By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger is actively weighing whether to seek his political fortunes in the Senate, the Illinois governor’s mansion or even the White House, despite serious questions about whether there’s any future at all for a Donald Trump critic like him in today’s GOP. Acknowledging his potential career options and timeline
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. Personal Birth date: November 28, 1937 Birth place: Weehawken, New Jersey Birth name: Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. Father: Wilbur Louis Ross Sr., a lawyer Mother: Agnes (O’Neill) Ross, a teacher Marriages: Hilary (Geary) Ross (October 9, 2004); Betsy
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By Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who was a source for the 2016 dossier of allegations about former President Donald Trump, was arrested and indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to the FBI, as part of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Russia
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats are still negotiating the final details of their sweeping $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package so the House can vote on it soon. The bill would transform the nation’s social safety net despite being whittled down to roughly half its original size amid infighting between the party’s moderate
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is objecting to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to add paid family and medical leave back into the Democrats’ social spending bill, saying that “I don’t think it belongs in the bill.” “That’s a piece of legislation that really is needed from the standpoint: if we do
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By Jason Hoffman, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that its vaccine rules applying to private businesses with 100 or more employees, certain health care workers and federal contractors will take effect January 4. The rules stipulate that employees that fall into those groups will need to have received the necessary shots to be fully
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Justice Department told attorneys representing families separated at the US southern border under the Trump administration that the reported settlement figures “are higher than anywhere that settlement can land,” American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero told CNN. “DOJ communicated Wednesday night that the numbers reported in the
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By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN A week before their party endured deep losses in Virginia, some of the most vulnerable House Democrats privately debated how to respond to pointed GOP attacks on an issue that has been percolating in districts across the country: critical race theory. With Republicans again embracing the
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN A week before their party endured deep losses in Virginia, some of the most vulnerable House Democrats privately debated how to respond to pointed GOP attacks on an issue that has been percolating in districts across the country: critical race theory. With Republicans again embracing the
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By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration — which cannot prosecute violent airline passengers — has sent only 37 of the more than 5,000 passenger complaints this year to the Justice Department, highlighting a significant challenge when it comes to enforcing the strict rules for the increasingly unruly skies. The FAA said it has
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A drone that crashed near a Pennsylvania power substation last year was likely meant to damage or disrupt the electric equipment, according to a federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by CNN. The July 2020 incident is the first known case of a “modified unmanned aircraft system likely being used in the
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By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge expressed deep skepticism of former President Donald Trump’s arguments that he can keep documents from his White House secret during an historic court hearing on Thursday related to the January 6 riot. Judge Tanya Chutkan pressed Trump’s lawyers on why, as a former President, he
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will pursue US efforts to strengthen a recently mended French-American relationship during a trip to Paris next week, where she will also attend a pair of international conferences. Harris will sit down for a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace next Wednesday
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley will lead US participation in the next round of Iran nuclear talks, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Wednesday, shortly after an Iranian diplomat announced the long-delayed negotiations will restart November 29 in Vienna. Price said negotiations about the Joint Comprehensive
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added back into the social spending bill, after Democrats had previously scrapped the provision from the package. The California Democrat is pushing for a vote on both the $1.75 trillion
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg and MJ Lee, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has become the first Democratic governor in more than four decades to win reelection in the Garden State, CNN projects Wednesday, narrowly surviving a closer-than-expected race that dragged well past Election Day. Murphy’s victory over Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, albeit slim, defied the
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins. “I wanted
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By Gregory Krieg and MJ Lee, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has become the first Democratic governor in more than four decades to win reelection in the Garden State, CNN projects Wednesday, narrowly surviving a closer-than-expected race that dragged well past Election Day. Murphy’s victory over Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, albeit slim, defied the
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 270 migrant children who were separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, down from 303 in September, according to a federal court filing Wednesday. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of an
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN After a year of contentious debates over mask mandates, social distancing rules and curriculums regarding race, new candidates challenged incumbent school board members Tuesday in elections across the country. Usually elected and unpaid, members of school boards found themselves on the front line of Covid politics and culture wars. Protests have
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