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By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is ready to “hit the ground running” to vaccinate children aged six months to 5 years old as soon as Pfizer/BioNTech receives emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine for that age group. “Our message to parents and families is simple: We are doing everything we can to
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other groups told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should leave in place a lower court opinion ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map. A panel of three federal judges, including two appointees of former President Donald Trump,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN An intelligence panel investigating the cause of a spate of mysterious incidents that have struck dozens of US officials across the globe has said that some of the episodes could “plausibly” have been caused by “pulsed electromagnetic energy” emitted by an external source, according to an executive summary of the
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who recently suffered a stroke, will be back in the Senate in 4-6 weeks, “barring any complications,” according to a person close to the senator. If the New Mexico Democrat is back in Washington in that time frame, Democrats
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, Ed Gonzalez, was advanced out of committee for a second time on Wednesday, despite GOP objection to his nomination. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to move Gonzalez for full Senate consideration. If confirmed,
Continue ReadingCNN, MAXAR By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it will no longer describe a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,” suggesting the word sent an unintended message when officials used it last week. “I used that once. I think others have used that once. And then we stopped using it because I
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it will no longer describe a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,” suggesting the word sent an unintended message when officials used it last week. “I used that once. I think others have used that once. And then we stopped using it because I think it
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nancy Pelosi, a US representative from California. Personal Birth date: March 26, 1940 Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland Birth name: Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Father: Thomas D’Alesandro, Baltimore mayor and US congressman Mother: Annunciata (Lombardi) D’Alesandro Marriage: Paul F. Pelosi (1963-present) Children: Nancy, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark and his attorneys met with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection for nearly two hours on Wednesday, two months after the panel voted to hold him in contempt for his lack of cooperation. Clark
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere and Manu Raju, CNN Last July, trying to get Sen. Joe Manchin to let Democrats move forward on their agenda, Chuck Schumer came up with a plan. He had the West Virginia Democrat lay out what he could accept and how much he’d be willing to spend. Manchin signed his name. Schumer
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new message to Dr. Anthony Fauci for Republicans to spread across Florida’s beaches. “Fauci Can Pound Sand,” it says on the soles of sandals now available for purchase on DeSantis’ campaign website. While shopping, DeSantis supporters can also buy “Don’t Fauci My Florida” beer koozies. Perhaps
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council and emerged as a star witness against then-President Donald Trump during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment, is suing Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers, alleging they conspired against him. Vindman, in a new lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The National Archives decided on Tuesday that it will turn over former Vice President Mike Pence’s records to the House Select Committee early next month, after former President Donald Trump said he wanted to keep secret more than 100 documents. This is the first set of records
Continue ReadingCNN By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark made good on his promise and pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during his deposition with the House January 6 committee on Wednesday, a source familiar with the interview told CNN. The source said Clark chose to
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN President Joe Biden has formally approved the deployment of 3,000 US troops to Poland, Germany and Romania, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, in a move to bolster NATO countries in Eastern Europe with tens of thousands of Russian troops amassed along Ukraine’s border. The deployments to Eastern
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS, KCAL, KULR, KDKA, WLOX, WLFI By Phil Mattingly, CNN White House officials are bracing for an unusually weak January jobs report due to Omicron cases peaking at the same time the monthly employment survey data was collected. Several of President Joe Biden’s top economic officials have warned that the January jobs report, set
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN White House officials are bracing for an unusually weak January jobs report due to Omicron cases peaking at the same time the monthly employment survey data was collected. Several of President Joe Biden’s top economic officials have warned that the January jobs report, set for release on Friday, is likely to
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI is asking US businesses to report any uptick in Russian hacking threats — the latest effort to prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks on US organizations amid Russia’s troop buildup on Ukraine’s border. “Have you identified any efforts by known or suspected Russian [hacking groups] to test exploitation capabilities, develop
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The path that took US District Judge J. Michelle Childs to a public honors college in Florida is about as unconventional as the rest of the eclectic professional journey that has now put the South Carolina jurist in contention for a seat on the Supreme Court. She landed at the University of
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN Politics is never far removed from the selection of any Supreme Court justice, but the political winds are blowing with unusual ferocity around J. Michelle Childs, a federal judge from South Carolina who is among those on a short list to fill President Joe Biden’s
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