US roadway deaths rise at a record pace
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The most dangerous way to travel in the United States became even more deadly during the coronavirus…
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Biden tells LGBTQ children ‘you are loved and accepted just as you are’ after Florida advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
By Maegan Vazquez and Steve Contorno, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday took the rare step of weighing in on a controversial Florida bill that would…
Continue Reading Rep. Joyce Beatty says Rep. Hal Rogers poked her and said ‘kiss my a**’ after she asked him to put on a mask
By Paul LeBlanc, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio said Tuesday that Republican Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky poked…
Continue Reading White House official who oversaw creation of ‘pandemic playbook’ to depart this spring
By Donald Judd The Biden administration’s senior director for global health security and biodefense on the White House National Security…
Continue Reading McConnell and McCarthy split over RNC censure resolution
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The top two Republican leaders in Congress were at odds Tuesday over the Republican National Committee’s recent…
Continue Reading ‘It’s just a mess’: Texas election officials and voting rights advocates face mounting challenges under new restrictive voting law
By Kelly Mena, CNN Less than a year after Republican lawmakers pushed through a restrictive voting bill in Texas, election officials there are facing…
Continue Reading Prosecutors plan to call defendant’s children to testify in first US Capitol attack trial
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN As the first trial for a January 6 US Capitol riot defendant approaches, prosecutors are laying out a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors plan to call defendant’s children to testify in first US Capitol attack trial
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN As the first trial for a January 6 US Capitol riot defendant approaches, prosecutors are laying out a…
Continue Reading China misses trade targets it promised to Trump
By Katie Lobosco, CNN China fell more than $213 billion short of its commitment to increase purchases of US goods and services that it made to…
Continue Reading Rabbi tells lawmakers about hostage ordeal and calls for more funding for security
By Geneva Sands, CNN The rabbi who escaped a hostage takeover at his synagogue last month testified before Congress for the first time on Tuesday…
Continue Reading McConnell and McCarthy split over RNC censure resolution
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The top two Republican leaders in Congress were at odds Tuesday over the Republican National Committee’s recent…
Continue Reading Are you voting in the Texas primary? Tell us about it.
By Kelly Mena Texas’ March 1 primary is only a few weeks away, and it’s the Lone Star State’s first election to be conducted under…
Continue Reading Second gentleman safe after being evacuated from Washington, DC, high school due to bomb threat
By Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright, Whitney Wild and Kyle Blaine, CNN Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is safe after being ushered out of a room at a…
Continue Reading US report finds Mexico is dominant source of fentanyl trafficked into US
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years,…
Continue Reading Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won’t run for Senate despite recruitment effort by GOP leaders
By Michael Warren, CNN Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that he will not be a candidate for US Senate, following a quiet campaign by…
Continue Reading Guantanamo detainee to be transferred to mental health facility in Saudi Arabia
By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The US government is set to transfer a detainee from the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who authorities once…
Continue Reading Key states making moves to change election laws and voting options
By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Supreme Court took action this week in one state’s redistricting case that could have broad…
Continue Reading Key states making moves to change election laws and voting options
By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Supreme Court took action this week in one state’s redistricting case that could have broad…
Continue Reading US Army releases first climate strategy with goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday with goals to reduce the Army’s greenhouse gas pollution by…
Continue Reading FEMA introduces updated text-to-shelter feature
By Betsy Klein, CNN A safe place during a disaster is just a text away. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is launching an updated…
Continue Reading White House begins reaching out to potential Supreme Court nominees as Biden pores over ‘binders of cases’
By Ariane de Vogue, John Harwood, Joan Biskupic and Betsy Klein, CNN White House officials have begun reaching out to potential Supreme Court…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court may completely hollow out the Voting Rights Act by 2024
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s action late Monday in an Alabama redistricting case…
Continue Reading DeJoy defends plan to replace USPS fleet with gas-powered trucks, citing ‘dire financial condition’
By Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet…
Continue Reading Biden touts Australian company’s new electric vehicle charging plant in Tennessee
By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles for…
