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White House officials tell lawmakers they will need $1 billion in emergency funding for Afghan visa effort

July 26, 2021 9:02 PM CNN

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…

White House officials tell lawmakers they will need $1 billion in emergency funding for Afghan visa effort

July 26, 2021 9:02 PM CNN Newsource

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…

The January 6 select committee will hear from 4 police officers Tuesday. Here are their stories.

July 26, 2021 6:00 PM CNN

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…

White House hasn’t given up on imperiled ATF nominee

July 26, 2021 8:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House and Democratic Senate leaders are trying to salvage President Joe Biden’s…

US and China trade barbs after another high-level meeting but say they want to keep talking

July 26, 2021 7:02 PM CNN Newsource

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…

Celina Sotomayor, mother of Supreme Court justice, dies at 94

July 26, 2021 4:18 PM CNN Newsource

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…

Federal law doesn’t prohibit Covid-19 vaccine requirements, Justice Department says

July 26, 2021 3:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Department lawyers have determined that federal law doesn’t prohibit public agencies and private…

DOJ defends 2 Texas teens in fight with school district over long locs

July 26, 2021 2:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Christina Carrega The Justice Department has stepped into a legal dispute on behalf of two Texas male students who say their school district…

The January 6 select committee will hear from 4 police officers Tuesday. Here are their stories.

July 26, 2021 6:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will hear testimony Tuesday from four police…

More federal workers expected to telework in the future, feds say

July 26, 2021 2:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Liz Stark The Biden administration’s human resources agency expects some federal workers will continue teleworking regularly in the future,…

EPA to impose new limits on wastewater pollution from coal power plants

July 26, 2021 3:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it intends to set more stringent standards on water pollution from coal…

Trump ally Tom Barrack pleads not guilty in foreign lobbying case

July 26, 2021 3:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Sonia Moghe, CNN Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and chairman of the Trump 2016 Inaugural…

Department of Veterans Affairs requiring all its medical employees to get Covid-19 vaccine as delta variant spreads

July 26, 2021 12:36 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get Covid-19…

Department of Veterans Affairs will require health workers to be vaccinated

July 26, 2021 12:32 PM CNN, KVIA ABC-7

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will require many of its front-line health workers to be vaccinated, a senior…

Biden jumps into vaccine mandate debate as VA requires health workers to get vaccinated

July 26, 2021 3:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s administration for the first time Monday made vaccines mandatory for certain federal workers, a…

Senators confident trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal will be introduced Sunday

August 1, 2021 2:06 PM CNN

During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said he is confident the Senate will vote to move forward with a bipartisan infrastructure…

California to require proof of Covid-19 vaccination or weekly testing for all state workers and health care employees

July 26, 2021 11:30 AM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or get tested…

Biden announces end of combat mission in Iraq as he shifts US foreign policy focus

July 26, 2021 1:19 PM CNN Newsource

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…

Biden administration announces resources to support people with long Covid

July 26, 2021 10:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday released guidance and resources to support people experiencing long-term effects of…

New York City to require nearly all municipal workers to get vaccinated by September or undergo weekly coronavirus tests

July 26, 2021 8:24 AM Associated Press

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…

Bipartisan infrastructure talks sputtering along with little time left

July 26, 2021 8:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Fox, CNN After spending the weekend negotiating, lawmakers have yet to clinch a bipartisan infrastructure deal, a precarious sign for…

US to keep existing Covid-related travel restrictions

July 26, 2021 12:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House has decided to maintain existing coronavirus travel restrictions amid surging cases…

Bipartisan infrastructure talks sputtering along with little time left

July 26, 2021 8:05 AM CNN

On CNN’s State of the Union, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joins Jake Tapper to discuss the ongoing infrastructure negotiations in…

‘What you’re doing is unprecedented’: McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over

July 26, 2021 6:14 AM CNN

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6…

‘What you’re doing is unprecedented’: McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over

July 26, 2021 6:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN The relationship between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was never very warm. Now…

Biden’s infrastructure deal on shaky ground as blame game begins

July 26, 2021 5:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal is in a perilous state with Republicans and Democrats…

Trump’s appointees are turning the Supreme Court to the right with different tactics

July 26, 2021 3:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The three appointees of former President Donald Trump have together sealed the…

Growing group of GOP members wants McCarthy to punish Kinzinger and Cheney for joining January 6 committee

July 26, 2021 12:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP…

GOP Rep. Clay Higgins says he has Covid

July 25, 2021 8:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Morgan Rimmer and Daniella Diaz, CNN GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana posted on Facebook Sunday evening that he, his wife and his son all have…

US general vows to continue airstrikes supporting Afghan troops fighting Taliban

July 26, 2021 4:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Beech, CNN The US will continue airstrikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday. Violence has…