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By Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Michael Conte, CNN The State Department announced Monday that it will expand access to the US refugee program for certain Afghans amid fears of reprisal by the Taliban as the US military withdrawal nears completion. The new designation creates a pathway to the US for Afghans who do not

By Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Williams, CNN As reports continue to rise of US diplomats and intelligence officials being sickened by the mysterious Havana Syndrome, inside the State Department frustration is rising among rank-and-file staffers and diplomats over what multiple officials say has been a tepid response by the department. Of particular

By CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Sunday the finalization of the legislative text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is more than 2,000 pages. Read the bill: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Ali Zaslav and Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor Sunday evening that the bipartisan group of senators has finalized legislative text of the infrastructure bill, after hours of last-minute additions and edits to the more than 2,000-page legislation. “The bipartisan group of senators has finished writing the

By Kevin Liptak and Devan Cole, CNN Biden administration officials on Sunday sought to message urgent steps taken last week to contain an increase in Delta variant Covid-19 cases as necessary to keep Americans safe, even as they said the country remains in a far better place than earlier in the pandemic. “The health and

By Jeff Zeleny and Gregory Krieg, CNN The final weekend of campaigning for the primary in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District brought to life the divisions that still exist deep inside the Democratic Party, despite broader signs of unity during the first six months of the Biden administration. Sen. Bernie Sanders was back on the campaign

By Daniella Diaz, Nicky Robertson and Chandelis Duster, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at a Saturday night event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if Republicans take control of the chamber in the 2022 midterms and he becomes speaker. “I want you to

By Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired federal eviction moratorium as the White House shifts its focus to unspent housing assistance after the order ended and left millions of renters in limbo. The eviction issue has exposed a major and rare

By Chandelis Duster, CNN As the fight over voting rights intensifies, a longtime aide to late Congressman John Lewis hopes young Americans will use the lessons in the civil rights leader’s posthumous graphic novel to change lawmakers’ minds on the issue. Lewis’ novel, “Run: Book One,” comes amid efforts in state legislatures to enact restrictive

By Chandelis Duster, CNN A key Republican and Democrat involved in negotiating a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal that will fulfill key priorities in President Joe Biden’s agenda say they expect the bill text will be finalized and introduced in the Senate on Sunday and that the chamber could move to approve it as

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Donald Trump‘s political organization entered July with nearly $102 million in cash reserves — an unprecedented war chest at this stage in the election cycle for a former president, according to new figures. Trump’s fundraising haul speaks to his continued ability to raise money from small-dollar donors online, as he trumpets

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rep. Cori Bush slept overnight on the steps of the US Capitol to protest her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium for renters, which expired on Saturday night. “The House is at recess. People are

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress’ highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League. The bipartisan measure to honor Willie O’Ree unanimously passed the chamber on Tuesday. It now must be approved by the US House of

By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut did not want to lose his cool, but he said this week he couldn’t help it. Himes was at the residence of an ambassador with two Republican lawmakers on Tuesday for dinner, just hours after police officers gave explosive testimony about fearing for their lives