Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt mounts challenge to Texas attorney general Ken Paxton
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announced Tuesday that he’s running as Democrat for Texas attorney general,…
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How Texas keeps trying to block Biden on immigration
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN President Joe Biden took office vowing to chart a different course on immigration than his predecessor. He repealed Donald…
Continue Reading‘It breaks my heart’: George W. Bush reacts to Afghanistan withdrawal
Former President George W. Bush, whose administration first sent US troops to invade Afghanistan in 2001, says it breaks his heart that the Biden…
Continue ReadingBiden takes on multiple crises without key confirmed officials at the helm
By Liz Stark, CNN President Joe Biden is facing a border crisis without a confirmed border commissioner, spending fights without an official budget…
Continue ReadingBush calls Afghanistan withdrawal a mistake, says consequences will be ‘unbelievably bad’
By Kylie Atwood, CNN Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday called the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake and predicted that the…
Continue ReadingPresident meets Democrats on Capitol Hill as pressure ramps up on infrastructure talks
By Arlette Saenz, John Harwood and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden returned to Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with Senate Democrats during…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats announce agreement on $3.5 trillion top line for sweeping budget package
By Ryan Nobles and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats on the Budget Committee announced late Tuesday they struck an agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget…
Continue ReadingThe lone Republican on 1/6 panel so far, Liz Cheney vows to ‘stand for the truth’
By Melanie Zanona and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney has a strong admonition for House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: any Republican still challenging…
Continue ReadingFirst child tax credit payments have been sent. Here’s what you need to know
By Tami Luhby, CNN Tens of millions of families have been sent the first payment of the expanded child tax credit, the Internal Revenue Service and…
Continue ReadingBiden looks to avoid immigration headache with complicated decision on opening borders
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration faces the possibility of another immigration headache, as it weighs whether to more widely reopen…
Continue ReadingBiden administration looks to set up ‘red phone’ to China for emergency communications
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration is examining the possibility of setting up an emergency hotline with the Chinese government similar to…
Continue ReadingGOP governor threatens to arrest Democrats who left state
CNN’s Kate Bolduan speaks with Texas state lawmaker Armando “Mando” Martinez after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) threatened to arrest Democrats who left…
Continue Reading‘Angry and affected’: Young voters in Texas protest restrictive new voting laws
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Young voters and voting rights activists in Texas are protesting potential restrictive new voting laws in the state. Topping…
Continue ReadingRepublicans winning money race as they seek to take over House in 2022
By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it had raised $45.4 million in the second…
Continue ReadingAbortion rights groups sue to block Texas law that allows citizens to enforce ‘heartbeat’ ban
By Devan Cole, CNN A group of abortion rights organizations and providers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block enforcement of a recently…
Continue ReadingDiversity survey finds 38.3% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian
By Daniella Diaz and Ali Zaslav, CNN More than 38% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian, an increase from the survey in 2020,…
Continue ReadingSenate negotiators remain far apart on security funding but they are talking
By Ryan Nobles and Ted Barrett, CNN With time running out, Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over how to move forward on a funding package…
Continue ReadingJustice Clarence Thomas rejects longshot bid to disrupt Biden’s mask mandate for public transport
By Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to block Biden administration’s Covid-19 mask…
Continue ReadingGun politics scrambles Democrats’ efforts to confirm Biden’s ATF nominee and craft background checks deal
By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Top Democrats are quietly moving to lock down support for President Joe Biden’s imperiled nominee to head a…
Continue ReadingMitch McConnell responds to Trump’s ‘Old Crow’ insult: ‘It’s quite an honor’
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Former President Donald Trump took a whack at Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell last weekend,…
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