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DOJ creates gun trafficking strike forces in five cities to crack down on sources of firearm-related crime

July 22, 2021 6:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Christina Carrega, Priya Krishnakumar, Omar Jimenez and Evan Perez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to travel to Chicago on Thursday to…

Biden grappling with immigration and travel restrictions as pandemic worsens

July 22, 2021 6:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from US allies and the travel industry to lift…

Biden says full FDA approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could come as early as the end of August

July 22, 2021 5:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN To date, more than 339 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to give people protection from the…

More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it

July 22, 2021 11:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “perplexed” why so many people in the country still…

Trump called crowd gathered for his speech before Capitol riot ‘loving’ in March audio recording

July 21, 2021 9:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump in March called the crowd that had gathered for his speech before the deadly US Capitol…

Trump called crowd gathered for his speech before Capitol riot ‘loving’ in March audio recording

July 21, 2021 9:51 PM CNN

Authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker of “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year” share audio recordings of their interview…

Biden health officials begin discussing mask recommendations as variants surge cases

July 22, 2021 8:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Top Biden health officials and some White House officials are holding preliminary conversations on…

Biden: The first time they played ‘Hail to the Chief’ I asked, ‘Where is he?’

July 21, 2021 8:45 PM CNN

President Joe Biden cracked a joke while explaining to CNN’s Don Lemon how he is adjusting to life at the White House, saying the first time he heard…

Biden: The first time they played ‘Hail to the Chief’ I asked, ‘Where is he?’

July 21, 2021 8:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Joe Biden quipped Wednesday evening that the first time he heard “Hail to the Chief” as President he asked,…

CNN’s Don Lemon presses Joe Biden on his answer on the filibuster

July 22, 2021 6:58 AM CNN

Pressed by CNN’s Don Lemon, President Biden maintained that, despite the severity of the threat to voting rights, he would not support nuking the…

Biden slams attempts to curb voting rights but says he isn’t ready to call for an end of the filibuster

July 21, 2021 10:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he did not want to get “wrapped up” in arguments about the filibuster and…

5 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall

July 21, 2021 9:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived in Ohio on Wednesday mindful the days for actual bipartisan governing in Washington are quickly…

Biden says he believes kids under 12 will be able to get Covid-19 vaccines ‘soon,’ but it’s up to scientists

July 21, 2021 9:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday that children under the age of 12 could be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine…

Boosters, masks and mandates: Biden’s team sorts through options for containing Covid surge among unvaccinated Americans

July 24, 2021 7:35 PM CNN

President Biden joked about Fox News hosts who recently promoted the Covid-19 vaccines, but then ultimately said it’s…

Biden warns about conspiracies flourishing in the US: ‘The rest of the world’s wondering about us’

July 21, 2021 7:47 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the alarm about conspiracy theories flourishing in the US and dividing the nation,…

5 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall

July 21, 2021 9:28 PM CNN

During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden revealed what leaders around the world are asking him after four years of the Trump…

West Virginia’s anti-trans sports ban temporarily blocked by federal judge

July 21, 2021 6:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole, CNN West Virginia must pause its enforcement of a new law that prohibits transgender women and girls from participating in public…

Monthly child tax credit payments may mean a big tax surprise in the spring for some parents

July 21, 2021 8:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN Many parents were thrilled to have hundreds of dollars suddenly land in their bank accounts last week, as the Internal Revenue…

Fact checking Rep. Jordan’s claim that Speaker Pelosi was responsible for US Capitol security on January 6

July 21, 2021 6:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio suggested Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been…

Fact checking Rep. Jordan’s claim that Speaker Pelosi was responsible for US Capitol security on January 6

July 21, 2021 6:19 PM CNN

CNN’s Manu Raju…

Banks held call with the 1/6 committee chair on Tuesday. By Wednesday, he was off the panel.

July 21, 2021 5:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks was just about to send a letter to Democrats requesting a GOP witness for the January 6…

Judge forces US Capitol rioter to unlock laptop seized by FBI

July 21, 2021 5:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen A federal judge forced a US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop Wednesday after prosecutors argued that it…

Prosecutors had evidence last year to charge prominent Trump ally Tom Barrack

July 21, 2021 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Evan Perez, Erica Orden, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn investigating Tom Barrack, a prominent ally to former…

Judge rules conservative radio host Larry Elder will be on ballot in recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom

July 21, 2021 3:48 PM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder will be a candidate in California’s upcoming recall election aimed at removing…

Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for trans youth

July 21, 2021 6:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth from…

GOP blocks U.S. Senate debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill

July 21, 2021 1:53 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group…

Biden predicts restaurants and businesses will be ‘in a bind’ for some time due to labor shortages

July 22, 2021 6:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden conceded during a CNN town hall on Wednesday that certain businesses will remain…

Abbott won’t impose new mask mandate despite increasing Texas virus cases

July 21, 2021 2:40 PM Texas Tribune

HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…

US and Germany reach deal on controversial pipeline that Biden sees as a Russian ‘geopolitical project’

July 21, 2021 9:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Germany that would allow completion of the…

Biden names ambassadors to Canada, Slovenia and Austria

July 21, 2021 2:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Kaitlan Collins and Fredreka Schouten, CNN President Joe Biden has selected another round of ambassadors, including choices for posts in Canada,…