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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The number of daily encounters along the US-Mexico border has remained low nearly a month after a pandemic-era restriction used by authorities to swiftly turn away migrants was lifted, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Authorities had been bracing for a surge in illegal crossings following the expiration

By Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks, two US officials and a source familiar with the matter told CNN, as the two countries work to reset normal relations amid what has been an extremely tumultuous

By Shawna Mizelle and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, a State Department spokesperson told CNN, the latest step toward rapprochement between the US government and the de facto leader of a key US ally. The two men “affirmed

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although it’s named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the compromise debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law this past weekend doesn’t do much to fix the nation’s enormous financial challenges. The deal, which prevented the US from defaulting on its obligations and unleashing economic upheaval, holds non-defense

By Annette Choi and Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — This year has been record shattering for anti-LGBTQ legislation, with particular scrutiny on gender-affirming health care access for transgender children and teenagers. Nineteen states have passed laws restricting it — but not all bans are the same. While some states have enacted laws that can punish

By Shania Shelton (CNN) — Former Colorado state Sen. Mike Johnston will be the next mayor of Denver after his opponent, Kelly Brough, called to concede Tuesday’s runoff. “I called Mike – and I hope he is surrounded by as beautiful people as I am tonight – and I wished him Godspeed in the work

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden convened his Cabinet Tuesday, bringing his top lieutenants together to discuss a wide range of topics for the first time since he declared his candidacy for reelection and days after Congress passed a bipartisan bill to avert a default. “This could have been the week that

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared for the first time before the Florida Federalist Society in January 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared to a large banquet audience on the Disney World grounds: “I do think he is our greatest living justice.” Later

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared for the first time before the Florida Federalist Society in January 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared to a large banquet audience on the Disney World grounds: “I do think he is our greatest living justice.” Later that

By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his second presidential campaign on Tuesday with a lacerating indictment of former President Donald Trump, calling his ally-turned-rival a “lonely, self-consumed mirror hog” who, by force of personality alone, represents a threat to the republic. At a town

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — A powerful Senate Democrat has threatened to send a subpoena to conservative megadonor Harlan Crow, who provided luxury travel and engaged in private real estate deals with Clarence Thomas and his family, escalating tension between democrats and Crow over his relationship with the Supreme Court

By Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Indicted Rep. George Santos’ attorney has filed a letter asking the judge overseeing the New York Republican’s case to keep the names of the people who put up his $500,000 bond sealed. Attorney Joseph Murray objected to a motion by news organizations, including CNN, for the judge to make

By Daniel Dale and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado posted a video on Twitter in which she claimed that she had intentionally skipped Wednesday’s key House vote on a bill to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling. “No excuses: I was ticked off they wouldn’t let me do

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House Monday, offering effusive praise for players’ performance on and off the field. “Most important, as much as these guys know about football, they know about life and how to use their platform to make

By Gregory Krieg and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Former Harvard professor and prominent public intellectual Cornel West will mount a third party run for president, he said on Monday in a video posted on Twitter. A supporter, surrogate and confidante of Bernie Sanders during the Vermont senator’s 2016 and 2020 presidential bids, West is

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is rejecting GOP criticism of the debt limit deal he struck with President Joe Biden – and pushed back on Senate Republican demands that Congress ramp up defense spending after the new law fell short of the levels sought by leading defense hawks. McCarthy’s

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s acting chief, Tae Johnson, is set to retire at the end of June, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday. Johnson’s departure from ICE, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, marks the second significant shake up among the Biden administration’s immigration officials