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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Ukrainian Air Force has added about 20 more operational aircraft to its fleet because of an influx of spare parts, according to a senior US defense official. Though the official wouldn’t specify which country had provided the aircraft parts, the official said Wednesday that the US and other countries had

By Sam Fossum, CNN The Biden administration is unveiling two new programs, established by the bipartisan infrastructure law, that will provide $20 million worth of rebates to replace old transformers and upgrade electric motor systems, according to the Department of Energy. The draft guidance, which was unveiled Wednesday to solicit public feedback, will help make

By Tierney Sneed Omarosa Manigault Newman — a former staffer on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who then worked for Trump’s White House — was awarded more than $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs this week after previously prevailing in a dispute over whether she had violated a Trump campaign non-disclosure agreement. The award was

By Betsy Klein, Paula Reid and Evan Perez, CNN The Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a ruling by a federal judge that struck down the mask mandate for mass transportation, following a recommendation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It is CDC’s continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking

By MJ Lee and Kate Sullivan, CNN Tensions remain very high within the Biden administration ahead of the expected repeal of a Trump-era pandemic restriction next month and the potential surge of migrants at the border that’s expected to follow, according to a source familiar with ongoing discussions. Since the US Centers for Disease Control

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States on Wednesday unveiled its latest round of sanctions going after Russia over its war on Ukraine, this time targeting a key commercial bank and “a global network of more than 40 individuals and entities led by U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev.” In a news release,

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against 21 people for allegedly seeking to defraud government health care programs of $149 million in a variety of pandemic-related scams, including selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards and submitting claims for unnecessary medical tests. The charges brought in nine separate federal court cases

By Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum, CNN Finance ministers from multiple nations walked out of a closed-door G20 session in Washington on Wednesday when the Russian delegate began his prepared remarks, a show of protest against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participated in the walkout, as did European and

By Kara Scannell Former President Donald Trump does not have any documents subpoenaed by the New York attorney general’s office as part of its civil investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances and shouldn’t be held in contempt, he told a state court. “After conducting a diligent search and review, Respondent’s counsel determined that Respondent was

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Wednesday, continuing a tradition eschewed during the Trump administration. It will be the first time that the sitting President has attended the black-tie dinner, which usually draws