Biden signs bill awarding Congressional Gold Medal to WWII’s ‘Ghost Army’
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that awards the Congressional Gold Medal to a top-secret US Army…
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Fact check: GOP Rep. Chip Roy twice promotes false online rumor about Canadian PM fleeing to the US
By Daniel Dale, CNN Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, has twice in the past three days promoted a fictional online rumor that Canadian Prime…
Continue ReadingFact check: GOP Rep. Chip Roy twice promotes false online rumor about Canadian PM fleeing to the US
CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, has twice in the past three days promoted a fictional online rumor that Canadian Prime…
Continue ReadingTrump’s PAC gave $1 million to Meadows’ non-profit weeks after House formed January 6 committee
By Eric Bradner, CNN Weeks after the House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection was formed, former President Donald Trump’s political…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Cawthorn files lawsuit to shut down candidacy challenge based on his role in January 6 insurrection
By Marshall Cohen Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, a staunch Donald Trump supporter who has pushed election fraud lies, has filed a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingFlorida bill aims to overhaul state election laws — including proposal for election police force
By Kelly Mena, CNN Florida lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at changing election laws in Florida including creating an election police…
Continue ReadingHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer tests positive for Covid-19
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday that he had contracted Covid-19 and is “experiencing mild…
Continue ReadingProposal to endorse removing Cheney and Kinzinger from House GOP Conference gets more than 50 RNC co-sponsors
By Gabby Orr, CNN A proposal to endorse removing GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from the House Republican Conference has gained steam ahead…
Continue ReadingSen. Ben Ray Luján expected to make full recovery after suffering stroke
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico announced Tuesday that he “suffered a stroke in the cerebellum” last week but…
Continue ReadingFBI urges Olympic athletes to leave personal phones at home ahead of Beijing games
By Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner…
Continue ReadingFact Check: Biden is not the first president to limit SCOTUS search to specific demographics
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen…
Continue ReadingFourth quarter takeaways: Vulnerable Democrats and GOP groups build big war chests, George W. Bush weighs in
By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Rogers and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN Some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate have…
Continue ReadingManchin delivers grim news for Biden’s Build Back Better plan: ‘It’s dead’
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of…
Continue ReadingBiden set to pick his Supreme Court nominee’s ‘sherpa’ as the courting of McConnell and other senators begins
By Jeff Zeleny, Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden spent Tuesday afternoon starting the process of courting crucial senators who…
Continue ReadingNational Archives planning to turn over Pence Vice Presidential records to January 6 committee
CNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The National Archives decided on Tuesday that it will turn over former Vice President Mike…
Continue ReadingFBI director defends handling of January 6 investigations against right-wing claims of political bias
By Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday defended the bureau against right-wing claims that it is pursuing cases…
Continue ReadingAnother top aide to Pence is meeting with January 6 committee
By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Greg Jacob, a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, met with the House…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in the House’s China competition bill
By Katie Lobosco, CNN A sweeping piece of legislation moving through Congress would invest billions of dollars in American manufacturing and…
Continue ReadingSenators moving ‘aggressively’ on Electoral Count Act reform, but face long way to go before a deal
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Bipartisan talks to overhaul the Electoral Count Act — an 1887 law under scrutiny in the wake of the January…
Continue ReadingVirginia universities end student vaccine mandates after state attorney general’s legal opinion
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Virginia’s largest public universities have dropped their Covid-19 vaccination requirement for students to…
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