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By Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration is examining the possibility of setting up an emergency hotline with the Chinese government similar to…

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Young voters and voting rights activists in Texas are protesting potential restrictive new voting laws in the state. Topping…

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it had raised $45.4 million in the second…

By Ryan Nobles and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats on the Budget Committee announced late Tuesday they struck an agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget…

By Devan Cole, CNN A group of abortion rights organizations and providers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block enforcement of a recently…

By Daniella Diaz and Ali Zaslav, CNN More than 38% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian, an increase from the survey in 2020,…

By Ryan Nobles and Ted Barrett, CNN With time running out, Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over how to move forward on a funding package…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to block Biden administration’s Covid-19 mask…

By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Top Democrats are quietly moving to lock down support for President Joe Biden’s imperiled nominee to head a…

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Former President Donald Trump took a whack at Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell last weekend,…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to immigrant detainees as part of…

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Tuesday of the importance of diplomacy in dealing with cybersecurity and…

By Hannah Rabinowitz Five members of a Texas family were arrested on Tuesday for entering the US Capitol together during the January 6 insurrection.…

By Katelyn Polantz and Joe Beare, CNN A US Capitol insurrection defendant who chased a Black police officer up a staircase and away from government…

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Roughly one-fifth of Americans were initially hesitant about or squarely against getting the Covid-19 vaccine but have…

By Kristen Holmes Nearly six months into a presidency fully engulfed in a battle against a global pandemic, President Joe Biden is in a standoff with…

By Eric Bradner, CNN Republicans are set to run ads during Tuesday night’s All-Star Game blaming Democrats for fans in Georgia having to catch…

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent President Joe Biden is nominating former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to serve as…

By CNN Federal regulations setting a minimum of 21 years old for purchasing handguns from licensed dealers violate the Second Amendment, a federal…

Federal regulations setting a minimum of 21 years old for purchasing handguns from licensed dealers violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Federal regulations setting a minimum age of 21 years old for purchasing handguns from licensed dealers violate the Second…

By Ryan Nobles, CNN Republicans said they raked in a record $10.5 million in June for their fight to win back control of the US Senate in 2022, part…

By Betsy Klein, CNN Pop star and actress Olivia Rodrigo wants her fans to be “happy and healthy.” Rodrigo, singer of summer hits…

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Rahul Gupta to be his administration’s drug czar, a White House spokesperson…

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN While Black civil rights leaders lauded President Joe Biden for taking a strong stance against voter suppression in his…

By CNN President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday, July 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio — a little more than six months after…

By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they can only hold off Republicans’ push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks, as…

By Lauren del Valle A former Chicago bank executive was found guilty Tuesday of charges alleging he conspired with onetime Donald Trump campaign…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration has chosen longtime Environmental Protection Agency scientist Allison Crimmins to lead the next National…

By Greg Krieg, CNN President Joe Biden convened a small summit of local leaders in late June to discuss his plans to combat nationwide surge in…

By David Wright, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney announced Tuesday that her campaign raised nearly $1.9 million in second quarter 2021, setting what her office…

By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Natasha Bertrand, CNN President Joe Biden’s review of former President Donald Trump’s restrictive…

By Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after…

By Devan Cole, CNN Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White…

By Kevin Liptak, Paul LeBlanc and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden issued a dire and angry warning Tuesday that the very underpinnings of…

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden has staked his presidency on America’s return — a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus…

By Paul LeBlanc and Alexandra Meeks, CNN A California judge on Monday denied Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to have his party…

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN A judge in Michigan pinned down lawyers in a marathon video court hearing Monday on whether they had done due diligence…

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Several GOP senators who initially endorsed a bipartisan infrastructure deal are warning they may…

By Tami Luhby, CNN States that have terminated pandemic unemployment benefits early can restart the programs, but there may be a break in payments…

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity…

By Ryan Nobles, CNN Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont and chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, unveiled a new $3.7 billion…

By Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization has removed Allen Weisselberg, its chief financial officer, from officer positions at several of its…

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…

By Eric Bradner, Dianne Gallagher and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas state House Democrats left the state Monday in an effort to block Republicans from…

By Betsy Klein, CNN The interagency US delegation to Haiti briefed President Joe Biden on Monday morning after they returned from Port-au-Prince,…

By Eric Bradner, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference’s summer gathering in Dallas over the weekend showcased the hold former…

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…

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…

By Arlette Saenz The Biden administration has worked to off-board the fired commissioner of the Social Security Administration who said he would…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By Tami Luhby, CNN Melinda Williams, a married mother of five, didn’t think her family qualified for the child tax credit since they…

By Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Sandi Sidhu and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The top US general in Afghanistan stepped down on Monday as the United…

By Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson avoids making too many…

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…

By Maeve Reston, CNN Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference Sunday…

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…

By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed his GOP colleagues, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York City Democratic Mayoral candidate Eric Adams on Sunday criticized Democrat lawmakers efforts to curb gun violence…

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that the US…

By Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday urged G20 leaders to step up vaccine-sharing support as the Delta coronavirus…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Family welfare experts for months have looked to the easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions as the turning point that would…

By Maeve Reston and Sara Murray, CNN As Texas’ battle over voting rights continues to unfold during the special session in Austin, the outrage…

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent An area in eastern Syria where some US troops are based came under an “indirect fire attack”…

By Rachel Janfaza Former President Barack Obama released his summer reading list on Friday, continuing a tradition from his time in the White House.…

By Jason Hanna, CNN It’s summertime — and the 44th President once again has a few tunes for your consideration. Former President Barack…

By Kara Scannell and Erica Orden, CNN A Mercedes-Benz for his wife, an apartment for his son and school tuition for his grandchildren. Prosecutors…

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN With Congress on recess, all eyes were on President Joe Biden in Washington this week. Biden defended the US troop departure…

By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security official John Cohen will take over leadership of the department’s intelligence branch, an office that is…

By Jeff Zeleny and Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul after he refused to submit his…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House officials have begun laying out the contents of President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to expand the social…

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department released new police body camera footage Friday showing one of the most disturbing…

By Natasha Bertrand The Biden administration scored a key diplomatic victory Friday after Russia agreed to keep a crucial border crossing open in…