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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday will welcome the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Finland to the White House in a key show of support days after both countries announced they would seek to join NATO. The leaders are expected to discuss Finland and Sweden’s NATO applications, European

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN It’s Election Day in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon as primary voters pick their party nominees for the 2022 midterms. High-profile Senate races in the swing states of Pennsylvania and North Carolina have captured national attention, with control of the 50-50 chamber on the line in

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is opening CovidTests.gov for a third round of orders while reiterating its calls on Congress to act on additional Covid response funding. US households are now able to order “an additional eight free at-home tests at COVIDTests.gov—bringing the total number of free tests available to each household since

CNN, CBS By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is opening CovidTests.gov for a third round of orders while reiterating its calls on Congress to act on additional Covid response funding. US households are now able to order “an additional eight free at-home tests at COVIDTests.gov—bringing the total number of free tests available to each

By Dan Merica, CNN A win for John Fetterman in Pennsylvania on Tuesday would be a win for the unconventional candidate. Scores of Fetterman supporters across the commonwealth were drawn to the candidate because of his uniqueness. They loved that he looked miserable at a White House event, has people not-entirely-jokingly guessing whether he owns

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Primaries on Tuesday will test how far Republican voters are willing to go in embracing conservative candidates who could struggle to win in November’s general election. Five states are holding primaries Tuesday — Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Oregon — marking the most jam-packed date

By Clare Foran, CNN Key lawmakers warned at a House hearing on Tuesday that unidentified aerial phenomena — popularly known as UFOs — must be investigated and taken seriously as a potential threat to national security. The event marked the first congressional public hearing on UFOs in decades, a high-profile moment for a controversial topic

By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday did not hesitate to call the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, an act of domestic terrorism, condemning the racist ideology of the suspected shooter. “White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison … running through our body politic,” Biden said, adding

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US Air Force carried out a successful test of its troubled hypersonic missile over the weekend, one month after announcing the program had suffered delays because of “recent flight test anomalies.” The Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon was successfully released from a B-52H bomber off the coast of Southern California on

CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN More than three years after announcing he was motivated to run for office to redeem “the soul of the nation” from a surge of White nationalism, President Joe Biden arrived Tuesday in another American city marred by an act of violent racism. The President and first lady Jill Biden are

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN on Monday his department is working closely with local authorities in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend, but noted DHS is not in a position of monitoring every American. Asked if DHS should

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette said she was bringing three buses of “pissed off patriots” for the January 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the US Capitol riot. Calling it “our 1776 moment,” Barnette promised those attending the rally would make their voices heard, according

CNN By Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, is set to go on trial Monday for a single charge of lying to the FBI, as part of Special Counsel John Durham’s three-year investigation of the Trump-Russia investigation. But the trial is shaping up to be

By Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Liptak, CNN The State Department on Monday announced a series of measures it said is aimed at supporting the Cuban people, including reinstating the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program and increasing consular services and visa processing. “We will make it easier for families to visit their relatives in Cuba and

By Michael Warren Nearly a year after former President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Ted Budd for North Carolina’s open Senate race, the conservative congressman appears in strong position heading into Tuesday’s Republican primary. A Budd victory would deliver the former President another key win during the busy month of May primaries — and in a

By Gregory Krieg, CNN A contentious House primary in Oregon is dividing national and local Democrats as Rep. Kurt Schrader, running now in a district where more than half of primary voters are seeing his name on the ballot for the first time, faces a challenge on Tuesday from progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner. Schrader has often

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US prosecutors have accused a 55-year-old Venezuelan doctor of creating and selling widely used malicious software that cybercriminals used in extortion attempts on multiple organizations. Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez is charged with building a type of ransomware that burst on the cybercriminal scene in 2019 and was used in multiple high-profile