California Gov. Gavin Newsom denies parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
By Jake Tapper and Cheri Mossburg, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen.…
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Day of defeats threatens Biden’s attempt at second year reset
By Kevin Liptak, CNN By the time President Joe Biden was climbing into his limousine on Capitol Hill, his Thursday was already going poorly. An hour…
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Texas sues Planned Parenthood over $10M in Medicaid payments
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients. The lawsuit filed by…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the landmark sedition indictment against the Oath Keepers and why DOJ acted now
By Marshall Cohen The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first sedition charges related to the January 6 insurrection, a watershed moment…
Continue Reading Cyberattacks close schools and disrupt local jail in New Mexico
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Two separate cyberattacks have disrupted public services in New Mexico’s most populous county in the last eight days, with…
Continue Reading Ossoff, Hawley introduce bills that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks
By Daniella Diaz, CNN Two senators from different sides of the aisle have both introduced similar bills that would ban lawmakers and their families…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Manchin’s claim the Senate filibuster has not been changed in 232 years
By Tara Subramaniam President Biden’s efforts to remove the Senate filibuster in order to address voting rights was dealt another blow Thursday…
Continue Reading January 6 panel targets social media companies with subpoenas after ‘inadequate responses’ to voluntary request
By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has issued four subpoenas to giant…
Continue Reading Kyrsten Sinema not backing down on the filibuster in fatal blow to Democrats’ voting rights fight
CNN By Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona reiterated from the Senate floor Thursday that she is not backing off…
Continue Reading Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care worker vaccine mandate to take effect
CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement…
Continue Reading Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care worker vaccine mandate to take effect
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement aimed…
Continue Reading More than 400,000 student loan borrowers will get debt relief from Navient
By Katie Lobosco, CNN More than 400,000 student loan borrowers will get some debt relief from Navient, according to a $1.85 billion settlement…
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Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ related to US Capitol attack
CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has charged 11 defendants with seditious…
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The Justice Department has charged the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, and 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to the January 6,…
Continue Reading Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ related to US Capitol attack
By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has charged 11 defendants with seditious…
Continue Reading Several rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, including US embassy, and wound two civilians
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Kylie Atwood and Aqel Najim, CNN A woman and a child were wounded when several rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green…
Continue Reading Kyrsten Sinema not backing down on the filibuster in fatal blow to Democrats’ voting rights fight
By Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona reiterated from the Senate floor Thursday that she is not backing off her…
Continue Reading Biden says his administration will make free high-quality face masks available to all Americans
CNN By Kate Sullivan, Kaitlan Collins, Betsy Klein, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration…
Continue Reading RNC threatens to prohibit future GOP presidential nominees from participating in official general election debates
By Dan Merica, CNN The Republican National Committee said Thursday in a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates that it is prepared to…
Continue Reading GOP congressman apologizes for comparing DC vaccine protocols to Nazi Germany
By Alex Rogers, CNN Ohio Republican Rep. Warren Davidson apologized on Thursday for comparing Washington, DC’s Covid-19 safety protocols to…
Continue Reading January 6 committee meets with former NYC police commissioner Bernard Kerik for eight hours
By Paula Reid and Annie Grayer, CNN Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, met with the House select committee investigating…
Continue Reading Energy Department will recruit 1,000 additional staffers for new corps to tackle the climate crisis
By Liz Stark The US Energy Department is launching a Clean Energy Corps to help implement the recent bipartisan infrastructure law and develop…
Continue Reading US warns Russia is sounding ‘drumbeats of war’ against Ukraine as crisis talks end with no breakthrough
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding…
Continue Reading Senate passes bill to posthumously award Emmett Till and his mother with Congressional Gold Medal
By Delano Massey, CNN The Senate on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, a teenager…
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Biden to double free COVID tests, add masks to fight omicron
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19…
Continue Reading US warns Russia is sounding ‘drumbeats of war’ against Ukraine as crisis talks end with no breakthrough
By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud”…
Continue Reading US Army offers up to $50K bonus to new recruits
By Chandelis Duster, CNN The US Army is offering a bonus up to $50,000, the largest amount ever, to some new recruits who enlist for six years in an…
Continue Reading Melania Trump’s hat auction has even those who know her scratching their heads
CNN By Kate Bennett, CNN Melania Trump’s announcement last week that she was autographing and auctioning a hat for personal profit with two…
Continue Reading GOP plots onslaught of Biden probes in the run-up to 2024
CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Members of the far right are already agitating to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading David McCormick announces bid for US Senate in Pennsylvania
By Michael Warren, CNN David McCormick, a Republican hedge fund executive, is running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania, he formally announced…
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