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By Jamiel Lynch and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — A 44-year-old Arkansas man who beat a police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. Peter Stager pleaded guilty to “assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a deadly or dangerous weapon,”

By Jedd Rosche, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested that House Republicans may be approaching the point where they’d pursue an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, the California Republican’s most explicit threat of impeaching the president to date. “We’ve only followed where the information has taken us. But Hannity, this is rising to

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people are set to lose Covid-19 pandemic-era benefits this fall. The expiration of these programs, which were created by Congress in the early years of the pandemic, will strip away economic assistance that millions of Americans have received for years and still rely on.

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new action to guarantee access to mental health care, unveiling a proposed rule that would ensure mental health benefits on private insurance plans more closely mirror physical health benefits. The proposed rule would reinforce 2008’s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

By Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — US attorney David Weiss, who has led the Hunter Biden criminal probe, has offered to testify at a public congressional hearing this fall, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday. House Republicans have demanded that Weiss – a Donald Trump appointee –

CNN By Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s office has asked former US officials about a February 2020 Oval Office meeting where then-President Donald Trump praised improvements to the security of US elections, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. In the meeting

KCAL, KCBS, US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, FBI, CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a third person who allegedly participated in a firebombing attack on a California Planned Parenthood last spring. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida, was arrested Friday and is being held in custody, according to prosecutors.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a third person who allegedly participated in a firebombing attack on a California Planned Parenthood last spring. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida, was arrested Friday and is being held in custody, according to prosecutors. He is charged alongside Chance Brannon, a

By Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s office has asked former US officials about a February 2020 Oval Office meeting where then-President Donald Trump praised improvements to the security of US elections, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. In the meeting with

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans no longer have to fear the Internal Revenue Service showing up unannounced at their door. The IRS is ending a decades-old practice of having unarmed revenue officers visit households and businesses to help them resolve their account balances by collecting unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns. These visits

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese marketing firm likely organized and promoted protests in Washington last year as part of a wide-ranging pro-Beijing influence campaign, according to new research. The Chinese firm also used a network of over 70 fake news websites to promote pro-China content in an example of the more aggressive

By Paula Reid, Zachary Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Among the materials turned over to special counsel Jack Smith about supposed fraud in the 2020 election are documents that touch on many of the debunked conspiracies and unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud peddled by former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. The documents

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Responding to intensifying concerns among his supporters, top advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with key donors and fundraisers over the weekend in Utah, where they promised a new direction to jumpstart his fledgling White House bid. During the two-day retreat at a luxury lodge

By Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament’s vote stripping the Supreme Court of certain powers is “unfortunate,” the White House says, calling for “consensus” amid major protests. “As a lifelong friend of Israel, President Biden has publicly and privately expressed his views that major democratic changes to be enduring must

By Priscilla Alvarez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas over its use of floating barriers in the Rio Grande, which Gov. Greg Abbott has argued is intended to deter migrants from crossing into the state from Mexico. The Justice Department is seeking an injunction

By David Wright and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced a campaign for governor on Monday, entering the race to succeed popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in 2024.  Sununu’s surprise announcement last week that he would not seek a fifth two-year term set off what is likely to

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director (CNN) — Seven Republican presidential candidates have, as of Sunday, met the polling requirements to appear on the August debate stage following new polling from Fox Business in Iowa and South Carolina. Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence,

By Jack Forrest, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah and Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado on Sunday challenged Americans to approach political disagreements with respect in their mission to elevate “civic dialogue across the country.” Cox and Polis, the heads of the National Governors Association, told CNN’s Dana Bash in