Wyden delays key Biden immigration nominee until he gets more info on Portland unrest response
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon will not advance President Joe Biden’s pick to lead US Customs and Border…
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‘This is way beyond collaborative’: Young leaders see their feedback reflected in Biden’s plans
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN When Joe Biden campaigned for the presidency, he called himself a bridge to a new generation of leaders in the Democratic…
Continue Reading Biden grappling with immigration and travel restrictions as pandemic worsens
By Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from US allies and the travel industry to lift…
Continue Reading Biden health officials begin discussing mask recommendations as variants surge cases
By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Top Biden health officials and some White House officials are holding preliminary conversations on…
Continue Reading CNN’s Don Lemon presses Joe Biden on his answer on the filibuster
Pressed by CNN’s Don Lemon, President Biden maintained that, despite the severity of the threat to voting rights, he would not support nuking the…
Continue Reading Biden predicts restaurants and businesses will be ‘in a bind’ for some time due to labor shortages
By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden conceded during a CNN town hall on Wednesday that certain businesses will remain…
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Watchdog to review ‘Nuclear Football’ White house procedures
After the attack on Capitol Hill in January, there has been an investigation into every aspect of…
Continue Reading See what Ted Cruz is doing to frustrate Republicans and Democrats
Ted Cruz is facing resistance for pressuring the Biden administration to look over a policy on Russia which is blocking diplomats from being…
Continue Reading Ex-Army Ranger weaponized military training during Capitol riot, judge says
A federal judge ordered Capitol rioter and ex-Army Ranger Robert Morss to remain in jail before trial, and criticized him for using his training to…
Continue Reading Ad hoc extremist groups come into focus in post-January 6 criminal charges
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN When officers arrested Robert Morss of Pennsylvania on charges related to the January 6 Capitol riot, they found in his car a…
Continue Reading Biden and Schumer working fast to confirm judges and counter Trump’s reshaping of the federal bench
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges from a broad range of backgrounds to the…
Continue Reading Republicans block vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill, pushing for more time to write it
By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Republicans blocked a vote Wednesday to start debate on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, as…
Continue Reading Trump ally Tom Barrack jailed on charges of acting as an agent of a foreign government
By Erica Orden, CNN Tom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of…
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Five Republicans selected for special committee investigating Capitol riot
Five House Republicans have been chosen for the spec ial committee that will investigate the deadly attack on Capitol…
Continue Reading First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks
By Marshall Cohen A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in…
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White House to reverse Trump-era showerhead rule
The Department of Energy is moving to reverse a rollback of water efficiency standards that took place during former President Donald Trump’s final…
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Congress members hold impromptu America First rally
Congress members Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene held a small impromptu rally in Riverside on Saturday after three separate failed attempts to…
Continue Reading Senator explains why IRS enforcement was pulled from infrastructure proposal
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who is helping to negotiate a bipartisan infrastructure proposal, explains why they are no longer looking at toughening…
Continue Reading Enten: This is one of the scariest statistics I’ve seen
Senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the correlation between unvaccinated Americans and those who believe in Trump’s “big…
Continue Reading Biden says platforms like Facebook are ‘killing people’ with Covid misinformation
By Donald Judd, Maegan Vazquez and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday social media platforms like Facebook are…
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