McCarthy’s management style tested by his conference’s most extreme members
By Melanie Zanona, CNN A key adviser to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was involved in a behind-the-scenes effort last month to help…
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Biden administration will send 3 million vaccines to Indonesia amid Covid-19 surge
By Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The US is sending 3 million Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Indonesia on Friday in what will amount to one of…
Continue ReadingBiden has canceled $1.5 billion in student debt for victims of for-profit school fraud
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education has canceled a total of $1.5 billion in student loan debt for nearly 92,000 students, who were…
Continue ReadingWhy these paintings are sparking ethics concerns for Biden
The White House is facing ethics concerns over the sale of paintings by President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty has…
Continue ReadingWhite House helped form ethics agreement with art gallery that’s selling Hunter Biden’s paintings, sources say
By Maegan Vazquez and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN Hunter Biden’s artistic debut is sparking ethics concerns for the White House as some critics raise…
Continue ReadingSchumer, AOC push low-income families to register with IRS to receive expanded child tax credit payments
By Tami Luhby and Daniella Diaz, CNN Low-income people should register for the expanded child tax credit with the Internal Revenue Service so they…
Continue Reading9 million student loan borrowers will soon be getting a new servicer. Here’s why
By Katie Lobosco, CNN About 9 million people with federal student loans will start getting their bills from a new agency after one of the…
Continue ReadingAFGHANISTAN: INTERPRETERS LEFT BEHIND TARGETED BY TALIBAN
Afghan interpreters who worked for the United States are being targeted by the…
Continue ReadingTSA found 70 guns at checkpoints over July 4th weekend
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The number of guns found at airport checkpoints nationwide this year is fast approaching the number caught…
Continue ReadingAZ secretary of state asks for probe into whether Trump and allies tried to interfere in election results
By Kyung Lah, CNN Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants the state attorney general to investigate whether allies of former President Donald…
Continue Reading‘More problems ahead’: Ex-prosector says it’s not over for Avenatti
A federal judge sentenced celebrity lawyer turned criminal defendant Michael Avenatti to 30 months in prison for attempting to extort millions of…
Continue ReadingJudge blasts DC jail for not allowing Capitol riot defendant access to evidence
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Joe Beare, CNN A federal judge blasted the DC jail Thursday for failing to get evidence to a Capitol riot defendant who has…
Continue ReadingMichael Avenatti sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for attempting to extort Nike
By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell, CNN A federal judge on Thursday sentenced celebrity lawyer turned criminal defendant Michael Avenatti to 30 months…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Senate candidates show fundraising strength in early 2nd quarter numbers
By Dan Merica, CNN A series of Democratic Senate candidates announced substantial fundraising hauls this week, putting each campaign in strong…
Continue ReadingWhite House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises
By Kate Sullivan and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House is doubling down on vaccinations as the main focus of its strategy to fight Covid-19 as the…
Continue ReadingThe Tokyo Olympics: A Summer Games like no other
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an…
Continue ReadingDOJ charges 5 Floridians accused of attacking 7 police officers during Capitol insurrection
By Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department unveiled a major indictment Thursday against five Floridians accused of attacking at least seven police…
Continue ReadingFirst lady Jill Biden’s team ‘assessing the feasibility’ of attending the Tokyo Olympics
By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein and Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden’s team is still assessing whether it’s feasible for her to…
Continue ReadingBiden has just a few weeks left to make key decisions that will shape the future of Afghanistan
By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Barbara Starr, CNN With the Taliban advancing across rural parts of Afghanistan, and…
Continue ReadingHouse candidates declare campaigns for districts that don’t exist yet amid redistricting delays
By Dan Merica, CNN Loretta Smith and Wesley Hunt are members of different parties, separated by both distance and policy. And yet, Smith, an Oregon…
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