tricia, and their family received threats of violence months after the election…
Continue Reading Justice Department requested data on 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses from Apple
The Department of Justice sent a broad request in February 2018 to Apple as part of its investigation that collected data on members of Congress,…
Continue Reading Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes
The Justice Department’s leak investigation that targeted lawmakers was more than a year old when Attorney General William Barr took office in…
Continue Reading Meet the internet sleuths tracking down the January 6 insurrectionists
From the mob, a seemingly unidentifiable hand reaches out with a Taser, in an attack that would leave DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone…
Continue Reading Justice Department watchdog to investigate data seizure as House Democrats discuss impacts of leak probe
The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President…
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Biden cuts border wall funds, returns cash Trump diverted
WASHINGTON, DC — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status…
Continue Reading Nevada changes from caucus to primary for presidential elections
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a sweeping law Friday that moves its party presidential selection contest up to the first Tuesday in February in…
Continue Reading Senators introduce bill to improve visa program to protect Afghan interpreters who helped US
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation aimed at improving the Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) program amid a growing push from…
Continue Reading The week in 13 headlines
This week, Vice President Kamala Harris returned from her first foreign trip as President Biden departed for his first as commander-in-chief.…
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New images show Couy Griffin at Capitol riot scaling barricade
OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — New evidence has been released in the case against Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported…
Continue Reading Attorney General Garland vows to fight GOP efforts to curb voting access
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department will aggressively fight efforts to restrict voting rights nationwide following a…
Continue Reading Ransomware legislation under consideration as key senators request input from Biden team
The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration on Friday to provide input on…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg delivers infrastructure message from a bridge with a cracked steel beam
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor unveils unemployment system reforms
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce a series of reforms to New Mexico’s…
Continue Reading Face masks no longer mandated on House floor for those fully vaccinated
Facial coverings will no longer be necessary on the US House floor for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. House members, staff and visitors can…
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