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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday said two provisions of Arizona voting law that restrict how ballots can be cast do not violate the historic Voting Rights Act that bars regulations that result in racial discrimination. The ruling will limit the ability of minorities to challenge state laws

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration is set to announce on Thursday that it is deploying response teams across the US to areas with a high spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 as concerns grow around the nation, a White House official told CNN. These teams — made up of officials

By Jamie Gangel, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday issued a blanket threat during a meeting with freshmen members of his caucus that he would strip any Republican member of their committee assignments if they accept an offer from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee to investigate the January

By Ryan Nobles, CNN Nearly 40 House Democrats are demanding House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy take what they call “immediate action” to address the behavior of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, whose actions, they say in a Thursday letter obtained by CNN, “could lead to violence against members of Congress.” The group chose

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Nicolette Carrion did a little dance when she cast her first ballot ever in last year’s election. “Now that I’m 18, I’m able to invest in my future in being able to vote, in a way I wasn’t able to before,” she said. Carrion’s right to vote at age 18 comes

By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a $715 billion transportation and water infrastructure bill focused on improving and repairing roads, bridges, transit and rail, and ensuring clean drinking water. The vote was 221-201 with two Republicans voting with Democrats in favor. House Democrats say the bill — known

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, whose empathy amid loss is his chief political characteristic, traveled Thursday to console families in Florida who are enduring the excruciating search for loved ones inside a seaside condo that suddenly collapsed a week ago. “Never give up hope,” he told the anguished relatives of those still missing,

By Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn once opposed the special Covid-era rule that lets House members vote even when they’re away from the House, calling it for “cowards,” but on Wednesday the North Carolina Republican made flagrant and unabashed use of it — by traveling to the border wall

By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell, CNN Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is appearing in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday afternoon to respond to criminal charges against him and the company in connection with alleged tax crimes. The indictment charges the Trump Organization, Trump Payroll Corporation and Allen Weisselberg. Prosecutors in court described a

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Former President Donald Trump still wants a wall on the southern border. And he said it’s Democrats’ fault it hasn’t happened yet. On this wet, humid Wednesday on the South Texas border, Trump met with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and more than 20 House Republicans and

By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN A federal agency announced Wednesday evening that it will launch an investigation into what caused the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. The announcement of the full technical investigation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a small agency within the Commerce Department, follows an initial assessment and

By Devan Cole, CNN Transgender Americans can now more easily change the sex marker on their US passports, the State Department announced Wednesday, promising to unveil more gender-inclusive changes to passport applications in the future. The department said in a statement it will be updating its procedures to allow applicants to self-select their sex marker

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN As the nation continues to move toward a return to normal, CNN will celebrate the reopening of the country with a special, live July 4th prime-time program featuring fireworks displays from coast-to-coast and musical performances celebrating the United States’ diversity. CNN’s “Fourth in America Special” will air Sunday, July 4 starting

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Friends and family members of a US Capitol rioter charged with dragging a police officer into the violent mob told a federal judge that he was actually trying to help the officer despite video of the harrowing incident showing him pulling the officer away from the police line. Kentucky resident Clayton

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 368 migrant children who had been separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, down from 391 last month, according to a federal court filing Wednesday. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of