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By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center next week, according to a new video from the former first couple, beginning one of the final steps in the delayed process. The Obamas, joined by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago
Continue ReadingCNN, KVIA By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas after they crossed over from Mexico. “It’s horrible what you saw. To see people like they
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas after they crossed over from Mexico. “It’s horrible what you saw. To see people like they did,
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz and Kate Sullivan, CNN “The View” host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro both tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, sending the show’s remaining hosts into a live-on-television scramble to fill airtime while the show adjusted its plans. Harris did not
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell A New York judge has ordered the Trump Organization to submit a report next week to the New York Attorney General in an effort to resolve a long-running dispute over subpoenas for records, according to an unsealed order. “The Trump Organization, by September 30, 2021, shall provide a report, in reasonable detail,
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN The Department of Education on Thursday repaid a group of Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for implementing mask mandates in defiance of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that parents, not school officials, must decide how to protect their children in the pandemic. The Alachua County School Board,
Continue ReadingCNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Department of Education on Thursday repaid a group of Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for implementing mask mandates in defiance of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that parents, not school officials, must decide how to protect their children in the pandemic. The Alachua County School
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz and Kate Sullivan, CNN “The View” host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro both tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, sending the show’s remaining hosts into a live-on-television scramble to fill airtime while the show adjusted its plans. Harris did not interact
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN The House on Friday passed the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill aimed at preserving access to an abortion nationwide, as abortion rights are being threatened across the country by Republican-led state legislatures. The House passed the measure on nearly a party-line vote, with Democratic Rep.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said negotiations on Capitol Hill over his economic agenda had reached a “stalemate” as sharp disagreements between moderate and progressive members of his party threaten to derail his plans. The President said at the White House he was confident Democrats would ultimately reach
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas after they crossed over from Mexico. “It’s horrible what you saw. To see people like they did, with
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Cyber Ninjas failed to prove fraud in the Arizona 2020 election, but former President Donald Trump’s election fraud crusade is now proceeding as if they’d won — pushing for more “forensic audits” and restrictive voting in that state and elsewhere across the country. Trump’s allies are
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The White House and Democratic congressional leaders have announced a deal on a framework of a “menu of options” to finance an agreement that doesn’t currently exist on a package that doesn’t currently have a topline spending number that would require those financing options. There’s also going to
Continue ReadingCNN By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The White House and Democratic congressional leaders have announced a deal on a framework of a “menu of options” to finance an agreement that doesn’t currently exist on a package that doesn’t currently have a topline spending number that would require those financing options. There’s also going
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats are inching closer to achieving their long-term goal of reforming the federal tax system so that the wealthy pay a higher rate than they do now — or what President Joe Biden refers to as their “fair share.” The President has pledged to raise taxes only on those who earn
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh, CNN Changing the world is an ambitious goal that can feel impossible, but two mothers are doing it one piece of legislation at a time. This week, these two behind-the-scenes influencers have been front and center lobbying members of Congress on behalf of children with cancer. The pair could not be more
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Karl de Vries, CNN Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley announced on Friday that he will run for reelection, further solidifying Republican chances of holding the seat in 2022. “It’s 4 a.m. in Iowa so I’m running. I do that 6 days a week. Before I start the day I want you
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN After a rough month for President Joe Biden, Republicans think they have more than historical precedent on their side to retake the Senate in 2022. Traditionally, the party out of the White House does better in the midterms. But the surging Delta variant, a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and intra-party fissures
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden will host the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House on Friday for the first in-person meeting of “The Quad,” an informal group of countries that many see as an effort to push back against China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region — and one that
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Priscilla Alvarez, Jeremy Diamond and Jasmine Wright, CNN When members of the Congressional Black Caucus arrived to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence this week for an event marking the group’s 50th anniversary, talk quickly turned to the devolving humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border. Gathered on a mild evening on the
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