Supreme Court agrees to hear Ted Cruz’s challenge to campaign finance reimbursement rules
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Continue Reading Biden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN With a growing number of Americans dying from drug overdoses and concerns over addiction rising, the Biden administration has…
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Continue Reading Labor Secretary Marty Walsh opens up about his sobriety as the nation faces addiction crisis during Covid-19 pandemic
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Marty Walsh chose to go to an alcohol detox program in 1995. But even after committing to it, he was questioning his decision.…
Continue Reading Biden nominates 10 more to federal bench, with continued focus on diversity
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday named 10 nominees to the federal bench, continuing his efforts to diversify the judicial…
Continue Reading ‘The future belongs to us’: NextGen America launches $32 million program to turn out young voters in 2022
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Continue Reading Monica Lewinsky details mental health struggles she endured during Clinton affair scandal
By Devan Cole, CNN Monica Lewinsky reflected on the mental health struggles she endured in the 1990s amid the scandal surrounding her affair with…
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By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend…
Continue Reading Olympic gold medalist pleads guilty in Capitol riot and will help prosecutors in future cases
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of obstructing the Electoral…
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Top US General Mark Milley appeared before Congress this week to defend Pentagon decision making in Afghanistan but instead…
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Press club asks judge to hold Lt. Gov. McGeachin in contempt
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Top US General Mark Milley appeared before Congress this week to defend Pentagon decision making in Afghanistan but instead…
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Continue Reading House votes to suspend debt ceiling again though unlikely to pass Senate
By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House on Wednesday voted 219-212 to suspend the nation’s debt limit until December 2022, with just weeks to go…
Continue Reading Olympic gold medalist pleads guilty in Capitol riot and will help prosecutors in future cases
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of obstructing the Electoral…
Continue Reading Two Capitol riot defendants not accused of violence are sentenced to jail time
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By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where…
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By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where…
Continue Reading House Republican leaders mount all-out campaign to sink infrastructure
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Continue Reading Texas attorney general says state’s abortion ban is ‘stimulating’ interstate commerce
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Continue Reading Alabama governor defends plan to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons
By Chandelis Duster and Nick Valencia, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state’s allotment of coronavirus relief…
Continue Reading Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
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Continue Reading Vaccine requirements for large private companies still weeks away, White House says
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House believes vaccine requirements for large private companies are still weeks away from being implemented, weeks…
Continue Reading USDA sends schools $1.5 billion to relieve student lunch crunch
By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN The US Department of Agriculture is sending $1.5 billion to schools struggling to serve students healthy lunches…
Continue Reading Senate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ second attempt to include immigration in economic bill
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Continue Reading House lawmakers seek explanation from FBI’s Wray over ransomware response
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Continue Reading Senate Democrats approve $3.5 trillion budget resolution in key step toward passing major economic package without GOP votes
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Continue Reading Expanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block
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Continue Reading Manchin rejects Pelosi’s call for deal on economic package ahead of key Thursday vote
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Continue Reading About 4,600 Haitians have been expelled from the US since September 19, DHS says
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Approximately 4,600 Haitians have been removed from the United States on repatriation flights from Texas to Haiti since…
Continue Reading Fact Check: Military testimony on Afghanistan appears to contradict Biden’s previous statements on troop levels
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a new lawsuit against the Biden administration over its so-called…
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Continue Reading Top police organizations push back on GOP Sen. Tim Scott’s attack on Democrats for why police reform talks broke down
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Continue Reading Trump endorses Kari Lake in 2022 Arizona governor’s race
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Continue Reading More than 100 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan on private charter, organizations say
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Continue Reading Senators introduce cyber bill to mandate reporting on ransomware and critical infrastructure attacks
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Continue Reading January 6 rioter who said she looked for Pelosi ‘to shoot her in the friggin’ brain’ pleads guilty to misdemeanor for illegally protesting
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Continue Reading Trump campaign loses NDA case it brought in arbitration against Omarosa Manigault Newman for tell-all book
By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Trump campaign and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has defeated an arbitration…
Continue Reading Former first daughter Barbara Bush welcomes first child
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By Kate Bennett, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s secret visit to Walter Reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy, according to…
Continue Reading Obama breaks ground on presidential library in Chicago
By Allie Malloy, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama broke ground on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on…
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Continue Reading ‘A constitutional amendment and a time machine’: Fact-checking calls to decertify the 2020 election
