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CNN By Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats’ ability to reimagine the social safety net and cement their and President Joe Biden’s domestic policy legacy for decades to come is about to be tested like never before. This September, senators return to Capitol Hill with a crushing set of deadlines, a looming debt ceiling crisis, oversight to
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Sunday rejected claims that decisions by the high court are driven by political views at a speech at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. “My goal today is to convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks,” the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Bennett, CNN Then-first lady Melania Trump declined to call for peace and non-violence as insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol building on January 6, two sources with knowledge of the events of the day told CNN. The sources told CNN that Trump’s aide Stephanie Grisham sent her a text that said, “Do
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Americans have grown more supportive of coronavirus vaccine mandates for workers, students, and in everyday public life, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The shift comes amid renewed worries about the pandemic and a continued partisan divide over the efforts to combat it. The
Continue ReadingCNN, KFSN, KCRA By Kate Sullivan, Jasmine Wright and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden surveyed wildfire damage in the Western US on Monday, using nearly every stop on his trip to illustrate how recent extreme weather events underscore the urgency of his economic agenda and its investments in the nation’s infrastructure. The President started
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Jasmine Wright and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden surveyed wildfire damage in the Western US on Monday, using nearly every stop on his trip to illustrate how recent extreme weather events underscore the urgency of his economic agenda and its investments in the nation’s infrastructure. The President started his tour in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats have been waiting for years to reimagine the tax code so that, in their words, the wealthy are paying their “fair share” and working and poor families aren’t disproportionately hit with the tax burden. But overturning key pieces of the GOP’s 2017 tax law — a boon
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN With all eyes turning to California on Tuesday to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, a few places within the Golden State could offer some early clues — not only about whether the Democratic governor can keep his job — but also what the political climate might look like next
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, CNN After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks. To accommodate them, eight military bases have transformed into “small cities,” as one Defense official put it. About 17 percent of those
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Americans have grown more supportive of coronavirus vaccine mandates for workers, students, and in everyday public life, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The shift comes amid renewed worries about the pandemic and a continued partisan divide over the efforts to combat it. The public
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN House and Senate Democratic leaders are scrambling to unite their party behind a massive economic package to implement much of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, but substantial disagreements remain and could threaten to derail the effort. Top Democrats have set a Wednesday deadline to finalize a deal and
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Lauren Fox, CNN House Democrats want to increase taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations to pay for their sweeping $3.5 trillion budget package. President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have long made it clear that they intend to pay for their wish-list by raising taxes on the rich and big businesses.
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Rep. Ro Khanna had a suggestion for President Joe Biden on a private conference call earlier this week: Have Sens. Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders sit in the same room and try to cut a deal on the Democratic Party’s massive social safety net expansion. Because once
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN The nation’s poverty rate rose to 11.4% last year, but the first two rounds of federal stimulus payments helped keep 11.7 million Americans out of poverty, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. The payments, a key part of the unprecedented federal response to the economic havoc wreaked by the
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN Some 11.4% of Americans were in poverty last year, as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the nation, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. That compares to 10.5% in 2019, the lowest since records started in 1959. About 37.2 million people fell below the poverty line in 2020, up 3.3
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with a sweeping multi-trillion-dollar 10-year spending plan that marks the latest step in their drive to expand education, health care and childcare support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure. Thirteen House committees are crafting the legislation that
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN After months of negotiations, the House passed the Democrats’ sweeping $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package on Friday. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would transform the nation’s social safety net despite being whittled down to roughly half its original size amid infighting between the party’s moderate
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN New York Rep. Joe Morelle announced Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, stressing that his vaccination against the virus has prevented him from having a severe infection. “After experiencing mild symptoms, I have tested positive for COVID-19. I have followed all guidance from the Center for Disease Control &
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Most Republicans want former President Donald Trump to remain their party’s leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. But differing views about Trump’s role in the party — and his strength as a future presidential nominee — highlight divides within the GOP. Republicans and
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman Sixty years after the United States’ failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the remnants of the US and Cuba’s fractured relationship are tucked away in a small neighborhood of the US Naval base at Guantánamo Bay. Nineteen Cubans still live on the base almost 60 years after the base closed its borders with
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