Key states making moves to change election laws and voting options
By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Supreme Court took action this week in one state’s redistricting case that could have broad…
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Brace for a smaller tax refund if you got monthly child tax credit payments in 2021
By Tami Luhby, CNN Many parents may not be so happy when they file their tax returns this year. They could discover they’re getting smaller…
Continue ReadingUS Army releases first climate strategy with goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday with goals to reduce the Army’s greenhouse gas pollution by…
Continue ReadingFEMA introduces updated text-to-shelter feature
By Betsy Klein, CNN A safe place during a disaster is just a text away. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is launching an updated…
Continue ReadingWhite House begins reaching out to potential Supreme Court nominees as Biden pores over ‘binders of cases’
By Ariane de Vogue, John Harwood, Joan Biskupic and Betsy Klein, CNN White House officials have begun reaching out to potential Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court may completely hollow out the Voting Rights Act by 2024
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s action late Monday in an Alabama redistricting case…
Continue ReadingDeJoy defends plan to replace USPS fleet with gas-powered trucks, citing ‘dire financial condition’
By Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet…
Continue ReadingBiden touts Australian company’s new electric vehicle charging plant in Tennessee
By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles for…
Continue ReadingEight years. Three Presidents. And still no resolution on an asylum claim.
KTRK By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children…
Continue ReadingHouse passes stopgap government funding bill to avert shutdown
By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of next…
Continue ReadingEight years. Three Presidents. And still no resolution on an asylum claim.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children in…
Continue ReadingUS report finds Mexico is dominant source of fentanyl trafficked into US
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years,…
Continue ReadingAtlanta DA investigating Trump’s election interference: ‘We’re not here playing a game’
CNN By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election…
Continue ReadingWhite House science adviser resigns and acknowledges ‘disrespectful and demeaning’ behavior after investigation
POOL By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House…
Continue ReadingThree words that sparked GOP firestorm were not part of early draft of Cheney-Kinzinger resolution
CNN By Jeff Zeleny and Gabby Orr, CNN The three words about the US Capitol attack that have sparked a firestorm inside the Republican Party —…
Continue ReadingRepublicans are frustrated by RNC move reopening party’s January 6 divide ahead of midterms
By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans felt they were finally united in their quest to take back the House and Senate — with the…
Continue ReadingWhite House keeps encouraging masks in schools as some states move toward lifting mandates
By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map that critics say dilutes power of Black voters stay in place
CNN By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to…
Continue ReadingStephen Calk: Banker sentenced to prison for bribery scheme in chase for Trump administration job
By Lauren del Valle, CNN A former Chicago bank executive was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison Monday for conspiring with one-time…
Continue ReadingAtlanta DA investigating Trump’s election interference: ‘We’re not here playing a game’
By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election…
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