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By Sam Fossum White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday after returning from President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe. “I last saw the President during a socially distanced meeting yesterday, and the President is not considered a close contact as defined by CDC guidance. I am sharing the

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol filed contempt reports Sunday night for former Trump White House aides Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro, claiming it granted Scavino six extensions of his deadline to sit for an interview and hand over documents and

By Devan Cole, Adam Pourahmadi and Mostafa Salem, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken committed Sunday to countering hostile actions from Iran regardless of whether the US can reestablish a nuclear agreement with the country, hours after the US special envoy to Iran stressed that a deal “is not inevitable.” “Deal or no deal,

By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said Sunday that there were moments during Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings last week that invoked a “familiar hurt” many Americans could relate to. “I got a chance to witness firsthand what I think many people in America

By Simone Pathe, CNN The war in Ukraine has shifted attention overseas, but even if President Joe Biden‘s approval has ticked up nominally, the national environment heading into the 2022 midterms still looks treacherous for his fellow Democrats as they try to hold their Senate majority. Russian President Vladimir Putin has given Biden a convenient

By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine opened up a new front in the 2022 US midterm cycle, with America’s role in the conflict taking a place alongside the culture war clashes, economic worries and fights over pandemic policy that had driven the early stages of the election. The global implications

By Sam Fossum, CNN A funding shortfall in the latest Ukraine aid package could affect the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit that tracks the luxury yachts, apartments and other hidden assets of Russia’s elite, raising the possibility that the US enforcement of sanctions might have some gaps or pull resources from other priorities. The

By Kevin Liptak, CNN At nearly the same moment President Joe Biden declared him a “butcher,” Vladimir Putin’s missiles began falling in Lviv, Ukraine. Sending black smoke and flames billowing into the air, and injuring at least five people, the strikes on a fuel depot pierced what had been relative calm in the western hub

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US government is wary about the possibility of a Russian cyberattack on US critical infrastructure paired with Kremlin attempts to spread disinformation about any incident’s effects to sow panic among Americans, a top US cyber official told CNN. “All businesses, all critical infrastructure owners and operators need to assume that

By Arlette Saenz and Sam Fossum, CNN The White House is set to unveil a new minimum income tax for billionaires Monday as part of President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for FY2023, according to a White House document released Saturday. The “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” would require households worth more than $100 million to pay

By Pete Muntean and Sonnet Swire, CNN The current chief of the Federal Aviation Administration will take over as the acting leader of the agency on April 1, the Biden administration announced on Saturday. “Billy Nolen has extensive expertise in aviation and a deep understanding of the vital role the FAA plays in ensuring the

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, who was convicted earlier this week in regard to an investigation looking into illegal campaign contributions, will resign from Congress, he announced in a letter to supporters on Saturday. The resignation will be effective on March 31, per a letter Fortenberry attached to his email