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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged the Supreme Court Thursday to allow Texas’ controversial law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to remain in effect while legal challenges play out. He also asked the justices to deny a request from the Biden administration to
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is at the zenith of her influence in Washington, with the ability to dramatically reshape — or derail — President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda simply by threatening to point her thumb down. But how she has handled her growing power in the 50-50 Senate has
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is urging Congressional Democratic leadership to pass federal paid family and medical leave and “ensure this consequential moment is not lost” as Democrats continue to negotiate a deal to pass the Biden administration’s social safety net and infrastructure package. “Paid leave should be a national right, rather
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman, Oren Liebermann and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senators are concerned that President Joe Biden has not named a nominee for one of the most senior positions at the Pentagon, with the job becoming vacant at the end of November. Biden has yet to name a successor to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Five military veterans on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema‘s advisory board resigned from their roles this week, slamming the Arizona Democrat as one of the “principal obstacles to progress.” In a letter to Sinema, the veterans expressed frustration with her refusal to change the Senate filibuster to protect voting rights, failure to support
Continue ReadingCNN By Nikki Carvajal A series of new reports from the Biden administration will issue a stark warning on Thursday: The effects of climate change will be wide-reaching and will pose problems for every government. “No country will be spared from the challenges directly related to climate change,” a senior administration official told reporters in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN Democrats aren’t there yet on cracking a deal on a President Joe Biden’s sweeping, if now scaled back, economic and climate package. But the over the course of the next 36 hours, those involved in these talks think it is possible to get at least one of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN Democrats aren’t there yet on cracking a deal on a President Joe Biden’s sweeping, if now scaled back, economic and climate package. But the over the course of the next 36 hours, those involved in these talks think it is possible to get at least one of
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal A series of new reports from the Biden administration will issue a stark warning on Thursday: The effects of climate change will be wide-reaching and will pose problems for every government. “No country will be spared from the challenges directly related to climate change,” a senior administration official told reporters in a
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department “will apply the facts and the law and make a decision” when considering a criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon the House is preparing to approve on Thursday. Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday as the full House
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, JOHN HARRINGTON, BANNON’S WAR ROOM By Tierney Sneed, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department “will apply the facts and the law and make a decision” when considering a criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon the House is preparing to approve on Thursday. Garland is appearing before the House
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz and Lauren Fox, CNN Forced to pare down their bill to expand the social safety net, Democrats are now having to make tough calls on what they can cut from the proposal, prompting fresh concerns from members who had been working for years on provisions that once had been included in President
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden wanted the stakes to be perfectly clear when he sat down with nine liberal Democrats in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss ongoing legislative negotiations. Going around the room and staring them each in the eye, the President warned of dire consequences if he arrives
Continue ReadingCNN, WSAZ, WCHS By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden wanted the stakes to be perfectly clear when he sat down with nine liberal Democrats in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss ongoing legislative negotiations. Going around the room and staring them each in the eye, the President warned of dire consequences
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden cast the fight for voting rights in sweeping terms Thursday after the Senate failed to advance a bill on the matter this week, casting blame on Republicans for stymieing the effort in the Senate. During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN The contest to become New York City’s next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary. But on Wednesday night, Adams shared a stage with the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, a founder of the Guardian Angels and media personality, for their first debate.
Continue ReadingWCBS By Gregory Krieg, CNN The contest to become New York City’s next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary. But on Wednesday night, Adams shared a stage with the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, a founder of the Guardian Angels and media personality, for their first
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization. The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who
Continue ReadingCNN, KPHO, KTVK By Maeve Reston, Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN Republican leaders nationally hope to move on from re-litigating the 2020 election as they set their sights on winning back the House and Senate in next year’s midterms, but that may be a difficult shift to make in Arizona. GOP headliners running for
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN Republican leaders nationally hope to move on from re-litigating the 2020 election as they set their sights on winning back the House and Senate in next year’s midterms, but that may be a difficult shift to make in Arizona. GOP headliners running for some of the
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