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By Daniel Dale, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating a false claim about Attorney General Merrick Garland. In an interview on Fox last Wednesday, McCarthy said that if Republicans win control of the House in the November midterm elections, “We’re gonna investigate the attorney general. Why did he go after parents, and call

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating a false claim about Attorney General Merrick Garland. In an interview on Fox last Wednesday, McCarthy said that if Republicans win control of the House in the November midterm elections, “We’re gonna investigate the attorney general. Why did he go after parents, and

By Ella Nilsen, CNN In yet another rollback of a Trump-era policy, President Joe Biden‘s Department of Energy on Tuesday finalized a new efficiency rule to phase out older, high-energy incandescent light bulbs. The new rule states that light bulbs must emit a minimum of 45 lumens per watt. Lumens are a measure of brightness.

By Devan Cole, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland assured a Senate panel on Tuesday that there will “not be interference” in the Justice Department’s probe into Hunter Biden’s business activities, and emphasized an appointee of former President Donald Trump is leading the investigation. Garland was pressed on the matter during a hearing before the Senate

By Jasmine Wright, Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak and Ted Barrett, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after returning from a weeklong trip to California. “Today I tested positive for COVID-19. I have no symptoms, and I will continue to isolate and follow CDC guidelines. I’m grateful to be

By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A new map signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will eliminate two Black-led congressional districts in Florida. On the chopping block:

By Zachary Cohen, Ellie Kaufman and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Tuesday that the entire “global international security order” put in place after World War II is at stake if Russia gets away “cost-free” following its invasion of Ukraine. The top US

By Devan Cole, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that he supports efforts to allow some of the proceeds from assets the Justice Department seizes from Russian oligarchs to go “directly to Ukraine.” “The government — we would support legislation that would allow some of that money to go directly to Ukraine,” Garland told

By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court grappled on Tuesday with whether the Biden administration can terminate a Trump-era border policy known as “Remain in Mexico” in a case that will test the White House’s ability to set immigration policy. Some conservatives on the court asked tough questions of the administration

By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will mark “Second Chance Month” at the White House on Tuesday, commuting the sentences of 75 people serving time for nonviolent drug offenses, issuing full pardons for three individuals who the administration says have worked toward rehabilitation and unveiling new actions aimed at easing the transition back to

By Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration has secured the purchase of 20 million treatment courses of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral Covid-19 pill, a senior administration official told CNN on Monday. The administration will work with the manufacturer to accelerate production and delivery of the new drug to pharmacies across the country, the

By Jessica Dean, CNN A new bipartisan investigation by a Senate panel alleges one of the nation’s largest military housing companies put the health and safety of military families at risk even after the housing company, Balfour Beatty Communities, pleaded guilty in December 2021 to committing fraud against the United States from 2013 to 2019.

By Kristen Holmes, Aaron Pellish and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Four candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s US Senate race said during a GOP debate Monday evening that it’s not yet time for their party to move on from the 2020 election. The candidates — Mehmet Oz, David McCormick, Carla Sands and Kathy Barnette

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer For more than a decade, the Supreme Court has consistently ruled for religious conservatives, requiring public spending at church schools, allowing Christian prayer before local government meetings and permitting broad religious exemptions from Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate. During a tense two hours of arguments Monday

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Kevin Liptak and Alex Marquardt, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed into a grinding war of attrition with no meaningful peace deal in sight, the US and its allies have begun to convey a new, longer-term goal for the war: to defeat Russia so decisively on the battlefield