Continue Reading Eight years. Three Presidents. And still no resolution on an asylum claim.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children in…
Continue Reading House passes stopgap government funding bill to avert shutdown
By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of next…
Continue Reading Eight years. Three Presidents. And still no resolution on an asylum claim.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children in…
Continue Reading US report finds Mexico is dominant source of fentanyl trafficked into US
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years,…
Continue Reading Atlanta DA investigating Trump’s election interference: ‘We’re not here playing a game’
By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election…
Continue Reading White House science adviser resigns and acknowledges ‘disrespectful and demeaning’ behavior after investigation
By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House investigation…
Continue Reading Three words that sparked GOP firestorm were not part of early draft of Cheney-Kinzinger resolution
By Jeff Zeleny and Gabby Orr, CNN The three words about the US Capitol attack that have sparked a firestorm inside the Republican Party —…
Continue Reading Republicans are frustrated by RNC move reopening party’s January 6 divide ahead of midterms
By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans felt they were finally united in their quest to take back the House and Senate — with the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map that critics say dilutes power of Black voters stay in place
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in…
Continue Reading Stephen Calk: Banker sentenced to prison for bribery scheme in chase for Trump administration job
By Lauren del Valle, CNN A former Chicago bank executive was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison Monday for conspiring with one-time…
Continue Reading Atlanta DA investigating Trump’s election interference: ‘We’re not here playing a game’
By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election…
Continue Reading German chancellor insists NATO response will be unified if Russia invades Ukraine despite disconnect on gas pipeline
By Jeremy Herb, CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted to CNN that the United States and Germany are on the same page when it comes to Russia and…
Continue Reading Nord Stream 2 pipeline proves to be a sticking point in Biden and new German chancellor’s show of unity
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and Germany’s leader sought to put on a united front Monday at the White House, but one key sticking…
Continue Reading Second defendant agrees to plead guilty in foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor
By Lauren del Valle, CNN A second defendant has signed a guilty plea agreement for his participation in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic…
Continue Reading Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map that critics say dilutes power of Black voters stay in place
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in…
Continue Reading Vernon Jones ends bid for Georgia governor and endorses Perdue in GOP primary against Kemp
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Terence Burlij, CNN Republican candidate Vernon Jones announced Monday he was ending his bid for Georgia governor and…
Continue Reading What the Electoral Count Act is — and why some argue reforming it can protect future elections
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the…
Continue Reading What the Electoral Count Act is — and why some argue reforming it can protect future elections
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the…
Continue Reading Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is eyeing a political comeback
By Gregory Krieg, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seriously considering a political comeback as early as this year, two sources close to his…
Continue Reading Parents’ bid to block Youngkin school mask policy dismissed, but temporary hold granted to school districts still stands
Tierney Sneed, CNN The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed last month by parents in Chesapeake, Virginia, who alleged that Republican…
Continue Reading Former White House officials describe Trump’s habit of ripping up documents and haphazard record-keeping
By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump would routinely rip up documents, drafts and reading materials, and he took several boxes to…
Continue Reading Former White House officials describe Trump’s habit of ripping up documents and haphazard record-keeping
By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump would routinely rip up documents, drafts and reading materials, and he took several boxes to…
Continue Reading White House keeps encouraging masks in schools as some states move toward lifting mandates
By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in…
Continue Reading DHS updates terrorism bulletin in the wake of recent violent events and Russia-Ukraine tensions
By Geneva Sands, CNN The spread of conspiracy theories and disinformation is fueling the “heightened threat” environment in the United…
Continue Reading House Democrats introduce stopgap bill to fund government until March 11 ahead of looming deadline
By Clare Foran, CNN House Democrats on Monday introduced a short-term measure to extend government funding through March 11, an effort to avert a…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signals support for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Monday to voice support for a controversial state bill that would ban certain discussions…
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