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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A pastor who felt called by God to pray on the US Capitol grounds on the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks won’t be able to, a federal judge decided on Thursday, because the security concerns around the building are still too great. The

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Amy Klobuchar, US senator from Minnesota and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 25, 1960 Birth place: Plymouth, Minnesota Birth name: Amy Jean Klobuchar Father: Jim Klobuchar, Star Tribune columnist Mother: Rose (Heuberger) Klobuchar, teacher Marriage: John Bessler (1993-present) Children: Abigail Education:

By Dan Merica, Lucy Kafanov and Kim Berryman, CNN For Republicans in some of California’s reddest pockets, there is both hope and skepticism in the effort to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Voters like Barbara Best, a Bakersfield native, know Republicans like her are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1 in the state, primarily by people

By Kate Sullivan and Gregory Wallace, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted travelers who harass flight attendants because they don’t want to wear a face mask and announced fines would double for those who don’t comply with the US federal transportation mask mandate. “If you break the rules, be prepared to pay,” Biden said, speaking

By Sara Murray, CNN A Republican state senator who’s leading the Pennsylvania audit push offered little clarity on when he might seek subpoenas for election materials as he kicked off his investigation into the 2020 election in a Thursday hearing. “We will follow the advice of counsel and long-standing Senate precedent in determining whether and

By Paul LeBlanc and Gregory Wallace, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced it’s taking new steps to protect the waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, another considerable blow to a massive gold and copper mine project that has long drawn controversy in the area. Calling the bay an “Alaskan treasure,” the Environmental Protection Agency said

By Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN Moderate Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida laid into Democrats on Thursday for rushing their efforts to finish their economic agenda bill by September 15, calling the process “Incredibly frustrating,” the latest moderate in Congress to urge Democrats slow down the legislation’s progress. It’s yet another sign of

By Sean Lyngaas and Richard Roth, CNN Unidentified hackers breached computer systems at the United Nations in April and the multinational body has had to fend off related hacks in the months since, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. The statement came after multiple private cybersecurity experts warned that cybercriminal forums had in recent months been

By CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday will impose stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19. Read the full plan released by the White House: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Lawmakers in the House released early details of a clean electricity program Thursday, which Democrats say would slash fossil fuel emissions by moving the US electric grid to 80% clean energy, like solar and wind. The clean electricity program is the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive economic package. It would

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN A wide range of telecommunications and social media companies are still grappling with how to respond, if at all, to a request by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol to preserve the records of several hundred people that could play

By Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN The White House has approved a plan for the State Department to take the lead in coordinating with outside groups that are working to evacuate at-risk US citizens and Afghan allies who were left behind after US and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan, an administration official

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to challenge the restrictive Texas abortion law. Read the lawsuit here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Michael Warren and Sara Murray, CNN Sen. Mitch McConnell is locked in a proxy war with former President Donald Trump this fall as both Republicans work to position candidates for primaries taking place all over the country next spring and summer. But with control of the Senate on the line, McConnell is very carefully

By Kristin Wilson, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the House proxy voting protocols that were put in place in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. McCarthy released a statement Thursday saying that justices should “uphold the Constitution by overturning Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s perpetual proxy voting power grab.”

By Tara Subramaniam During a press conference Tuesday, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended his state’s controversial new abortion law and misleadingly suggested it contains protections for victims of rape or incest. Regarding the bill, a reporter asked, “Why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?” to which Abbott responded,

By Kristin Fisher, CNN The Transportation Department’s inspector general says it is reviewing how officials prevent everyday flights and commercial space flights from sharing the same airspace and potentially colliding. The review of the department’s Federal Aviation Administration comes as space flights have exploded in frequency since 2016, and shortly after the agency grounded a