By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for Covid-19 on Monday, the vice president’s spokesperson said in a statement, nearly a week after she tested positive. Harris will return to the White House on Tuesday, her spokesperson Kirsten Allen noted, and wear a “well-fitting mask” while around others for an additional five
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By Dan Berman, CNN The volume of investigations involving former President Donald Trump, the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the finances of the Trump Organization is staggering. Here’s an updated list of notable investigations and lawsuits and latest developments: January 6: House select committee investigation
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden is building on his electric vehicle goal with a $3 billion investment Monday aimed at boosting the US supply of lithium ion batteries through the bipartisan infrastructure package. The move is aimed at fighting climate change, but also to make the US more energy independent and secure, officials
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A year-long Pentagon pilot program found an array of software vulnerabilities at dozens of defense contractors as Russian and Chinese hackers continue to try to steal sensitive data from the US defense industrial base. The goal of the “Vulnerability Disclosure Program” (VDP) is to find and fix flaws in the email
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By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN A special grand jury has been selected to hear evidence in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, has been investigating whether Trump
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By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN A special grand jury has been selected to hear evidence in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, has been investigating whether Trump
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By Holmes Lybrand A former New York City police officer was convicted Monday of assaulting a Washington, DC, police officer during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Thomas Webster, who claimed he was defending himself when he swung a metal flagpole at police and tackled one to the ground, choking him by his
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear: He had faith in Ohio’s election results and little patience for politicians of either party who make baseless claims of election wrongdoing. “I think it’s irresponsible when Republicans say an election was stolen and don’t
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By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection sent letters Monday to three additional Republican congressmen, asking that they voluntarily cooperate with the ongoing probe. The three GOP lawmakers who received letters are: Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks of Alabama and
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump raised the idea of shooting protesters who took to the streets around the White House after the killing of George Floyd in 2020, according to Axios. “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs
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By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that Boston violated the First Amendment rights of a group seeking to briefly raise a Christian flag atop a city flagpole outside of City Hall as a part of a city program celebrating Boston’s greater community. The court said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is to talk about a proposal Monday night that reconsiders the use of garbage roll carts or if the ban will need to head to voters in August. Council members are expected to meet at 7 p.m. at Columbia City Hall. If the bill passes next month, the city
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The moment CNN’s Sara Sidner arrived in Lviv, Ukraine this weekend, an air raid siren was going off — an alert, she tweeted, that gives “a heightened sense of what it is to be alive and the possibility of random death.” For a better understanding of the environment on the ground,
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The moment CNN’s Sara Sidner arrived in Lviv, Ukraine this weekend, an air raid siren was going off — an alert, she tweeted, that gives “a heightened sense of what it is to be alive and the possibility of random death.” For a better understanding of the environment on the ground,
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN As Donald Trump badgered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on an hour-long call to “find” the votes necessary to flip the battleground state to Trump’s column after the 2020 election, a Raffensperger aide fired off a plea for help. “Need to end this call,” Jordan
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By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN As Donald Trump badgered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on an hour-long call to “find” the votes necessary to flip the battleground state to Trump’s column after the 2020 election, a Raffensperger aide fired off a plea for help. “Need to end this call,” Jordan
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge has decided to allow the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection to obtain the Republican National Committee’s marketing email data leading up to January 6, 2021. The decision — issued late Sunday night by Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly of the DC District
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge has decided to allow the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection to obtain the Republican National Committee’s marketing email data leading up to January 6, 2021. The decision — issued late Sunday night by Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly of the DC District
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden will travel to Romania and Slovakia this week in a show of support for displaced Ukrainian families forced to flee in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Biden will also use the trip to meet with members of the United States military stationed overseas, as well as top-level
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By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden will travel to Romania and Slovakia this week in a show of support for displaced Ukrainian families forced to flee in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Biden will also use the trip to meet with members of the United States military stationed overseas, as well as top-level
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