U.S. Senate Dems move toward federal cannabis legalization
WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in U.S. Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday moved toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing…
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White House prepares to fight back in the Covid vaccine disinformation war
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN White House officials are devising ways to fight the spread of dangerous falsehoods about…
Continue Reading Avlon reviews hundreds of years’ worth of anti-vaccine arguments
CNN’s John Avlon examines the long history of anti-vaccine rhetoric as coronavirus vaccines continue to be administered across…
Continue Reading Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and his chief Covid-19…
Continue Reading Statue of Liberty’s ‘little sister’ takes up residence in Washington, DC
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN One hundred and thirty-five years after the Statue of Liberty was formally unveiled in New York Harbor, her “little…
Continue Reading Biden administration launching operation to help relocate Afghans who helped United States
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is launching “Operation Allies Refuge,” an effort to relocate thousands of Afghans who…
Continue Reading Alabama military base orders troops to show vaccination proof as Covid-19 concerns mount
By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN In one of the most aggressive military efforts to combat rising Covid-19 infections, the commanding general…
Continue Reading Democrats want to expand Medicare benefits through spending bill
By Tami Luhby, CNN Congressional Democrats plan to use their multi-trillion-dollar spending proposal to achieve their longstanding goals of…
Continue Reading Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt mounts challenge to Texas attorney general Ken Paxton
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announced Tuesday that he’s running as Democrat for Texas attorney general,…
Continue Reading How Texas keeps trying to block Biden on immigration
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN President Joe Biden took office vowing to chart a different course on immigration than his predecessor. He repealed Donald…
Continue Reading ‘It breaks my heart’: George W. Bush reacts to Afghanistan withdrawal
Former President George W. Bush, whose administration first sent US troops to invade Afghanistan in 2001, says it breaks his heart that the Biden…
Continue Reading Biden takes on multiple crises without key confirmed officials at the helm
By Liz Stark, CNN President Joe Biden is facing a border crisis without a confirmed border commissioner, spending fights without an official budget…
Continue Reading Bush calls Afghanistan withdrawal a mistake, says consequences will be ‘unbelievably bad’
By Kylie Atwood, CNN Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday called the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake and predicted that the…
Continue Reading President meets Democrats on Capitol Hill as pressure ramps up on infrastructure talks
By Arlette Saenz, John Harwood and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden returned to Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with Senate Democrats during…
Continue Reading The lone Republican on 1/6 panel so far, Liz Cheney vows to ‘stand for the truth’
By Melanie Zanona and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney has a strong admonition for House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: any Republican still challenging…
Continue Reading First child tax credit payments have been sent. Here’s what you need to know
By Tami Luhby, CNN Tens of millions of families have been sent the first payment of the expanded child tax credit, the Internal Revenue Service and…
Continue Reading Biden administration looks to set up ‘red phone’ to China for emergency communications
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration is examining the possibility of setting up an emergency hotline with the Chinese government similar to…
Continue Reading ‘Angry and affected’: Young voters in Texas protest restrictive new voting laws
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Young voters and voting rights activists in Texas are protesting potential restrictive new voting laws in the state. Topping…
Continue Reading GOP governor threatens to arrest Democrats who left state
CNN’s Kate Bolduan speaks with Texas state lawmaker Armando “Mando” Martinez after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) threatened to arrest Democrats who left…
Continue Reading Republicans winning money race as they seek to take over House in 2022
By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it had raised $45.4 million in the second…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats announce agreement on $3.5 trillion top line for sweeping budget package
By Ryan Nobles and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats on the Budget Committee announced late Tuesday they struck an agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget…
Continue Reading Abortion rights groups sue to block Texas law that allows citizens to enforce ‘heartbeat’ ban
By Devan Cole, CNN A group of abortion rights organizations and providers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block enforcement of a recently…
Continue Reading U.S. Senate Dems announce $3.5 trillion budget plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5…
Continue Reading Diversity survey finds 38.3% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian
By Daniella Diaz and Ali Zaslav, CNN More than 38% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian, an increase from the survey in 2020,…
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El Paso’s Blanco among 9 no-shows as Texas Senate passes voting restrictions bill
AUSTIN, Texas — As Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on a GOP priority elections bill that would restrict voting rights in the state, the…
Continue Reading Senate negotiators remain far apart on security funding but they are talking
By Ryan Nobles and Ted Barrett, CNN With time running out, Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over how to move forward on a funding package…
Continue Reading Justice Clarence Thomas rejects longshot bid to disrupt Biden’s mask mandate for public transport
By Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to block Biden administration’s Covid-19 mask…
Continue Reading Gun politics scrambles Democrats’ efforts to confirm Biden’s ATF nominee and craft background checks deal
By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Top Democrats are quietly moving to lock down support for President Joe Biden’s imperiled nominee to head a…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell responds to Trump’s ‘Old Crow’ insult: ‘It’s quite an honor’
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Former President Donald Trump took a whack at Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell last weekend,…
Continue Reading DHS begins administering J&J vaccine to immigrant detainees
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to immigrant detainees as part of…
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