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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar called for immediate action from Democrats in the wake of the US Supreme Court allowing Texas’ restrictive abortion law to stand and said the filibuster should be abolished in order to codify abortion rights protections. “Now and over the next years, we just will get nowhere if

By Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday that the US will find ways to get any remaining Americans in Afghanistan out of the country if they want to leave, even after the US finished its military evacuation of US citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable Afghans.

By Jason Hoffman, CNN White House chief of staff Ron Klain would not give a specific date as to when Covid-19 booster shots would be available to the public but committed to following the science and waiting for full approval from health officials before making a third dose available to those who seek one. This

By Kate Bennett, CNN As Donald Trump publicly mulls his political future, playing a game of “will he-won’t he” in a potential bid for the White House in 2024, all the while flexing influence in primaries for next year’s midterms, there is one key person noticeably quiet. Again. Melania Trump, perhaps the most private first

By Dan Merica, CNN Matt Cartwright and Brian Fitzpatrick are political anomalies. The two Eastern Pennsylvania congressmen come from different political parties: Cartwright is a Democrat from the Scranton area, while Fitzpatrick is a Republican from Southeastern Bucks County. But the political pressures they face are not that dissimilar. In 2020, despite Cartwright winning by

By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, CNN As the Biden administration grapples with the challenge of carrying out counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan without US boots on the ground, CNN has learned new details about last Sunday’s drone strike on suspected ISIS-K fighters in Kabul that some officials say provide insight into the

By Dan Merica and Maeve Reston, CNN When California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the lectern from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren here at Culver City High School on Saturday, his warning to the audience took a markedly national tone. “You saw the Big Lie, you saw what happened on January 6, you have seen the voter

By Donald Judd President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to all three sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks next Saturday, marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly day, the White House said in a statement Saturday. The President and first lady will visit New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon

By Maeve Reston, Jasmine Wright and Kyung Lah, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday in the Bay Area, following through on her commitment to help the embattled Democratic governor defeat the Republican-led effort to oust him in the September 14 special election. The former California senator will

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Five US Navy sailors were declared dead after they disappeared following a helicopter crash off the California coast, the US 3rd fleet said in a news release on Saturday. The MH-60S helicopter the sailors were in crashed about 60 miles off the coast of San Diego, California, while conducting

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten announced the birth of their son and daughter on Saturday. “Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents,” the Biden Cabinet secretary posted on social media. “We are delighted to welcome

By Rachel Janfaza For the first time in 2022, members of Generation Z — those born after 1996 — could be elected to the US House of Representatives. While Maxwell Frost, a Florida Democrat, and Karoline Leavitt, a New Hampshire Republican, stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the two share a common belief

By Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to New Jersey and New York next week to survey widespread storm damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, according to the White House. It will be Biden’s second trip to survey damage from the storm after visiting Louisiana on Friday. The President’s visit to

By Ryan Nobles and Daniella Diaz, CNN The top members of the select committee investigating the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill refuted recent claims by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that former President Donald Trump has been cleared by the Justice Department of any role in the insurrection. “(McCarthy) has suggested, based on an