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Senate opens debate on Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution and begins vote-a-rama
By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate on Tuesday voted to open debate on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution and has now begun a series of…
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Kathy Hochul will take over as New York governor
By Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will become governor of New York after Andrew Cuomo announced on…
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will resign
By Gregory Krieg and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he will resign, one week after the release of a report by the…
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will resign
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces he will step down as governor of New York in late August…
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NSA IG reviewing allegations the agency ‘improperly targeted’ communications of US news media
By Katie Bo Williams, CNN The National Security Agency’s inspector general on Tuesday announced that it is reviewing “recent allegations…
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Here are the 19 Republican senators who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill
By Ali Zaslav, Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The US Senate passed a historic, sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan package on…
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Senate to vote on $1 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday after months of intense bipartisan talks
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy defends his bipartisan infrastructure plan amid GOP concerns about the…
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Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of intense bipartisan talks
By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN The US Senate passed a historic, sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan package on Tuesday to shore up the…
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Judge asks why DOJ isn’t seeking more money from US Capitol rioters
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN During a plea hearing on Monday, the chief judge in DC’s federal court questioned the Justice Department’s…
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Fact-checking claims that migrants on the Southern border are to blame for Covid surge
By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN While Covid-19 continues to spike across the country and in southern states with lower vaccination rates,…
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California Gov. Newsom faces a wall of apathy as Republicans mobilize recall voters
By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN “Recall? What recall?” The young mother peeked out through her screen door at three volunteers in…
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Judge signs order temporarily blocking arrest of quorum-busting Texas Democrats
By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Jade Gordon, CNN Texas Democrats who left the state last month in an attempt to stop the passage of restrictive…
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Widow of police officer who died by suicide after Capitol riot presses Biden for line of duty benefits
By Jessica Schneider, CNN As President Joe Biden welcomed the families of police officers who had defended the US Capitol on January 6 to the Rose…
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House Democrats won’t have a shot at getting Trump’s tax returns from the IRS until at least November
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Biden administration won’t be turning over former President Donald Trump’s tax…
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Cuomo in ‘fighting mood’ even as aides try to convince him to resign
By Mark Morales, MJ Lee, Gregory Krieg and Devan Cole, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s closest confidants spent the weekend trying to convince…
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Migrant kids describe raw food and extended stays at Texas temporary facility
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Unaccompanied migrant children at a temporary facility in Pecos, Texas, reported poor conditions, including undercooked…
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DOJ to review whether previously withheld information on 9/11 attacks can be released publicly
By Jason Hoffman and Christina Carrega, CNN The Department of Justice announced Monday that it will review what previously withheld information or…
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Read: Top US general’s message to the military about Covid-19 vaccine
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Monday issued a memo encouraging the US military force to get vaccinated against Covid-19,…
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Dr. Rick Bright settles employment complaint with Health and Human Services
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Dr. Rick Bright, the former director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine who was ousted last April,…
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Executive assistant to Andrew Cuomo details allegations of sexual harassment by New York governor
Eleven women claim they were sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a state attorney general report. Hear what “Executive Assistant #1″…
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Pentagon moves to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for active duty military members
By Barbara Starr, Kaitlan Collins and Zachary Cohen, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is moving to have all active duty members of the US…
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Time’s Up board co-chair steps down in wake of Cuomo scandal
By Chloe Melas and Karl de Vries, CNN Time’s Up board co-chair Roberta Kaplan resigned from her position at the women’s rights…
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What’s in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan
By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with a sweeping $3.5 trillion, 10-year spending plan that marks the…
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What’s in the Senate reconciliation package
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin tells CNN’s Dana Bash that Democrats are seriously considering including some infrastructure reform in their sweeping…
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Judge suggests ‘gamesmanship’ at play with CDC’s latest eviction moratorium
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush joins CNN’s Dana Bash to discuss what comes next after her successful push to reinstate the CDC’s eviction…
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Judge suggests ‘gamesmanship’ at play with CDC’s latest eviction moratorium
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge suggested Monday that “gamesmanship” was at play with the eviction moratorium the Biden…
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Biden issues executive order targeting Belarusian regime on anniversary of fraudulent election
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order Monday to target those in the Belarusian regime involved in the…
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Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which doesn’t include an increase to the debt limit
The Senate will reconvene this afternoon after voting last night to end debate on the infrastructure…
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First on CNN: Advocacy groups ramp up pressure on lawmakers to take action on climate change
By Ella Nilsen, CNN Advocacy groups are ratcheting up the pressure on lawmakers during Congress’s August recess to pass bold climate provisions…
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