DHS cybersecurity chief confirmed amid fallout from another ransomware attack
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity…
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Senate Democrats unveil $3.7 billion Capitol security funding bill
By Ryan Nobles, CNN Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont and chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, unveiled a new $3.7 billion…
Continue Reading Indicted Trump Organization CFO removed as an officer from several company subsidiaries
By Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization has removed Allen Weisselberg, its chief financial officer, from officer positions at several of its…
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Democrats in Texas Legislature leave Austin to try to stop passage of GOP voting law, take off on plane for Washington
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats in the Texas Legislature are bolting for Washington, D.C., to try to stop Republicans from enacting new voting…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats leaving state to stop GOP voting bill
The move marks the first time in 18 years that Democrats crossed state lines in an attempt to break…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter with ties to White supremacist gang pleads guilty and is sentenced to 6 months in jail with credit for time served
By Marshall Cohen A US Capitol rioter who joined a white supremacist gang while in prison for attempted murder pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor…
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French president mandates special Covid-19 pass for access to all restaurants, shopping malls
PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccines by Sept. 15 and urged all of his…
Continue Reading Texas House Democrats leave state to block Republicans from passing voting restrictions
By Eric Bradner, Dianne Gallagher and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas state House Democrats left the state Monday in an effort to block Republicans from…
Continue Reading Charlie Dent: CPAC is a political freak show
Republican former congressman Charlie Dent shares his thoughts on the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, where former President…
Continue Reading Assassination plunges Haiti into political chaos. What’s next?
The assassination of Haiti’s President has left the country with a power vacuum. Two men claim to be the legitimate Prime Minister, the parliament is…
Continue Reading Biden briefed by US delegation that traveled to Haiti
By Betsy Klein, CNN The interagency US delegation to Haiti briefed President Joe Biden on Monday morning after they returned from Port-au-Prince,…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from CPAC’s summer gathering in Texas
By Eric Bradner, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference’s summer gathering in Dallas over the weekend showcased the hold former…
Continue Reading Katie Porter responds to scuffle that broke out at her California town hall event
By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California responded to a scuffle that broke out at an event she held in her district on Sunday…
Continue Reading Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dies at 93
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor and nearly 10 years in federal prison for…
Continue Reading Biden administration took steps to ‘off-board’ fired Social Security chief, administration official says
By Arlette Saenz The Biden administration has worked to off-board the fired commissioner of the Social Security Administration who said he would…
Continue Reading Biden calls on Cuban regime to ‘hear their people and serve their needs’ amid rare protests
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday expressed support for the Cuban people amid rare protests in the country over a lack of freedoms…
Continue Reading Fact check: Untethered to reality, Trump lies over and over about the 2020 election at CPAC
By Daniel Dale He’s still repeating his favorite old lies, those eternal chestnuts about the size of the trade deficit with China and the…
Continue Reading Fact check: Progressive pundits falsely claim Rep. Lauren Boebert got a Paycheck Protection Program loan
By Daniel Dale, CNN Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican known for her right-wing views, gave a Saturday speech in which she expressed vehement…
Continue Reading Biden administration urging state and local governments to use Covid relief funding to address uptick in violent crime
By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is encouraging state and local governments to use funding from the Covid relief package passed earlier this year…
Continue Reading Eric Adams on Democrats’ ‘misplaced’ priorities on gun violence
New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams tells CNN’s Jake Tapper he thinks Democrats are too focused on mass shootings and not enough on addressing…
Continue Reading New child tax credit payments start this week. Here’s how the IRS is trying to make sure the neediest families don’t miss out
By Tami Luhby, CNN Melinda Williams, a married mother of five, didn’t think her family qualified for the child tax credit since they…
Continue Reading Top US general in Afghanistan steps down as US military withdrawal from the country nears completion
By Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Sandi Sidhu and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The top US general in Afghanistan stepped down on Monday as the United…
Continue Reading Rep. Thompson: Insurrection investigation will go ‘as long as it takes’
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks with congressional correspondent Lauren Fox on the nature of the Capitol…
Continue Reading ‘We’ll do this work as long as it takes’: Thompson readies for political fight leading Jan. 6 investigation
By Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson avoids making too many…
Continue Reading Schumer and Pelosi face leadership test as infrastructure push kicks into high gear
By Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Democrats will face a critical month on infrastructure in July as they reckon with deep schisms in their ranks and…
Continue Reading Trump airs post-election grievances in CPAC address
Former President Donald Trump played his greatest hits during an address to attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas.…
Continue Reading Trump wins the CPAC straw poll in Texas as attendees clamor for him to run again
DALLAS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference…
Continue Reading CPAC crowd cheers missing vaccination goal. Hear Fauci’s response
Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the reaction by the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Committee to a conservative author’s comments about the US…
Continue Reading Kristi Noem criticizes GOP governors who enacted Covid-19 mandates while accusing some of rewriting their history
By Maeve Reston, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem questioned the grit and instinct of fellow GOP governors who enacted Covid-19 measures like mask…
Continue Reading Kinzinger slams GOP colleagues for invoking Nazi-era imagery to criticize Covid vaccination efforts
By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed his GOP colleagues, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene…
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