Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter Center says
By Karl de Vries and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former…
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Minnesota becomes 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana
By Shawna Mizelle and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingDebt limit deal clears key hurdle ahead of final House vote
By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy helped secure a debt limit…
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CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The nation is days away from defaulting on its obligations. The Republican House speaker, pushed by…
Continue ReadingBidens mark eight years since Beau Biden’s death
POOL By Allie Malloy and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden on Tuesday attended a memorial mass for…
Continue ReadingBidens mark eight years since Beau Biden’s death
By Allie Malloy and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden on Tuesday attended a memorial mass for Beau…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case from a victim of sex trafficking…
Continue ReadingChristie allies launch super PAC ahead of expected 2024 run
By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have formed a super PAC to support an expected Republican…
Continue ReadingHere’s what’s in the debt ceiling package
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Congress has passed the debt ceiling package, just days before the Treasury Department would have run out of…
Continue ReadingObama agreed to $2.1 trillion in spending cuts to end 2011 debt ceiling crisis. Here’s what happened next.
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The nation is days away from defaulting on its obligations. The Republican House speaker, pushed by conservatives in…
Continue ReadingNewsom’s vow to appoint a Black woman to the Senate looms large amid Feinstein health concerns
By Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — As California Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped on stage at the state Democratic Party Convention this weekend, Vilma Dawson…
Continue ReadingHow every senator voted on the debt ceiling bill
CNN By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted late Thursday on a bill to suspend the country’s debt limit through January 1, 2025…
Continue ReadingRepublican tries to scuttle debt limit bill in House Rules Committee as pressure grows on key swing vote
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Rep. Chip Roy accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday of cutting a deal that…
Continue ReadingBiden and McCarthy lean on holdouts in both parties to pass debt ceiling deal
By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Party leaders in Washington are waging an urgent campaign Monday to convince Democrats and Republicans to get…
Continue ReadingBiden recognizes nation’s ‘sacred obligation’ to military families in Memorial Day speech
By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden marked Memorial Day by paying tribute to “those who died so our nation might live” during…
Continue ReadingRead: Bill text to raise the debt limit
By CNN staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to address the debt limit and cap…
Continue ReadingTexas Republicans pass bills targeting elections administration in Houston-area county
By Shania Shelton (CNN) — Texas Republicans have approved a pair of bills targeting the elections process in Harris County, the state’s…
Continue ReadingBiden and McCarthy race to sell their debt ceiling deal to lawmakers before the government runs out of money
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The White House and Republican leaders in Congress were mounting an intensive push Sunday to…
Continue ReadingTop House progressive says Democratic leaders should be concerned about debt deal support
By Jack Forrest and Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said…
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CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement…
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