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What to watch from Joe Biden’s trip to the G7

June 26, 2022 12:39 am CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden may be overseas in the Bavarian Alps, but the political division and sour mood he left behind will be…

Biden will sign first major federal gun safety legislation in decades on Saturday, White House says

June 24, 2022 3:50 am CNN

CNN, SENATE TV, CITY OF UVALDE By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill to address gun…

President Joe Biden speaks from the White House on Friday

Biden says ‘Roe is on the ballot’ this fall as Democrats consider options on abortion rights

June 24, 2022 9:05 am CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday urged Americans to elect more members of Congress in November’s midterm elections who will…

Student-led March for Our Lives rally pushes for action on gun violence

June 11, 2022 1:01 am CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN March for Our Lives, the student-led movement focused on gun violence prevention, returned to Washington…

White House official blasts ‘outrageous’ oil profits, leaves door open to windfall profit tax

June 9, 2022 10:50 am CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN A White House official is strongly criticizing Big Oil for banking huge profits in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…

Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism prevention bill in key vote

May 26, 2022 3:00 am CNN

CNN, KABB, WOAI, INSTAGRAM, KSAT By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill designed to combat domestic…

Republicans call for DOJ to enforce law that would bar abortion rights demonstrators from protesting at justices’ homes

May 9, 2022 7:21 am CNN

CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Republicans in Congress and governors’ mansions are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce a 1950…

Pelosi makes unannounced trip to Kyiv, becoming highest-ranking US official to meet with Zelensky since the war began

May 1, 2022 2:15 am CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday,…

Biden says 90% of adults will be vaccine-eligible in three weeks

March 29, 2021 1:34 pm CNN

President Joe Biden announced on Monday that 90% of adults will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine within the next three weeks, as well as have…

Mitch McConnell warns Democrats that overhauling filibuster rules will lead to ‘completely scorched earth Senate’

March 16, 2021 10:21 am CNN Newsource

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a stark warning Tuesday about how Republicans would grind the chamber to a halt if Democrats changed the…

US fighter jets shoot down Chinese spy balloon off East Coast

February 4, 2023 10:08 am CNN Newsource

By Zachary Cohen, Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann and Phil Mattingly, CNN US military fighter jets shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon…

Supreme Court clears the way for House to get Trump White House documents

January 19, 2022 3:16 pm CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for the release of presidential records from…

House passes bill to extend security protections to families of Supreme Court justices

June 14, 2022 12:07 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN The House voted 396-27 on Tuesday to pass a bill extending security protections to Supreme Court…

Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine as war enters new phase

April 28, 2022 5:40 am CNN

CNN By Kate Sullivan, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress for a $33 billion supplemental…

Mississippi GOP governor pushes back on vaccine passports: ‘I don’t think it’s a good thing to do in America’

April 4, 2021 9:18 am CNN

Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that he doesn’t support the potential use of so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports in his…

Colonial Pipeline says some smaller lines back online, but main pipeline still down after cyberattack

May 9, 2021 4:07 pm CNN Newsource

Colonial Pipeline Company, which was the recent victim of a ransomware cybersecurity attack, says it is working to develop a restart plan for its…

DOJ announces charges against man carrying Pelosi’s podium and others in US Capitol riot

January 9, 2021 11:28 am CNN

Federal prosecutors have charged three individuals in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the US Capitol, the Department of Justice announced…

In call, Trump demands Georgia officials ‘find’ votes to tilt election

January 3, 2021 3:28 pm CNN

President Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his…

Congress finally moves to stop surprise medical billing as part of spending deal

December 22, 2020 7:40 am CNN

Congress has finally addressed one of Americans’ biggest health care headaches: surprise medical billing. Lawmakers included a bipartisan,…