Hotly contested elections shake up local school boards
By Katie Lobosco, CNN After a year of contentious debates over mask mandates, social distancing rules and curriculums regarding race, new candidates…
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Democrats look for lessons in Virginia and New Jersey as a blame game inside the party rages
CNN, POOL, WHSV, WTKR, WTVR, YOUNGKIN BASKETBALL SOURCE RICE UNIVERSITY, WSET By Dan Merica, CNN If there was a silver lining for Democrats’…
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Democrats look for lessons in Virginia and New Jersey as a blame game inside the party rages
By Dan Merica, CNN If there was a silver lining for Democrats’ disastrous Tuesday night, it was learning a year ahead of time just how…
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Democrat Murphy narrowly re-elected New Jersey governor
TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won re-election over Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Murphy eked out a victory that…
Continue Reading Biden says families separated at the border under Trump won’t receive $450,000
By Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s so-called…
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‘Not true’: Biden says families separated at border under Trump won’t get $450,000
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s so-called…
Continue Reading Rioter who punched police officer at US Capitol should get over 3.5 years in prison, prosecutors say
By Marshall Cohen A New Jersey gym owner deserves more than 3.5 years in prison for punching a police officer while storming the US Capitol, the…
Continue Reading Voters, activists and embattled local officials road-test Georgia’s election restrictions in Tuesday’s elections
CNN, POOL, WFXT, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN When Patricia Dossie left her senior housing…
Continue Reading Voters, activists and embattled local officials road-test Georgia’s election restrictions in Tuesday’s elections
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN When Patricia Dossie left her senior housing apartment west of downtown Atlanta to…
Continue Reading Biden urges parents to get their kids vaccinated for Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for…
Continue Reading Iran nuclear talks set to resume in Vienna at the end of November
By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley will lead US participation in the next round of Iran nuclear talks,…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill in key vote
By Clare Foran, CNN Senate Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Act from advancing on Wednesday when the Senate took a procedural vote on…
Continue Reading Air Force review of Kabul strike that killed 10 civilians finds significant errors were made but law wasn’t broken
By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN A US Air Force investigation into a US drone strike in Kabul that killed ten civilians at the end of August…
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Republicans win at least 50 House seats in Virginia
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Republicans have won at least 50 seats in the Virginia House, ensuring at least a tie with…
Continue Reading Biden set to deliver remarks following Covid-19 vaccine authorization for kids ages 5 to 11
CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver remarks Wednesday afternoon regarding the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Biden encourages parents to get their eligible children vaccinated against Covid-19: ‘A day of relief and celebration’
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden called the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for…
Continue Reading Embattled election chief in Fulton County resigns
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Richard Barron, who oversees elections in Georgia’s biggest Democratic county, is announcing his resignation…
Continue Reading Nearly 97% of Air Force service members vaccinated by deadline
By Oren Liebermann, CNN With nearly 97% of Air Force service members vaccinated against Covid-19 by the service’s deadline on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading These are the people who made history on election night
By Rachel Janfaza, Lauren Dezenski and Chandelis Duster, CNN A number of trailblazing candidates made history this week, as CNN projected that people…
Continue Reading US Capitol rioter with cancer ordered released from jail after surprise inspection found unsafe conditions
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge has ordered a January 6 defendant to be released from the DC jail after an unannounced…
Continue Reading Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law
CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over…
Continue Reading US rejects Iranian claim of naval interaction in Gulf of Oman
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN US officials rejected a claim from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that they had…
Continue Reading Pentagon warns China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal
By Oren Liebermann, CNN China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and may have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade as it aims to…
Continue Reading How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press and AIM Media Texas McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden recognized migration flows…
Continue Reading Cyber Command head says US has carried out a ‘surge’ to address ransomware attacks
By Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN US Cyber Command head and director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone said Wednesday that…
Continue Reading Pelosi adds 4 weeks of paid family and medical leave back into social spending bill
By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced on Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be…
Continue Reading Biden arrives back in Washington to a political nightmare
By Jeff Zeleny, John Harwood, Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday received an unwelcome wake up call…
Continue Reading Republican Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race, CNN projects
CNN By Maeve Reston, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday night, CNN…
Continue Reading US cyber officials issue sweeping directive requiring federal agencies to update systems vulnerable to hacking
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials issued a sweeping directive on Wednesday requiring federal civilian agencies to promptly update hardware and…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Rep. Hoyer introduces $9 billion bill to meet Biden’s COP26 deforestation pledge
By Ella Nilsen, CNN After President Joe Biden entered the US into a global pledge at COP26 to end and reverse deforestation, a top Democrat in the…
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