Justice Department limits use of chokeholds and ‘no-knock’ warrants
By Christina Carrega and Peter Nickeas, CNN Federal law enforcement officers will be banned from using neck restraints during arrests and using…
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Poverty rose in 2020 amid pandemic even as stimulus payments helped some 11.7 million Americans avoid it
By Tami Luhby, CNN The nation’s poverty rate rose to 11.4% last year, but the first two rounds of federal stimulus payments helped keep 11.7…
Continue ReadingDemocrats cut deal with Manchin to get party behind long-shot voting overhaul bill
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats are proposing new legislation to overhaul voting laws after months of…
Continue Reading6 things to watch Tuesday in California’s recall election
By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN The attempted recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom will reach its crescendo on Tuesday, with polls and ballot…
Continue ReadingMemo shows how Homeland Security restricted flow of ‘election-related’ intelligence ahead of 1/6
By Zachary Cohen, CNN A few months before rioters stormed the US Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security restricted the flow of open-source…
Continue ReadingBoston to vote in first leg of historic mayoral campaign
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The city of Boston will select the two finalists for its November mayoral election on Tuesday in a preliminary contest that…
Continue ReadingObamas, Bushes and Clintons teaming up in effort to aid Afghan refugees
By Betsy Klein, CNN The Presidents’ club is teaming up to aid in a massive, bipartisan effort to welcome and support Afghan refugees that is…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom was facing a tight race. Then Larry Elder came along.
By Maeve Reston, CNN Earlier this year, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for the right message to convince disengaged Democrats to…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom was facing a tight race. Then Larry Elder came along.
CNN By Maeve Reston, CNN Earlier this year, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for the right message to convince disengaged Democrats to…
Continue ReadingBiden links Elder to Trump on eve of California recall
By Dan Merica, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday offered his full-throated support of California Gov. Gavin Newsom as the pair attempted to thwart…
Continue ReadingDemocratic divisions threaten to bog down Biden’s economic package
By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats returned to Washington on Monday suggesting they were far away from reaching a deal on a $3.5…
Continue ReadingTop US spy says Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Iraq represent greater terrorist threat than Afghanistan
By Katie Bo Williams, CNN Afghanistan is no longer the US’ top concern among international terrorist threats to the American homeland, the…
Continue ReadingOcasio-Cortez calls out Manchin for referring to her as ‘young lady’
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out fellow Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday after the West Virginia senator referred…
Continue ReadingAdministration to start clemency process for some federal inmates on home confinement due to Covid conditions
CNN By Jason Hoffman and Christina Carrega, CNN The Biden administration is beginning the clemency process for certain inmates released to home…
Continue ReadingAdministration to start clemency process for some federal inmates on home confinement due to Covid conditions
By Jason Hoffman and Christina Carrega, CNN The Biden administration is beginning the clemency process for certain inmates released to home…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatens to fine state counties and cities over vaccine mandates
By Paul LeBlanc and Rebekah Riess, CNN Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that the state will punish county and city governments for requiring…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and a…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles and other elite gymnasts to testify before Congress about FBI’s Larry Nassar investigation
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Four US gymnastics stars will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday during a hearing about the FBI’s…
Continue ReadingMississippi abortion clinic asks Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A Mississippi abortion clinic filed the latest salvo over the future of abortion rights Monday, urging…
Continue ReadingTexas judge issues injunction against anti-abortion group on enforcing new law
By Jessica Schneider and Ariane de Vogue, CNN A Texas state judge issued an injunction against anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, blocking it…
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