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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Continue Reading Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era showerhead rule
By Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN The Department of Energy is moving to reverse a Trump-era rule that rolled back water efficiency standards…
Continue Reading Biden says Cuba is a ‘failed state’ and calls communism ‘a universally failed system’
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Cuba is a “failed state” and called communism a “failed…
Continue Reading Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy meet in Bedminster as 1/6 committee hearing looms
By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy met with Donald Trump on Thursday at the former President’s Bedminster,…
Continue Reading These moms explain how child tax credit checks will help them
As President Joe Biden’s Enhanced Child Tax Credit goes into effect, CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus talks to moms across the country about how the monthly…
Continue Reading ‘They’re not going to f**king succeed’: Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book
By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen, Elizabeth Stuart and Barbara Starr, CNN The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen.…
Continue Reading See Manchin’s reaction to $3.5 trillion proposal
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) discusses the sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal that would require the support from all Senate Democrats…
Continue Reading Joe Manchin says he’s ‘very, very’ disturbed about reconciliation proposals on climate change
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats’ most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious…
Continue Reading ‘I see this as a down payment’: Progressives see room to get more out of budget package that is short of their goal
By Annie Grayer, CNN Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders and Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal both wanted the top line for Democrats’…
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