Month: July 2021

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived in Ohio on Wednesday mindful the days for actual bipartisan governing in Washington are quickly waning. Throughout his CNN town hall, he voiced again and again his conviction that Republicans will come along, even though some are poisoned by conspiracies and others, he said, are “lying” on

By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Republicans will not vote to increase the federal borrowing limit, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a new interview, setting the stage for a huge battle in Congress as it stares at a deadline to avoid a debt default. McConnell’s threat prompted outrage

By Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Germany that would allow completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline opposed by the Biden administration as a “malign influence project” that Russia could use to gain leverage over European allies. “While we remain opposed to

By Paige Levin CNN’s Don Lemon moderates as President Joe Biden answers questions in a CNN town hall in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Watch the full event below. Biden explains how he’s working to dispel vaccine misinformation The President tackles vaccine misinformation and urges Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Biden slams ‘Jim Crow on steroids’

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Joe Biden quipped Wednesday evening that the first time he heard “Hail to the Chief” as President he asked, “Where is he?” Calling the storied presidential anthem a “great tune” during a CNN town hall in Ohio, Biden said that “you feel a little self-conscious” hearing it as commander in chief.

By Tami Luhby, CNN Many parents were thrilled to have hundreds of dollars suddenly land in their bank accounts last week, as the Internal Revenue Service distributed the first of six monthly child tax credit payments. This is the first time the child tax credit is being paid out on a monthly basis. When lawmakers