Politics

By Paul LeBlanc and Gregory Wallace, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced it’s taking new steps to protect the waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, another considerable blow to a massive gold and copper mine project that has long drawn controversy in the area. Calling the bay an “Alaskan treasure,” the Environmental Protection Agency said

By Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN Moderate Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida laid into Democrats on Thursday for rushing their efforts to finish their economic agenda bill by September 15, calling the process “Incredibly frustrating,” the latest moderate in Congress to urge Democrats slow down the legislation’s progress. It’s yet another sign of

By Sean Lyngaas and Richard Roth, CNN Unidentified hackers breached computer systems at the United Nations in April and the multinational body has had to fend off related hacks in the months since, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. The statement came after multiple private cybersecurity experts warned that cybercriminal forums had in recent months been

By CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday will impose stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19. Read the full plan released by the White House: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Lawmakers in the House released early details of a clean electricity program Thursday, which Democrats say would slash fossil fuel emissions by moving the US electric grid to 80% clean energy, like solar and wind. The clean electricity program is the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive economic package. It would

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN A wide range of telecommunications and social media companies are still grappling with how to respond, if at all, to a request by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol to preserve the records of several hundred people that could play

By Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN The White House has approved a plan for the State Department to take the lead in coordinating with outside groups that are working to evacuate at-risk US citizens and Afghan allies who were left behind after US and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan, an administration official

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to challenge the restrictive Texas abortion law. Read the lawsuit here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Michael Warren and Sara Murray, CNN Sen. Mitch McConnell is locked in a proxy war with former President Donald Trump this fall as both Republicans work to position candidates for primaries taking place all over the country next spring and summer. But with control of the Senate on the line, McConnell is very carefully

By Kristin Wilson, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the House proxy voting protocols that were put in place in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. McCarthy released a statement Thursday saying that justices should “uphold the Constitution by overturning Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s perpetual proxy voting power grab.”

By Tara Subramaniam During a press conference Tuesday, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended his state’s controversial new abortion law and misleadingly suggested it contains protections for victims of rape or incest. Regarding the bill, a reporter asked, “Why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?” to which Abbott responded,

By Kristin Fisher, CNN The Transportation Department’s inspector general says it is reviewing how officials prevent everyday flights and commercial space flights from sharing the same airspace and potentially colliding. The review of the department’s Federal Aviation Administration comes as space flights have exploded in frequency since 2016, and shortly after the agency grounded a

By Michael Warren, CNN Former President Donald Trump has endorsed a Republican primary challenger to Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of the former president who voted to impeach him earlier this year. In a statement Thursday morning, Trump said he is backing Harriet Hageman, an attorney and former Republican National Committee woman, for

By Tierney Sneed and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden Justice Department sued the state of Texas on Thursday over its new six-week abortion ban, saying the state law is unconstitutional. Announcing the lawsuit at a news conference in Washington, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Texas law’s “unprecedented” design seeks “to prevent women from exercising

By Tami Luhby, CNN The Affordable Care Act’s upcoming open enrollment period is going to look very different this year. It will be the first since 2016 that the official in charge is actively supporting efforts to get people coverage under the landmark law, rather than trying to undermine it. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

By Tami Luhby, CNN The Biden administration is lending its weight to congressional Democrats’ controversial push to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The measure is a key pillar of the White House’s plan to lower prescription drug prices that was released Thursday and comes as the House starts tackling the issue as it crafts