Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating a debunked claim about Biden and Medicare
By Daniel Dale, CNN Just before President Joe Biden’s visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state’s Republican senators, Rick Scott,…
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Man arrested after Minnesota congresswoman assaulted in DC apartment building, police say
By Karl de Vries and Clare Foran, CNN Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the assault of Rep. Angie Craig, who was attacked in…
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst For decades, Supreme Court justices have dodged questions related to conflicts of interest by…
Continue Reading House Oversight chairman requests materials from Hunter and James Biden
By Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent his first official request on Thursday to President Joe…
Continue Reading House passes resolution condemning China’s use of spy balloon
By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution condemning China’s use of the suspected surveillance balloon that…
Continue Reading US and UK sanction Russian cybercriminal gang accused of infecting millions of computers worldwide
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US and UK governments on Thursday sanctioned six Russians and one Ukrainian for their alleged involvement in an infamous…
Continue Reading Florida House approves plan to give DeSantis new power over Disney
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers voted Thursday to give Gov. Ron DeSantis new power over the state’s most iconic theme parks amid his…
Continue Reading US officials disclosed new details about the balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Haley Britzky, CNN Biden administration officials disclosed new information Thursday…
Continue Reading New GOP-led panel holds first public hearing Thursday on alleged ‘weaponization’ of federal government
By Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN The GOP-led House committee on the alleged “weaponization” of the federal government kicked off…
Continue Reading SpaceX admits blocking Ukrainian troops from using satellite technology
By Alex Marquardt and Kristin Fisher, CNN The president of SpaceX revealed the company has taken active steps to prevent Ukrainian forces from using…
Continue Reading Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating a debunked claim about Biden and Medicare
CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Just before President Joe Biden’s visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state’s Republican senators, Rick…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Iranian drones appear to contain modified explosives designed for maximum damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, report finds
By Natasha Bertrand Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum…
Continue Reading Biden homes in on Rick Scott as he challenges Republicans on Social Security
By Priscilla Alvarez, Steve Contorno and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden will embark Thursday on the next leg of his post-State of the Union…
Continue Reading Fetterman in Washington hospital but did not suffer another stroke, office says
By Jessica Dean, CNN Sen. John Fetterman did not have another stroke, his office said Thursday evening, but the Pennsylvania Democrat remains in a…
Continue Reading Biden says US-China relations have not taken a hit in wake of spy balloon shoot down
By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden said in a new interview that the recently recovered Chinese spy balloon that…
Continue Reading Initial classified balloon report wasn’t flagged as urgent, drawing criticism
By Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN A day before the suspected Chinese spy balloon entered US airspace over…
Continue Reading Former Pence chief of staff: FBI search of Pence home for any more classified material ‘not too far off’
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, suggested Wednesday that an FBI search of Pence’s…
Continue Reading Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus calls on Biden to tap Julie Su to replace Walsh as Labor secretary
By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus is throwing its support behind Julie Su, the deputy Labor…
Continue Reading Fact-checking President Biden’s State of the Union speech
CNN By CNN staff President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday. Here is a fact check of some of the claims from…
Continue Reading At least $191 billion in pandemic jobless benefits improperly paid, watchdog tells Congress
By Tami Luhby, CNN At least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits could have been improperly paid, with a “significant portion”…
Continue Reading Appeals court rejects WinRed’s effort to halt Minnesota AG’s probe into its fundraising tactics
By Eric Bradner, CNN The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against WinRed in its effort to block subpoenas from Minnesota Attorney General Keith…
Continue Reading Top White House cyber official set to retire next week
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN One of President Joe Biden’s top cybersecurity advisers will retire next week as the Biden administration continues to…
Continue Reading Biden brings his battle with Republicans on the road after contentious State of the Union
By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden brought his State of the Union populist economic messaging to Wisconsin on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Biden administration to soon release roadmap to transition out of Covid-19 public health emergency, sources say
By MJ Lee and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The Biden administration is planning to roll out a roadmap as early as Thursday on what it will mean for the…
Continue Reading Lockerbie bombing suspect pleads not guilty to charges connected to 1988 terrorist attack
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie,…
Continue Reading Natalie Quillian to serve as Biden’s deputy chief of staff
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Newly minted White House chief of staff Jeff Zients has tapped Natalie Quillian, his former deputy on the Covid response team,…
Continue Reading Democrats to control Pennsylvania House after special election sweep
By Ethan Cohen and Greg Krieg, CNN Pennsylvania Democrats have swept three state House special elections, CNN projects, securing control of the…
Continue Reading Takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden took to the House Chamber on Tuesday for his annual State of the Union address, his message was one…
Continue Reading Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement
By Jeremy Herb, Sara Murray, Alayna Treene and Annie Grayer, CNN Former Twitter executives acknowledged to lawmakers Wednesday that the social media…
Continue Reading Sarah Huckabee Sanders draws sharp contrast with Democrats in GOP rebuttal
CNN By Clare Foran, CNN Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave a combative speech Tuesday evening in response to President Joe Biden’s State…
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