Trump ally Tom Barrack pleads not guilty in foreign lobbying case
By Tierney Sneed and Sonia Moghe, CNN Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and chairman of the Trump 2016 Inaugural…
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Senators confident trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal will be introduced Sunday
During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said he is confident the Senate will vote to move forward with a bipartisan infrastructure…
Continue ReadingUS Covid-19 cases rise 65% in 1 week
The US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. CNN’s Polo Sandoval…
Continue ReadingBiden announces end of combat mission in Iraq as he shifts US foreign policy focus
By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden agreed on Monday to formally conclude the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of the…
Continue ReadingBiden administration announces resources to support people with long Covid
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday released guidance and resources to support people experiencing long-term effects of…
Continue ReadingBipartisan infrastructure talks sputtering along with little time left
By Lauren Fox, CNN After spending the weekend negotiating, lawmakers have yet to clinch a bipartisan infrastructure deal, a precarious sign for…
Continue ReadingUS to keep existing Covid-related travel restrictions
By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House has decided to maintain existing coronavirus travel restrictions amid surging cases…
Continue ReadingSen. Toomey: ‘Totally open’ to examining infrastructure deal once it’s written
On CNN’s State of the Union, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joins Jake Tapper to discuss the ongoing infrastructure negotiations in…
Continue ReadingPelosi just made an unprecedented move. Here’s why
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6…
Continue Reading‘What you’re doing is unprecedented’: McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over
By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN The relationship between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was never very warm. Now…
Continue ReadingBiden’s infrastructure deal on shaky ground as blame game begins
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal is in a perilous state with Republicans and Democrats…
Continue ReadingTrump’s appointees are turning the Supreme Court to the right with different tactics
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The three appointees of former President Donald Trump have together sealed the…
Continue ReadingGrowing group of GOP members wants McCarthy to punish Kinzinger and Cheney for joining January 6 committee
By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Clay Higgins says he has Covid
By Morgan Rimmer and Daniella Diaz, CNN GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana posted on Facebook Sunday evening that he, his wife and his son all have…
Continue ReadingUS general vows to continue airstrikes supporting Afghan troops fighting Taliban
By Samantha Beech, CNN The US will continue airstrikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday. Violence has…
Continue ReadingFauci: ‘I’m very frustrated’ with vaccine holdouts
Chief Biden Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the latest covid surge “is an unnecessary predicament we’re putting…
Continue ReadingJill Biden brings a dose of normalcy to Olympic Games amid a pandemic
By Kate Bennett, CNN At a very not-normal Olympic Games kick-off, first lady Jill Biden was, outside of the athletes themselves, perhaps the only…
Continue ReadingOhio House primary reveals Democratic divides that could play out across the 2022 midterm map
By Eric Bradner, CNN A congressional primary in Ohio is revealing the generational and ideological fissures in the Democratic Party that have been…
Continue ReadingGOP senator warns against treating funding as ‘Monopoly money’ as infrastructure negotiations come to a head
By Chandelis Duster, Kaitlan Collins and Lauren Fox, CNN Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday warned against treating federal funding as…
Continue ReadingRepublican governor balks at Covid-19 mandates as state’s cases soar
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t plan to impose a mask mandate nor a vaccine mandate in Arkansas at this time, despite the state’s…
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