House votes to suspend debt ceiling again though unlikely to pass Senate
By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House on Wednesday voted 219-212 to suspend the nation’s debt limit until December 2022, with just weeks to go…
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Olympic gold medalist pleads guilty in Capitol riot and will help prosecutors in future cases
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of obstructing the Electoral…
Continue ReadingTwo Capitol riot defendants not accused of violence are sentenced to jail time
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Olanma Mang, CNN Two men who spent 40 minutes in the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection were each sentenced to 45…
Continue ReadingBiden puts ‘closer’ role to the test with his entire agenda on the line
CNN By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where…
Continue ReadingBiden puts ‘closer’ role to the test with his entire agenda on the line
By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where…
Continue ReadingHouse Republican leaders mount all-out campaign to sink infrastructure
By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN House Republican leaders are launching an all-out campaign to sink a bipartisan infrastructure bill, as…
Continue ReadingTexas attorney general says state’s abortion ban is ‘stimulating’ interstate commerce
By Tierney Sneed In briefs filed Wednesday in the Justice Department’s challenge to Texas’ abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken…
Continue ReadingAlabama governor defends plan to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons
By Chandelis Duster and Nick Valencia, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state’s allotment of coronavirus relief…
Continue ReadingJustice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Days before the start of a tumultuous term, and after the Supreme Court justices divided bitterly over…
Continue ReadingVaccine requirements for large private companies still weeks away, White House says
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House believes vaccine requirements for large private companies are still weeks away from being implemented, weeks…
Continue ReadingUSDA sends schools $1.5 billion to relieve student lunch crunch
By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN The US Department of Agriculture is sending $1.5 billion to schools struggling to serve students healthy lunches…
Continue ReadingSenate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ second attempt to include immigration in economic bill
By Daniella Diaz, Priscilla Alvarez and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate Parliamentarian on Wednesday rejected Democrats’ second attempt to try to…
Continue ReadingUSPS to slow down some mail delivery starting Friday
By Kristen Holmes Americans across the country could start seeing slowdowns in mail delivery across the country as early as Friday, when the US…
Continue ReadingHouse lawmakers seek explanation from FBI’s Wray over ransomware response
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee are questioning the FBI’s handling of a July ransomware attack on a…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats approve $3.5 trillion budget resolution in key step toward passing major economic package without GOP votes
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday morning, setting the…
Continue ReadingExpanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block
CNN By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill…
Continue ReadingExpanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block
By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier…
Continue ReadingManchin rejects Pelosi’s call for deal on economic package ahead of key Thursday vote
By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Alex Rogers, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin are at a crossroads…
Continue ReadingNearly a dozen states enacted laws this year that could subvert the results of future elections, analysis finds
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Nearly a dozen states have enacted laws this year that pave the way for election subversion, and additional proposals are…
Continue ReadingSchumer announces Senate will vote Thursday on stopgap bill to avert shutdown
By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday night that Democrats had reached an agreement with…
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