Fauci: ‘I’m very frustrated’ with vaccine holdouts
Chief Biden Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the latest covid surge “is an unnecessary predicament we’re putting…
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Jill Biden brings a dose of normalcy to Olympic Games amid a pandemic
By Kate Bennett, CNN At a very not-normal Olympic Games kick-off, first lady Jill Biden was, outside of the athletes themselves, perhaps the only…
Continue Reading Ohio House primary reveals Democratic divides that could play out across the 2022 midterm map
By Eric Bradner, CNN A congressional primary in Ohio is revealing the generational and ideological fissures in the Democratic Party that have been…
Continue Reading GOP senator warns against treating funding as ‘Monopoly money’ as infrastructure negotiations come to a head
By Chandelis Duster, Kaitlan Collins and Lauren Fox, CNN Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday warned against treating federal funding as…
Continue Reading Arkansas’ governor defends decision to approve a statewide ban on mask mandates
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t plan to impose a mask mandate nor a vaccine mandate in Arkansas at this time, despite the state’s…
Continue Reading Arkansas’ governor defends decision to approve a statewide ban on mask mandates
By Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday defended his decision to approve a statewide ban on face mask mandates earlier this year,…
Continue Reading Fauci: ‘We’re going in the wrong direction’ on Covid-19 cases
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is “going in the wrong direction” as the number of Covid-19 cases…
Continue Reading Pelosi appoints Kinzinger to 1/6 House select committee
By Daniella Diaz, Melanie Zanona and Aaron Pellish, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she has appointed GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the…
Continue Reading Tom Barrack and the influence he had in Trump’s world
By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN When Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president in 2016, a little-known businessperson…
Continue Reading US to keep existing Covid-related travel restrictions
The US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. CNN’s Polo Sandoval…
Continue Reading NSA review finds no evidence supporting Tucker Carlson’s claims NSA was spying on him, sources say
By Jeremy Herb, CNN A National Security Agency review of its intercepts did not find any evidence that Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s…
Continue Reading What the For the People Act would mean for veterans with disabilities
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Deployed to Iraq in 2003, US Marine Corps field radio operator Joanna Sweatt took cover in tight-spaced bunkers for…
Continue Reading Bumble match turns in January 6 suspect who allegedly whipped police
CNN’s Marshall Cohen walks through how a match on the dating app Bumble led to a Capitol riot suspect being arrested by…
Continue Reading Justice Department says it will not investigate Covid-19 nursing home deaths in several states
By Sunlen Serfaty and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Department of Justice will not open a civil investigation into the Covid-19 response in state…
Continue Reading Boosters, masks and mandates: Biden’s team sorts through options for containing Covid surge among unvaccinated Americans
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The Biden administration is debating a series of steps to further contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which, after 18 months, is…
Continue Reading Staff director for 1/6 committee accused of retaliating against whistleblower
By Ryan Nobles and Natasha Bertrand, CNN David Buckley, the newly named staff director for the House Select Committee investigating the January 6…
Continue Reading New Capitol Police chief says he’d be ‘a fool to not be concerned’ about ongoing threat
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN In his first day on the job, Tom Manger — the new chief of the US Capitol Police — said Friday that he would be…
Continue Reading Bumble match turns in January 6 suspect who allegedly whipped police
By Marshall Cohen Yet another US Capitol suspect was caught this week, all thanks to his Bumble match. Prosecutors say Andrew Taake of Texas used the…
Continue Reading Defense Department has had about 2,000 breakthrough Covid cases
By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Department of Defense has experienced about 2,000 breakthrough Covid-19 cases among its more than 2…
Continue Reading The week in 12 headlines
By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, Senate Republicans blocked a key vote to start debate on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill long sought by President…
Continue Reading National Guard unit starts to make cuts after Congress fails to pay for Capitol security mission
By Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Nebraska National Guard has begun canceling training events as other Guard units across…
Continue Reading Florida heads to Supreme Court on Covid-19 regulations for cruise ships
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Florida’s attorney general asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step in on an emergency basis to…
Continue Reading Trump ally Tom Barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal to get out of jail
By Erica Orden, CNN A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered Tom Barrack, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump who was indicted…
Continue Reading Biden administration terminates two border wall contracts in Texas
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection is terminating two border wall contracts in the Laredo sector that cover approximately 31…
Continue Reading Biden poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia
By Nicole Gaouette and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden is poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy to serve as ambassador to Australia, three people…
Continue Reading Biden back on the campaign trail: ‘I whipped Donald Trump in Virginia and so will Terry’
By Dan Merica, CNN President Joe Biden made a forceful return to the campaign trail on Friday night in Virginia, stumping for gubernatorial candidate…
Continue Reading Biden administration purchases extra Pfizer doses to prepare for possibility of children vaccine needs and booster shots
By Betsy Klein and Naomi Thomas, CNN The Biden administration purchased an additional 200 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Two Democrats in Congress call on Justice Department watchdog to investigate if Barrack case ‘was inappropriately suppressed’
By Erica Orden Two Democratic members of Congress are asking the Justice Department’s inspector general to open an investigation into whether…
Continue Reading Alabama governor: It’s time to start blaming unvaccinated folks
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey spoke out against the unvaccinated population in Alabama and says it’s time to start blaming them for not doing their part…
Continue Reading Alabama Republican Gov. Ivey says ‘start blaming the unvaccinated folks’ for rise in Covid cases
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday called out “the unvaccinated folks” for the rise in Covid-19…
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