By Maegan Vazquez and Allie Malloy, CNN A 36-member commission set up by President Joe Biden to study the US Supreme Court is set to release draft materials on Thursday, the White House announced. The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States was established in April partly as a compromise with liberals,
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A number of high-powered lawyers who have represented Donald Trump in the past are sitting out his latest legal battle, as the former President prepares to assert executive privilege to block congressional investigators from getting information on the January 6 insurrection. That’s left Trump with a relatively
Continue Reading he U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to temporarily raise the debt limit by a vote of 219-206.
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Members of the House have approved a short-term hike to the nation’s debt limit.
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After touring the U.S./Mexico border, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham took the time to listen to not only our local leaders but also non-profit organizations helping our community during this border crisis.
Continue Reading The Senate has dodged a U.S. debt disaster by approving legislation to lift the federal limit on new borrowing by nearly a half-trillion dollars.
Continue Reading By Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the debate over the US debt ceiling amounts to “flirting with a self-inflicted crisis” but that everyone “breathed a sigh of relief” after Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avert economic disaster. “It’s important that we have met that deadline
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that he will try to assert executive privilege to prevent a House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol from getting information from certain witnesses. A source familiar with the former President’s legal strategy
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Donald Trump’s former press secretary admitted Tuesday that she didn’t vote for him in the 2020 election, when she was still working in the East Wing for former first lady Melania Trump. Stephanie Grisham, who worked as East Wing communications director, White House press secretary and chief
Continue Reading Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, warned lawmakers Tuesday that a US default would likely set off historic stress in financial markets because Treasuries are the bedrock of the entire system.
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The Biden Administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.
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With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3.
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ruled against putting a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on the floor Thursday night, according to a leadership aide, after progressives rebelled, potentially delaying consideration until Democrats strike an agreement on separate, much larger social safety net and climate legislation. Pelosi’s decision came
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With just hours to go before a midnight shutdown deadline, lawmakers came together around a short-term save to fund the government through December.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6 — and in a surprise move, plans to cooperate with the Justice Department and potentially testify against other alleged rioters. The deal with Keller suggests prosecutors might try
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Whitney Wild and Zachary Cohen, CNN The select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has issued its second round of subpoenas, this time targeting individuals involved in the planning and organization of the “Stop the Steal” rally that served as a prelude to the riot at the US Capitol and
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Trump campaign and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has defeated an arbitration case brought against her by the Trump campaign, which alleged that she had violated a non-disclosure agreement with public comments and a book critical of former President Donald Trump. In a summary
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Congress is barreling toward a mid-October deadline to raise the national debt limit, but Democrats and Republicans are locked in a stalemate over the issue with no clear resolution and the clock ticking down. Democrats want Republicans to join with them in a bipartisan vote to
Continue Reading By Allie Malloy, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama broke ground on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Tuesday, beginning one of the final steps in the long delayed project. During an event at the center’s construction site on Chicago’s South Side, the former President spoke about his desire
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The most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 Presidential election in a battleground states has been the Arizona audit.
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