FBI urges Olympic athletes to leave personal phones at home ahead of Beijing games
By Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner…
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Fact Check: Biden is not the first president to limit SCOTUS search to specific demographics
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen…
Continue ReadingFourth quarter takeaways: Vulnerable Democrats and GOP groups build big war chests, George W. Bush weighs in
By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Rogers and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN Some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate have…
Continue ReadingManchin delivers grim news for Biden’s Build Back Better plan: ‘It’s dead’
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of…
Continue ReadingBiden set to pick his Supreme Court nominee’s ‘sherpa’ as the courting of McConnell and other senators begins
By Jeff Zeleny, Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden spent Tuesday afternoon starting the process of courting crucial senators who…
Continue ReadingNational Archives planning to turn over Pence Vice Presidential records to January 6 committee
CNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The National Archives decided on Tuesday that it will turn over former Vice President Mike…
Continue ReadingFBI director defends handling of January 6 investigations against right-wing claims of political bias
By Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday defended the bureau against right-wing claims that it is pursuing cases…
Continue ReadingAnother top aide to Pence is meeting with January 6 committee
By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Greg Jacob, a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, met with the House…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in the House’s China competition bill
By Katie Lobosco, CNN A sweeping piece of legislation moving through Congress would invest billions of dollars in American manufacturing and…
Continue ReadingSenators moving ‘aggressively’ on Electoral Count Act reform, but face long way to go before a deal
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Bipartisan talks to overhaul the Electoral Count Act — an 1887 law under scrutiny in the wake of the January…
Continue ReadingVirginia universities end student vaccine mandates after state attorney general’s legal opinion
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Virginia’s largest public universities have dropped their Covid-19 vaccination requirement for students to…
Continue ReadingDefense Secretary dismisses Republican governors’ objections to National Guard vaccine mandate
By Oren Liebermann, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed the objections of seven Republican governors to the National Guard vaccine mandate,…
Continue ReadingCall between top US and Russian diplomats doesn’t ratchet down Ukraine tensions
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not give an indication that Moscow will de-escalate…
Continue ReadingOmicron may be mild, but it’s still adding to many Americans’ financial stress
By Tami Luhby, CNN While the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is not upending the nation’s economy like the virus did at the start of the…
Continue ReadingUS cyber chief in Europe to hold talks on potential Russian hacks
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior White House official will meet with European allies this week to discuss ways to support Ukraine’s digital…
Continue ReadingLeaked audio and video show Border Patrol agents confronting Homeland Security secretary at meetings
By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was met with concern and frustration during meetings with US Border Patrol agents…
Continue ReadingTop Republicans leery of major Supreme Court fight as some conservatives itch for battle
CNN By Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Kevin Cramer had just arrived at the US Capitol on Monday night when he found Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
Continue ReadingNSA watchdog finds ‘concerns’ with searches of Americans’ communications
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The National Security Agency failed to follow both court-approved and internal procedures designed to prevent officials from…
Continue ReadingUS State Department orders families of government personnel to leave Belarus amid ‘unusual and concerning Russian military buildup’
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and…
Continue ReadingRepublicans balk at Trump’s defense of January 6 rioters but would back him as 2024 nominee
By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Former President Donald Trump suggested he would pardon January 6 rioters if he wins the White House again. He…
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