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By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A partisan report reviewing millions of ballots cast in Arizona’s Maricopa County during the 2020…
Continue Reading ‘Every day there’s irreparable harm’: Civic organizations sound alarms about impact of GOP-backed voting bills on registering new voters
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Continue Reading GOP enthusiasm for prosecuting Capitol rioters has fallen, Pew poll finds
By Marshall Cohen and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Republicans’ appetite for seeing January 6 rioters prosecuted has fallen sharply over the course…
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By Marshall Cohen and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Republicans’ appetite for seeing January 6 rioters prosecuted has fallen sharply over the course…
Continue Reading Liberals revolt at Pelosi’s plan to hold infrastructure vote without social safety net bill
By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Liberals in the House Democratic Caucus revolted over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a…
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By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Liberals in the House Democratic Caucus revolted over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a…
Continue Reading Milley defends Trump-era calls to Chinese counterpart in congressional Afghanistan hearing
By Zachary Cohen, Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Top US General Mark Milley offered a full-throated defense of his behavior during the last…
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By Kate Bennett, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s secret visit to Walter Reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy, according to…
Continue Reading Debt limit showdown escalates on Capitol Hill with no clear solution
By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Congress is barreling toward a mid-October deadline to raise the national debt limit, but Democrats…
Continue Reading Two American siblings allowed to return from China after three years following lifting of exit ban
By Jennifer Hansler and Chandelis Duster, CNN Two American siblings prevented from leaving China since 2018 have now been allowed to travel back to…
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By Zachary Cohen, Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Top US General Mark Milley offered a full-throated defense of his behavior during the last…
Continue Reading Biden and Democrats face dual front battle and have only 48 hours left
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders are in a stare down with Republicans over funding the government.…
Continue Reading Biden and Democrats face dual front battle and have only 48 hours left
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders are in a stare down with Republicans over funding the government.…
Continue Reading Oregon approves the nation’s first new congressional map
By Chandelis Duster and Ethan Cohen, CNN Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the state’s redistricting bills Monday, hours before a deadline that…
Continue Reading Lawmakers set to grill top military leaders on Afghanistan for first time since troop withdrawal
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Continue Reading Fact check: 3 times internal docs contradicted Facebook’s public stance
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Continue Reading Trump’s spiteful support for Abrams over Kemp sparks midterms fear from Georgia Republicans
By Michael Warren, CNN Donald Trump is escalating his fight against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, and state Republicans fear it will give…
Continue Reading Democrats say a Civilian Climate Corps will create jobs. Here’s how it could work.
By Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, CNN When he met with governors this summer from Western states wracked by wildfires and drought, President Joe…
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By Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, CNN When he met with governors this summer from Western states wracked by wildfires and drought, President Joe…
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By Michael Warren, CNN Donald Trump is escalating his fight against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, and state Republicans fear it will give…
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Ex Idaho lawmaker charged with rape is arrested in Georgia
A former Idaho state lawmaker charged with rape earlier this month has been arrested in Georgia.…
Continue Reading Lawmakers race the clock to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
By Clare Foran, CNN Government funding expires at midnight and Congress has not yet passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown, though…
Continue Reading ‘We won’: Trump and his allies barrel ahead with election lies despite Arizona review confirming his loss
By Jeremy Herb and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Cyber Ninjas failed to prove fraud in the Arizona 2020 election, but former President Donald…
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley are set to testify publicly before Senate…
Continue Reading US government working to help about 100 US citizens and permanent residents leave Afghanistan
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department is working to facilitate the departure of approximately 100 American citizens and legal permanent…
Continue Reading State Department spokesman says he has tested positive for Covid-19
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN State Department spokesman Ned Price has tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in the UN General Assembly last…
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Continue Reading Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’
By Kate Sullivan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN President Joe Biden received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday afternoon at the White House just…
Continue Reading Rep. Karen Bass announces bid for Los Angeles mayoral race
By Devan Cole and Alex Rogers, CNN California Democratic Rep. Karen Bass announced Monday that she’s running for mayor of Los Angeles next…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans block bill to suspend debt limit and avert shutdown in key vote
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed bill to suspend the debt limit and avert a government…
Continue Reading Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’
By Kate Sullivan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN President Joe Biden received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday afternoon at the White House just…
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Liz Cheney: `I was wrong’ in opposing gay marriage in past
Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney tells CBS News’ “60 Minutes” she was wrong to have opposed gay marriage.…
Continue Reading Justice Department agrees to drop release restrictions for Reagan shooter John Hinckley Jr.
By Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department reached a deal with John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, to…
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