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The Justice Department asked a judge on Monday to drop a criminal case against a Capitol rioter

Prosecutors admit they violated a Capitol rioter’s rights after leaving him waiting in jail since December

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department asked a judge on Monday to drop a criminal case against a Capitol rioter, admitting that prosecutors failed to schedule a hearing within the legal timeframe and asking for permission to charge the Texas man again for allegedly attacking police. In a court filing, prosecutors

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Breonna Taylor’s mother meets with DOJ, demands federal charges against officers in her death

By Jessica Schneider, CNN Breonna Taylor‘s mother, Tamika Palmer, met with officials from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Monday to ask them to investigate the fatal shooting of her daughter during a botched police raid in 2020 — and ultimately to bring federal charges against the officers involved. “I’m here at the Department

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White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients on March 14 renewed the Biden administration's urgent call for Congress to pass pandemic supplemental funding or face "severe consequences."

White House warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Congress doesn’t pass supplemental Covid funding

By Betsy Klein, CNN White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients on Monday renewed the Biden administration’s urgent call for Congress to pass pandemic supplemental funding or face “severe consequences.” His remarks came amid uncertainty for the legislative path forward for additional money for the federal government’s pandemic response. The Biden administration requested $22.5 billion

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a news conference in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Zelensky will give virtual address to members of Congress

By Clare Foran, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address Wednesday to members of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced. The address by the Ukrainian President comes amid Russia’s ongoing unprovoked and deadly invasion of the country and as Ukraine continues to press the United States

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on May 26

Bipartisan group of senators push Mayorkas for details on US readiness for a Russian cyberthreat

By Eva McKend, CNN A bipartisan group of senators is sharing concern with the Biden administration about the potential of widespread Russian cyberattacks in the United States as retribution for harsh sanctions against Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Sunday

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Climate activists rally near the White House in Washington on June 28

An ‘excruciating year’: Climate activists reset with Biden’s agenda on life support

By Gregory Krieg and Ella Nilsen, CNN In a year weighted by disappointment for the US climate movement, the lowest low of 2021 might have taken place nearly 3,500 miles away in Glasgow, Scotland, where world leaders gathered early last November for the largest United Nations climate summit in history. The UN’s COP26 summit had been touted as

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Ukrainian emergency employees work at a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol

Fact Check: 5 times official Russian statements conflicted with intelligence and on the ground actions

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN As its troops fight on the ground in Ukraine, Russia is waging a parallel war of misinformation. Even before Russian forces crossed the border, Russian officials were crafting a narrative at odds with reality. Publicly claiming one thing while intelligence suggests another isn’t unusual, but Russia has gone so far as

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