Former US Sen. Mike Enzi dies at 77 after bicycle accident
By Paul LeBlanc Former US Sen. Mike Enzi has died following a serious bicycle accident last week, according to a statement posted on his official…
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‘We are now in crisis mode’: Mayor of Florida county home to Disney World sounds alarm on surging Covid cases
By Devan Cole, CNN The mayor of the Florida county that’s home to Disney World and Universal Studios is sounding the alarm on a spike of…
Continue Reading Biden administration to resume fast-track deportation procedure for migrant families
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is planning to speed up deportations for some migrant families who cross the US-Mexico border, the…
Continue Reading ‘We are now in crisis mode’: Mayor of Florida county home to Disney World sounds alarm on surging Covid cases
CNN’s Randi Kaye spoke to Nurse Tammy Daniel in a Jacksonville hospital about Covid-19 patients begging for…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger prepare for blockbuster hearing amid attacks from their own party
By Melanie Zanona, Ryan Nobles and Lauren Fox, CNN Republicans looking to undermine an investigation into January 6 are returning to a familiar…
Continue Reading White House officials tell lawmakers they will need $1 billion in emergency funding for Afghan visa effort
By Jeremy Herb and Phil Mattingly, CNN The Biden administration has informed lawmakers it will need roughly $1 billion in emergency funds as it moves…
Continue Reading White House officials tell lawmakers they will need $1 billion in emergency funding for Afghan visa effort
CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of…
Continue Reading The January 6 select committee will hear from 4 police officers Tuesday. Here are their stories.
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will hear testimony from four police officers who were on the front lines that day as…
Continue Reading White House hasn’t given up on imperiled ATF nominee
By Manu Raju, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House and Democratic Senate leaders are trying to salvage President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading US and China trade barbs after another high-level meeting but say they want to keep talking
By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US and China fought a war of words Monday as each side worked to set the narrative after their latest…
Continue Reading Celina Sotomayor, mother of Supreme Court justice, dies at 94
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Celina Baez Sotomayor, the mother of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, died on Sunday at 94 of…
Continue Reading Federal law doesn’t prohibit Covid-19 vaccine requirements, Justice Department says
By Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Department lawyers have determined that federal law doesn’t prohibit public agencies and private…
Continue Reading DOJ defends 2 Texas teens in fight with school district over long locs
By Christina Carrega The Justice Department has stepped into a legal dispute on behalf of two Texas male students who say their school district…
Continue Reading The January 6 select committee will hear from 4 police officers Tuesday. Here are their stories.
By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will hear testimony Tuesday from four police…
Continue Reading More federal workers expected to telework in the future, feds say
By Liz Stark The Biden administration’s human resources agency expects some federal workers will continue teleworking regularly in the future,…
Continue Reading EPA to impose new limits on wastewater pollution from coal power plants
By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it intends to set more stringent standards on water pollution from coal…
Continue Reading Trump ally Tom Barrack pleads not guilty in foreign lobbying case
By Tierney Sneed and Sonia Moghe, CNN Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and chairman of the Trump 2016 Inaugural…
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Department of Veterans Affairs requiring all its medical employees to get Covid-19 vaccine as delta variant spreads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get Covid-19…
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Department of Veterans Affairs will require health workers to be vaccinated
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will require many of its front-line health workers to be vaccinated, a senior…
Continue Reading Biden jumps into vaccine mandate debate as VA requires health workers to get vaccinated
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s administration for the first time Monday made vaccines mandatory for certain federal workers, a…
Continue Reading Senators confident trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal will be introduced Sunday
During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said he is confident the Senate will vote to move forward with a bipartisan infrastructure…
Continue Reading California to require proof of Covid-19 vaccination or weekly testing for all state workers and health care employees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or get tested…
Continue Reading Biden announces end of combat mission in Iraq as he shifts US foreign policy focus
By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden agreed on Monday to formally conclude the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of the…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces resources to support people with long Covid
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday released guidance and resources to support people experiencing long-term effects of…
Continue Reading New York City to require nearly all municipal workers to get vaccinated by September or undergo weekly coronavirus tests
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require all municipal workers to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing. The…
Continue Reading Bipartisan infrastructure talks sputtering along with little time left
By Lauren Fox, CNN After spending the weekend negotiating, lawmakers have yet to clinch a bipartisan infrastructure deal, a precarious sign for…
Continue Reading US to keep existing Covid-related travel restrictions
By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House has decided to maintain existing coronavirus travel restrictions amid surging cases…
Continue Reading Bipartisan infrastructure talks sputtering along with little time left
On CNN’s State of the Union, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joins Jake Tapper to discuss the ongoing infrastructure negotiations in…
Continue Reading ‘What you’re doing is unprecedented’: McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6…
Continue Reading ‘What you’re doing is unprecedented’: McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over
By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN The relationship between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was never very warm. Now…
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