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5 things to know for March 31: Coronavirus, voter suppression, Chauvin trial, infrastructure, Myanmar

March 31, 2021 4:24 AM CNN

The climate crisis is spooking economists. About 74% of experts agree we need “immediate and drastic” effort, or risk facing trillions in…

Texas attorney general backs challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action policies at Supreme Court

March 31, 2021 4:10 AM CNN Newsource

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the justices got it wrong in 2016 when they upheld the University of…

Michigan voting rights battle looms as Republicans plan to side-step Whitmer veto

March 31, 2021 4:07 AM CNN Newsource

Michigan is emerging as the latest battleground in Republicans’ nationwide push to restrict voting rights, with GOP officials planning to…

Biden takes his time filling out diplomatic corps

March 31, 2021 4:05 AM CNN Newsource

More than two months into his term, President Joe Biden has yet to name a single ambassador to send overseas, putting him behind the pace set by his…

Supreme Court hears battle over paying NCAA student-athletes

March 31, 2021 3:10 AM CNN Newsource

The Supreme Court will take up a case that could reshape college sports on Wednesday, pitting the NCAA and 11 conferences against a class of student…

Texas Senate approves legislation banning most abortions in a test to Roe v. Wade

March 30, 2021 11:11 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas state Senate on Tuesday approved five bills restricting access to abortion, including a priority measure that could ban…

G. Gordon Liddy, convicted Watergate conspirator, dies at 90

March 30, 2021 9:11 PM CNN Newsource

G. Gordon Liddy — a former FBI agent, organizer of the Watergate break-in and radio show host — has died at age 90, his son confirmed to…

Swiss ambassador to US allegedly assaulted in Washington residence

March 30, 2021 8:19 PM CNN Newsource

An intruder gained entry to the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC, on Monday afternoon and assaulted the ambassador, according to…

The roadmap for Biden’s infrastructure plan goes back to 1956

March 30, 2021 8:10 PM CNN

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden will unveil an infrastructure bill during a visit to Pittsburgh. Estimates place the bill’s total cost…

G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the Watergate burglary, has died at 90

March 30, 2021 6:36 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, has died at age…

Watergate mastermind G. Gordon Liddy dies at age 90

March 30, 2021 6:05 PM Jim Parker

WASHINGTON, DC — G. Gordon Liddy, the central figure in the 1970’s Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation, has died at…

Biden’s massive infrastructure push sets up critical test for Democratic unity

March 30, 2021 6:12 PM CNN

As President Joe Biden prepares to announce his own infrastructure plan Wednesday, Democrats on Capitol Hill are bracing for a months-long push that…

With an eye on history, Biden moves on big, bold and progressive infrastructure package

March 30, 2021 5:57 PM CNN Newsource

Every day he works from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden stares across from his desk at the portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt he selected to…

14 GOP-led states file long-shot bid with SCOTUS to defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ rule

March 30, 2021 5:47 PM CNN Newsource

Texas and 13 other Republican-led states have filed a long shot bid with the Supreme Court asking the justices to allow the states to defend a…

Children sleeping on mats in overcrowded plastic pods: Inside a Texas facility on the U.S.-Mexico border

March 30, 2021 5:24 PM CNN Newsource

DONNA, Texas — Children lying side by side in plastic-lined pods. Shelves stocked with supplies, including baby bottles and diapers. Girls…

Republicans press ahead with voting restrictions in key states, even as legal fights mount over new Georgia law

March 30, 2021 5:06 PM CNN

Republicans in key electoral states continue to advance bills to clamp down on ballot access, even as voting and civil rights groups move to…

Judge allows Summer Zervos’ defamation lawsuit against Trump to proceed now that he’s out of office

March 30, 2021 4:56 PM CNN Newsource

A New York appeals court on Tuesday paved the way for a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to move forward. In a one-sentence…

Nursing home residents have a little more time to spend stimulus checks before losing Medicaid

March 30, 2021 2:46 PM CNN Newsource

Nursing home residents on Medicaid have some more time to spend their stimulus checks, but they shouldn’t wait too long. Typically, Medicaid…

DNC to review presidential nomination process

March 30, 2021 2:28 PM CNN Newsource

The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday announced it will review the 2020 presidential nomination process, setting the stage for changes on how…

John Lewis’ posthumous graphic novel ‘Run: Book One’ to be released this summer

March 30, 2021 2:15 PM CNN Newsource

Late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis‘ posthumous graphic novel, “Run: Book One,” is set to be released this summer, as the…

Blinken dismisses Pompeo’s controversial initiative to rank human rights

March 30, 2021 2:05 PM CNN Newsource

Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Tuesday formally dismissed the statements of a controversial Trump-era committee that argued that some rights may…

John Durham is looking at FBI’s launch of Trump campaign probe, sources say

March 30, 2021 1:47 PM CNN Newsource

After two years of searching for problems with the investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign advisers in 2016 and their ties to Russia,…

Justice Department launches 30-day review of how to better combat hate crimes

March 30, 2021 1:27 PM CNN Newsource

Attorney General Merrick Garland has launched a 30-day “expedited review” to figure out how the Justice Department can “deploy all…

Kentucky legislature passes bipartisan election bill expanding early and absentee voting

March 30, 2021 1:21 PM CNN Newsource

Kentucky’s Republican-led General Assembly this week passed bipartisan voting reform legislation setting rules for absentee and early voting…

Journalists observe over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

March 30, 2021 1:03 PM Associated Press

DONNA, Texas — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant…

Low-income Social Security recipients will get their stimulus payments next week

March 30, 2021 12:34 PM CNN Newsource

The Internal Revenue Service will start sending stimulus payments to low-income Social Security recipients this weekend, and expects most of the…

Biden administration expanding pause on student loan interest and collections

March 30, 2021 12:10 PM CNN Newsource

The Biden administration is expanding the pause on student loan interest and collections to the more than a million borrowers who are in default on…

NATO scrambles jets 10 times to track Russian military planes across Europe

March 30, 2021 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually “rare peak” of Russian bombers and fighters flying over…

Biden won’t throw Washington Nationals opening day pitch, White House says

March 30, 2021 11:24 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden is not scheduled to toss out the Opening Day first pitch on Thursday for the Washington Nationals, White House press secretary…

Republican Kelly Tshibaka launches Senate campaign against Lisa Murkowski

March 30, 2021 11:22 AM CNN Newsource

Republican Kelly Tshibaka, a former Alaska Department of Administration commissioner, launched her Senate campaign on Monday against Sen. Lisa…