By Chandelis Duster, CNN Discrepancies on New York Rep.-elect George Santos’ resume are “serious” and the GOP politician “deserves an opportunity” to clear his name in the face of accusations, a top Republican in Nassau County said Monday. “While issues that have been raised in a December 19th New York Times article are serious, I
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN A scam PAC operator first uncovered by CNN’s KFile pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering while operating two political action committees during the 2016 election and collecting more than $3 million from unwitting contributors. Matthew Tunstall, 35, was one of three
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, CNN It’s a busier-than-usual Wednesday in Washington. From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the White House to the release of the House January 6, 2021, committee’s final report and the fate of a consequential immigration rule hanging in the balance, this is not the capital’s typical year-end cram session. Here
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, Sara Murray and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has started handing over evidence and transcripts from its probe to the Department of Justice, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Though a group of Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates pushed hard to partially restore an enhancement to the child tax credit, the measure did not make it into the $1.7 trillion federal spending package. The coalition’s priority was to increase the refundability of the credit so more of the lowest-income families
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Though a group of Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates pushed hard to partially restore an enhancement to the child tax credit, the measure did not make it into the $1.7 trillion federal spending package. The coalition’s priority was to increase the refundability of the credit so more of the lowest-income families
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Kremlin-linked hacking group known for focusing on Ukraine has stepped up its spying efforts against Ukraine’s NATO allies in recent months — in part by trying to hack a big oil firm in a NATO country in August, according to US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks. It’s the latest sign
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel and Jeremy Herb, CNN The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled. Though the committee declined to identify the people, CNN has learned that Stefan Passantino,
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco, CNN Lobstermen and women could be thrown a lifeline from the annual federal spending bill after the Maine congressional delegation secured a provision that puts a six-year pause on some stronger environmental regulations. Aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, the regulations could require lobstermen to change the way they
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Biden administration told the Supreme Court Tuesday that the justices should reject an emergency bid by a group of GOP-led states to keep the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 in effect while legal challenges play out. But it also asked for the court
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Biden administration told the Supreme Court Tuesday that the justices should reject an emergency bid by a group of GOP-led states to keep the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 in effect while legal challenges play out. But it also asked for the court
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Though a group of Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates pushed hard to partially restore an enhancement to the child tax credit, the measure did not make it into the $1.7 trillion federal spending package. The coalition’s priority was to increase the refundability of the credit so more of the lowest-income families
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.7 trillion yearlong federal government spending package on Thursday, after the House and Senate passed it last week. The legislation includes $772.5 billion for nondefense discretionary programs and $858 billion in defense funding. That represents an increase in spending in both
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak, Manu Raju and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are planning to meet at the White House on Wednesday, according to two sources familiar with the planning, in a Washington visit that is tentatively scheduled to include an address to a joint session of Congress.
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed A federal judge has struck down part of a California gun law that was inspired by the novel legal mechanisms pioneered in a Texas 2021 law that allowed private citizens to sue abortion providers. The ruling was praised not only by the gun rights activists who challenged the law, but by its chief
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Discrepancies on New York Rep.-elect George Santos’ resume are “serious” and the GOP politician “deserves an opportunity” to clear his name in the face of accusations, a top Republican in Nassau County said Monday. “While issues that have been raised in a December 19th New York Times article are serious, I
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN As House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy forges ahead in his quest to secure 218 votes to be the next speaker of the House, he is vowing to take a hard line in the future against any GOP senator who votes to pass the $1.7 trillion spending bill this
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed A federal appeals court on Tuesday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump should be protected by absolute immunity in civil lawsuits brought against him for his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. When the DOJ responds in mid-January, it’s set to
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Gregory Wallace, CNN The US Postal Service on Tuesday announced its intention to deploy at least 66,000 electric delivery trucks by 2028, satisfying a key goal for the Biden administration’s climate agenda. The shift toward electric vehicles, which follows pressure from environmental groups and a funding boost from the Inflation Reduction
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky and Kylie Atwood, CNN Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en route to Qatar, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two of the sources tell CNN that one of the Americans is filmmaker Ivor Shearer, who was arrested along with
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