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…
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Days before the start of a tumultuous term, and after the Supreme Court justices divided bitterly over…
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
By Daniella Diaz, Priscilla Alvarez and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate Parliamentarian on Wednesday rejected Democrats’ second attempt to try to…
Continue Reading USPS to slow down some mail delivery starting Friday
By Kristen Holmes Americans across the country could start seeing slowdowns in mail delivery across the country as early as Friday, when the US…
Continue Reading House lawmakers seek explanation from FBI’s Wray over ransomware response
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee are questioning the FBI’s handling of a July ransomware attack on a…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats approve $3.5 trillion budget resolution in key step toward passing major economic package without GOP votes
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday morning, setting the…
Continue Reading Expanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block
CNN By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill…
Continue Reading Expanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block
By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier…
Continue Reading Manchin rejects Pelosi’s call for deal on economic package ahead of key Thursday vote
By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Alex Rogers, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin are at a crossroads…
Continue Reading Nearly a dozen states enacted laws this year that could subvert the results of future elections, analysis finds
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Nearly a dozen states have enacted laws this year that pave the way for election subversion, and additional proposals are…
Continue Reading Schumer announces Senate will vote Thursday on stopgap bill to avert shutdown
By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday night that Democrats had reached an agreement with…
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
CNN By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN During a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan, top generals…
Continue Reading ‘Nobody wants to blink:’ A canceled trip, deal-less meetings and 24 hours to thread the needle
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN In a moment when President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders sought to create desperately needed momentum to…
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Biden puts ‘closer’ role to the test with his entire agenda on the line
CNN By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where…
Continue Reading Matthew Dowd, former Bush strategist, announces Democratic bid for Texas lieutenant governor
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Terence Burlij, CNN Matthew Dowd, a former strategist for George W. Bush’s presidential reelection campaign,…
Continue Reading Vilified by Trump, Liz Cheney explores her political future with backing from GOP elders
By Michael Warren, CNN Liz Cheney is going to New Hampshire. She’s getting her political operation in order. And she’s raising money like…
Continue Reading DeSantis announces lawsuit against Biden administration over immigration policy
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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