By Zachary Cohen, CNN Top US General Mark Milley appeared before Congress this week to defend Pentagon decision making in Afghanistan but instead found himself fighting a personal battle with lawmakers who charged that he has been more preoccupied with rehabilitating and burnishing his own image. Republican lawmakers directed their fury at Milley for his
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By Lauren Dezenski, CNN A new poll finds cause for concern for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking reelection in 2022. A historic job approval drop: The GOP governor’s job approval rating among registered voters is underwater for the first time since 2018, according to polling from Quinnipiac University, finding 44% of Texans approve
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By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Whitney Wild and Zachary Cohen, CNN The select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has issued its second round of subpoenas, this time targeting individuals involved in the planning and organization of the “Stop the Steal” rally that served as a prelude to the riot at the US Capitol and
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By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House on Wednesday voted 219-212 to suspend the nation’s debt limit until December 2022, with just weeks to go before the country is expected to reach its borrowing limit. Two Democrats — Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Rep. Jared Golden of Maine — joined Republicans in voting against the
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6 — and in a surprise move, plans to cooperate with the Justice Department and potentially testify against other alleged rioters. The deal with Keller suggests prosecutors might try
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Olanma Mang, CNN Two men who spent 40 minutes in the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection were each sentenced to 45 days in prison on Wednesday, marking the first time non-violent rioters who were not already incarcerated will be sent to jail. District Judge James Boasberg sentenced Air Force
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By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where players and spectators alike held the key to his political fate. But even off the mound, it was clearer than ever the moment has arrived for Biden to play the closer. His presence in in the
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden wasn’t pitching in Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game, where players and spectators alike held the key to his political fate. But even off the mound, it was clearer than ever the moment has arrived for Biden to play the closer. His presence in in the
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Thursday is the last day of the fiscal year, and if a federal budget does not pass the government will go into a full shutdown at 12:01 a.m. The budget was held back because it was attached to a Democratic attempt to raise the debt ceiling, which Senate Republicans strongly opposed. A new proposed budget without the raised debt ceiling could make its way through Congress as soon as Wednesday.
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By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN House Republican leaders are launching an all-out campaign to sink a bipartisan infrastructure bill, as Democratic leaders struggle to unite their caucus around the legislation ahead of a high-stakes floor vote on Thursday. While the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package contains popular items widely supported by both parties —
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By Tierney Sneed In briefs filed Wednesday in the Justice Department’s challenge to Texas’ abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton touted the trips Texas women are making out of state to obtain abortions as a point in his favor in defending the law. Paxton was addressing an argument that the Biden administration had made
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By Chandelis Duster and Nick Valencia, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state’s allotment of coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state after receiving criticism from Democrats. Ivey, a Republican, on Monday convened a special session of the Alabama legislature to discuss how to fix what
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Days before the start of a tumultuous term, and after the Supreme Court justices divided bitterly over a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned an audience of law students about the frustration of having to write dissents. “There is going
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By Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House believes vaccine requirements for large private companies are still weeks away from being implemented, weeks after President Joe Biden announced the new mandates were coming. During a press briefing on Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration hopes to have “more detail” on the regulations
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By Daniella Diaz, Priscilla Alvarez and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate Parliamentarian on Wednesday rejected Democrats’ second attempt to try to include a pathway to legalization for immigrants in a bill that could be passed with just Democratic support, a source tells CNN. Democrats argued this time to the parliamentarian that they include a provision
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee are questioning the FBI’s handling of a July ransomware attack on a Florida-based IT firm that compromised up to 1,500 businesses. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, and James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, have requested a briefing from FBI Director Christopher Wray
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By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday morning, setting the stage in the weeks and months to come for the party to craft and attempt to pass a sweeping economic package expanding the social safety net that President Joe Biden has made a signature agenda
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By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier this year, it was seen by many in the party as a triumph, a move that could reduce child poverty by nearly half this year. Ever since Democrats won
Continue Reading By Jessica Dean, Ali Zaslav and Tami Luhby, CNN When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier this year, it was seen by many in the party as a triumph, a move that could reduce child poverty by nearly half this year. Ever since Democrats won
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By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Alex Rogers, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin are at a crossroads over President Joe Biden’s agenda to transform the government’s role in the country. The Democratic leader said Wednesday that the White House needs to sign off on a multitrillion-dollar bill
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