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Biden announces deal, seeks votes: โ€˜Letโ€™s get this doneโ€™

By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” President Joe Biden declared Thursday he has reached a โ€œhistoric economic frameworkโ€ with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping domestic policy package, a hard-fought yet dramatically scaled-back deal announced just before he departs for overseas summits. Bidenโ€™s remarks at the White House came after

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Lower premiums, more choices on Obamacare exchanges for 2022 as Democrats battle to extend generous subsidies

By Tami Luhby, CNN Consumers shopping for health coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges can likely find lower premiums and more choices for 2022 — as well as generous government assistance, according to a Biden administration report released Monday. The upcoming open enrollment period, which begins November 1 and runs through January 15,

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Judge nixes Trump-era rule limiting review of water projects

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) โ€” A judge has vacated a Trump-era rule that limited states’ ability to review federally-permitted water projects. States have the power to review federal permits for water projects to make sure they comply with state laws. Former Republican President Donald Trump’s administration issued new rules that limited state’s ability to

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Biden pushes private talks into the open as the White House keeps its foot on the gas

By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN For weeks White House officials have deliberately avoided delving into the details of President Joe Biden’s private negotiations over the scope and scale of his mult-trillion dollar domestic agenda. Biden apparently had enough of that, going in depth on the policy, concessions, personal interactions with hold-out senators and

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Bannon contempt vote puts Attorney General Merrick Garland in center of legal and political storm

Attorney General Merrick Garland — whose nomination was premised on insulating the Justice Department from politics — faces a decision that puts him at the center of a partisan firestorm, with the House’s request that the department pursue criminal contempt against Steve Bannon for his refusal to cooperate in lawmakers’ insurrection probe.

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Homeland Security secretary tests positive for Covid-19

By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is vaccinated against Covid-19, tested positive for the virus on Tuesday morning, according to department spokesperson Marsha Espinosa. “Secretary Mayorkas tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after taking a test as part of routine pre-travel protocols,” Espinosa said in a statement. “Secretary Mayorkas

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