Republican lawmakers slam Homeland Security secretary over the border
By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced off Wednesday with Republican members of…
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NY attorney general’s office says it’s nearly done unraveling Trump’s ‘Russian nesting doll’
By Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for the New York State Attorney General’s Office said they are nearly finished with their civil investigation…
Continue Reading Oklahoma governor signs law banning nonbinary birth certificates
By Paul LeBlanc and Andy Rose, CNN Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a new law that bans nonbinary gender markers on birth…
Continue Reading Air Force general fined over $50,000 after being found guilty of abusive sexual contact
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A two-star Air Force general will pay more than $50,000 in fines after being found guilty of abusive sexual contact in a…
Continue Reading Biden was ‘positive’ about eliminating student debt but made no commitments, lawmaker says
By Maegan Vazquez and Manu Raju, CNN During a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Monday, President Joe Biden appeared…
Continue Reading New York Times: Audio reveals McCarthy worried GOP lawmakers’ rhetoric would incite violence after Jan. 6
CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, obtained and reported on by The New York Times on Tuesday, reveals he…
Continue Reading New York Times: Audio reveals McCarthy worried GOP lawmakers’ rhetoric would incite violence after Jan. 6
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, obtained and reported on by The New York Times on Tuesday, reveals he…
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El Paso City council approves feasibility study for Multi-purpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center
EL PASO, Texas – In a 5 to 2 vote, El Paso City council voted to approve a feasibility study for the Multi-purpose Performing Arts and…
Continue Reading Rand Paul argues US should not have backed Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, citing Russia’s stated reasoning behind invasion
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken forcefully pushed back Tuesday when Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky…
Continue Reading Madison Cawthorn cited for loaded handgun found at TSA checkpoint
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina was cited for bringing a loaded handgun through a Transportation Security…
Continue Reading Here’s everything we’ve learned about January 6 in the last 72 hours (and what comes next)
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The farther away we get from January 6, 2021, the more we learn about the circumstances surrounding it. The past 72 hours in…
Continue Reading CNN Exclusive: Meadows’ texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election
By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Jamie Gangel, CNN Newly obtained text messages and recent court filings fill in significant gaps…
Continue Reading $10,000 per day contempt fines against Trump begin Tuesday, NY judge rules
By Kara Scannell Former President Donald Trump will be fined thousands of dollars beginning Tuesday for failing to comply with a subpoena from the…
Continue Reading ‘A magician, I’m not’: Democratic Senate candidates run against a Democratic-controlled Washington
By Dan Merica and David Wright, CNN Running against Washington is nothing new. Running against Washington while your party controls the White House,…
Continue Reading Biden administration will comply with expected federal order blocking termination of Title 42
By Priscilla Alvarez and Donald Judd, CNN The Biden administration said Tuesday it will comply with an order from a federal judge in Louisiana…
Continue Reading Fact check: Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating false claim that attorney general called parents ‘terrorists’ for wanting to attend school board meetings
CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating a false claim about Attorney General Merrick Garland. In an interview on…
Continue Reading Fact check: Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating false claim that attorney general called parents ‘terrorists’ for wanting to attend school board meetings
By Daniel Dale, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating a false claim about Attorney General Merrick Garland. In an interview on Fox…
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Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick urge Texas Supreme Court to take up Ken Paxton’s appeal to whistleblower lawsuit
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday urged the Supreme Court of Texas to take up Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to throw out a…
Continue Reading Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid
CNN By Jasmine Wright, Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after…
Continue Reading Biden flips the switch on Trump’s incandescent light bulb plan
By Ella Nilsen, CNN In yet another rollback of a Trump-era policy, President Joe Biden‘s Department of Energy on Tuesday finalized a new…
Continue Reading Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid
By Jasmine Wright, Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Top US general tells CNN ‘global international security order’ is at stake following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
CNN By Zachary Cohen, Ellie Kaufman and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on…
Continue Reading Garland pledges ‘there will not be interference’ in DOJ’s probe of Hunter Biden
By Devan Cole, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland assured a Senate panel on Tuesday that there will “not be interference” in the…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Top US general tells CNN ‘global international security order’ is at stake following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Zachary Cohen, Ellie Kaufman and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Florida is losing two Black-led congressional districts
By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Top US general tells CNN ‘global international security order’ is at stake following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Continue Reading Garland says funds from assets US seizes from Russian oligarchs should go ‘directly to Ukraine’
By Devan Cole, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that he supports efforts to allow some of the proceeds from assets the Justice…
Continue Reading Four candidates in Pennsylvania Senate GOP debate say party should not move on from 2020 election
CNN, WDVM By Kristen Holmes, Aaron Pellish and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Four candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s US…
Continue Reading What is Title 42? How it changed things at the border, and why it’s sparking debate
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42 have been raising concerns in border communities and sparking…
Continue Reading Supreme Court examines Biden’s power to set US immigration policy in ‘Remain in Mexico’ challenge
By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to terminate a Trump-era…
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