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On Memorial Day, Austin reflects on strength of US military and dismisses adversaries’ criticism

May 31, 2021 9:08 AM CNN

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN he won’t lose any sleep over criticism of US military forces from China and Russia and dismissed…

Men’s group and ACLU urge Supreme Court to hear challenge to male-only military draft

May 31, 2021 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court will decide as early as this week whether to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the…

New defendants charged in Oath Keepers conspiracy case

May 30, 2021 7:20 PM CNN Newsource

The Justice Department has added four new defendants to the federal criminal conspiracy case against Oath Keepers who allegedly prepared for and took…

Gillibrand calls on Schumer to bring vote on bill to change how military sexual assault cases are prosecuted

May 30, 2021 4:52 PM CNN Newsource

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring to the floor a vote on a bipartisan bill that…

Top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee calls Covid-19 origin ‘worst cover-up in human history’

May 30, 2021 2:01 PM CNN

Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claimed Sunday the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are the…

Biden says he will bring up human rights abuses with Putin during meeting next month

May 30, 2021 10:23 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will discuss human rights abuses with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Switzerland next…

Democratic lawmaker calls Texas voting bill ‘shameful’ and says GOP wants to make it ‘easier to steal an election’

May 30, 2021 9:30 AM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday criticized the restrictive voting bill moving through the Texas Legislature as…

Buttigieg: There needs to be ‘a clear direction’ on infrastructure talks by June 7

May 30, 2021 8:51 AM CNN Newsource

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be “a clear direction” on infrastructure talks by the time…

Texas Senate OKs restrictive voting law after overnight debate

May 30, 2021 7:12 AM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans in the Texas Senate muscled one of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the cusp of the governor’s…

Texas Legislature close to adding new restrictions to voting process

May 30, 2021 7:32 AM CNN

Texas Republican lawmakers moved closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting, as state Senate members voted along party lines to…

For Biden, the White House is ‘a Monday-through-Friday kind of place’

May 30, 2021 6:54 AM CNN Newsource

Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to…

Texas lawmakers reach deal on sweeping voting restriction bill

May 29, 2021 2:16 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are digging for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. The sweeping…

Biden says Texas vote restriction bill is ‘an assault on democracy’

May 29, 2021 2:31 PM Texas Tribune, KVIA ABC-7

WASHINGTON, DC —With Texas Republicans poised to sign off on a sweeping voting bill, President Joe Biden said Saturday that legislation like…

Education Department rescinds Trump-era policy restricting state oversight of student loan servicing companies and debt collectors

May 29, 2021 12:15 PM CNN Newsource

The Department of Education under the Biden administration is rescinding a Trump-era policy that restricted states’ access to records and…

Rising crime in New York has gripped the mayoral race. Eric Adams says he alone can fix it.

May 29, 2021 9:52 AM CNN Newsource

For the first few months of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the campaign seemed to be trundling along in search of a defining…

New Covid-19 origination intelligence push aimed at elevating scientific analysis

May 29, 2021 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

The intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering…

Marjorie Taylor Greene may be politically safe, but her conservative Georgia constituents have concerns about her tactics

May 29, 2021 4:44 AM CNN Newsource

Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned herself into one of the most visible Republicans in the country — stoking an endless stream of controversies…

Longtime White House butler retiring after 47 years of service

May 28, 2021 7:49 PM CNN Newsource

After four decades, William “Buddy” Carter — one of the longest serving White House butlers — is set to retire at the end of…

American detained in Russia with Covid-19 has not been able to speak to family, they say

May 28, 2021 7:06 PM CNN Newsource

The parents of Trevor Reed, an American imprisoned in Russia who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said Friday that neither they nor the US…

Border arrests show no sign of slowing in May, preliminary data indicate

May 28, 2021 6:35 PM CNN Newsource

US Customs and Border Protection has continued to encounter around 40,000 migrants a week at the US-Mexico border, continuing a pace similar to that…

Idaho governor rescinds ban on mask mandates issued while he was out of state

May 28, 2021 5:42 PM CNN Newsource

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday repealed an executive order banning mask mandates by state entities that Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin had issued a day…

Polls find most Republicans say 2020 election was stolen and roughly one-quarter embrace QAnon conspiracies

May 28, 2021 5:19 PM CNN

Most Americans reject QAnon-linked conspiracy theories and believe that Donald Trump lost legitimately in 2020, a set of new polling finds. But a…

Judge Amy Berman Jackson strikes again

May 28, 2021 5:14 PM CNN Newsource

Trial-level federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson has handled some of the most politically significant court cases of the Trump era and its aftermath and…

Postal Service wants to raise cost of mailing a letter to 58 cents

May 28, 2021 5:00 PM CNN Newsource

The US Postal Service on Friday proposed raising the cost of mailing a letter to 58 cents, an increase that’s within the range of recent years…

State Department calls for release of US journalist detained in Myanmar

May 28, 2021 4:49 PM CNN Newsource

The State Department on Friday called on Myanmar’s military regime to release Danny Fenster, an American journalist based in Myanmar who was…

‘These attacks are despicable’: Biden condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents

May 28, 2021 4:35 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the country in recent weeks, saying the incidents are…

Dems push for House select committee after Senate Republicans derail bipartisan probe into January 6 attack

May 28, 2021 3:55 PM CNN

House Democrats are actively considering mounting a probe of their own into the January 6 US Capitol attack, signaling they don’t plan to let…

Senate Republicans block January 6 commission

May 28, 2021 3:31 PM CNN

A crucial Senate vote on a bill to create an independent inquiry to investigate the deadly January 6 Capitol Hill riot failed Friday, falling short…

Exclusive: ‘All talk and no action’: Sicknick’s mother and girlfriend say they were disappointed by GOP senators

May 28, 2021 3:27 PM CNN Newsource

The mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick says she was disappointed that Senate Republicans blocked a bill Friday to create a…

Biden has released his $6 trillion budget. Here’s what’s in it.

May 28, 2021 3:05 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a $6 trillion budget for fiscal year 2022, laying out details of a proposed dramatic increase in federal…