‘Significant risk’ for debt default in early June, CBO reinforces
By Tami Luhby, CNN There is a “significant risk” that the federal government will no longer be able to pay all its obligations in the…
Continue ReadingPolitics
Debt ceiling: Still no plan to avoid a default, but major shifts in posture
Lauren Fox, CNN After a week of meetings on the debt ceiling, Congress, the White House and the country still do not have a clear path forward to…
Continue ReadingHere’s how the 14th Amendment factors into the debt ceiling debate
By Tami Luhby, CNN As the stalemate over addressing the debt ceiling continues and the threat of default looms larger, President Joe Biden has…
Continue ReadingWhy John Kerry is confident Biden’s climate policies can survive a Republican president
By Ella Nilsen, CNN As the US barrels into a high-stakes and consequential election cycle, US climate envoy and former Secretary of State John Kerry…
Continue ReadingDOJ asks judge to put Trump deposition on hold in lawsuit from ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok
By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Justice Department asked a judge on Thursday to put on hold the deposition of former President Donald Trump in a…
Continue ReadingKentucky GOP governor primary tests Trump’s influence ahead of 2024
By Eric Bradner, CNN Republicans in Kentucky will decide their nominee for governor on Tuesday in the party’s first major primary since last…
Continue ReadingGOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing raising the legal voting age to 25, his campaign…
Continue ReadingBlinken announces Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s retirement
By Kylie Atwood, CNN Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is retiring from her role as second in command at the State Department, Secretary of…
Continue ReadingDeSantis signs bill blocking state travel records from public disclosure
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Thursday that exempts records related to his travel from the…
Continue ReadingPrivate equity investor identified as political contributor allegedly duped by George Santos
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Private equity investor Andrew Intrater is one of the people federal prosecutors allege Rep. George Santos induced to…
Continue ReadingSudan’s Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces sign agreement intended to lay groundwork for humanitarian assistance in Sudan, say US officials
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The warring Sudanese parties have signed an agreement intended to lay the groundwork for humanitarian assistance to resume…
Continue ReadingGOP senator on White nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’ — but later tries to clarify
CNN Nicky Robertson, CNN In an interview with a local Alabama radio station, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville was asked if he believes White…
Continue ReadingFederal ban on selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, judge says
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge said Wednesday that federal prohibitions on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds are…
Continue Reading‘I don’t intend to support him’: GOP senators push back on Trump’s controversial town hall claims
CNN By Morgan Rimmer and Nicky Robertson, CNN A number of GOP senators pushed back on controversial claims made by Donald Trump at Wednesday…
Continue Reading‘I don’t intend to support him’: GOP senators push back on Trump’s controversial town hall claims
By Morgan Rimmer and Nicky Robertson, CNN A number of GOP senators pushed back on controversial claims made by Donald Trump at Wednesday…
Continue ReadingBiden’s second debt limit meeting with congressional leaders postponed
By Jeremy Diamond, Maegan Vazquez and Melanie Zanona, CNN President Joe Biden‘s anticipated meeting originally scheduled for Friday with…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to clamp down on fraudulent unemployment insurance claims
By Kristin Wilson The House voted Thursday to pass a bill that would help recover fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits paid out during the…
Continue ReadingTrump appealing $5 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll civil suit
CNN By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump is appealing the $5 million judgment awarded by the Manhattan federal…
Continue ReadingTrump appealing $5 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll civil suit
By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump is appealing the $5 million judgment awarded by the Manhattan federal jury…
Continue ReadingRepublican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: ‘So many freedoms were lost’
By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state’s first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP…
Continue Reading