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By Devan Cole, CNN After the Supreme Court issued its final two opinions of this term on Thursday, all eyes turned to Justice Stephen Breyer, the court’s senior liberal who is facing intense calls to retire so Democrats can install a replacement this summer. Breyer had been closely watched all term after Democrat Joe Biden

By Devan Cole, CNN After the Supreme Court issued its final two opinions of this term on Thursday, all eyes turned to Justice Stephen Breyer, the court’s senior liberal who is facing intense calls to retire so Democrats can install a replacement this summer. Breyer had been closely watched all term after Democrat Joe Biden

By Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly, CNN Women make up approximately 60% of the staff at the White House and 56% of senior staff, the White House said Thursday ahead of releasing its annual report to Congress on personnel. The White House touted the diversity of its administration and said the staff makeup shows President

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration will share tens of millions of US Covid-19 vaccines this summer to countries around the globe, in addition to the 80 million it has already allocated, White House Covid-19 response director Jeff Zients said Thursday. “Just as our work to vaccinate Americans does not stop on July Fourth,

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration will share tens of millions of US Covid-19 vaccines this summer to countries around the globe, in addition to the 80 million it has already allocated, White House Covid-19 response director Jeff Zients said Thursday. “Just as our work to vaccinate Americans does not stop on July Fourth,

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans don’t want to touch the select committee on January 6 with a 10-foot pole. As Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy mulls whom to tap for a congressional investigation into the deadly US Capitol riot — and whether to appoint people at all — Republicans from

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took questions from reporters the day after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection.

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans don’t want to touch the select committee on January 6 with a 10-foot pole. As Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy mulls whom to tap for a congressional investigation into the deadly US Capitol riot — and whether to appoint people at all — Republicans from

By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a $715 billion transportation and water infrastructure bill focused on improving and repairing roads, bridges, transit and rail, and ensuring clean drinking water. The vote was 221-201 with two Republicans voting with Democrats in favor. House Democrats say the bill — known

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of people at risk for human trafficking as traffickers took advantage of the social and economic crisis created by the global outbreak, the State Department said in a report released Thursday. The pandemic also caused governments to divert resources away from anti-trafficking efforts, the State

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of people at risk for human trafficking as traffickers took advantage of the social and economic crisis created by the global outbreak, the State Department said in a report released Thursday. The pandemic also caused governments to divert resources away from anti-trafficking efforts, the State

By Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she was appointing Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to the new select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, placing one of former President Donald Trump’s most vocal House Republican critics on the panel likely to investigate

By Eric Bradner, CNN The restrictive voting laws that Republican-led states are implementing this year are more likely to withstand legal challenges, experts said, after the Supreme Court on Thursday gave states the tacit green light to go as far as they want in imposing measures they say are intended to combat election fraud —

By Michael Warren, Dan Merica and Alex Rogers, CNN The Republican primary for Ohio’s open Senate seat is about to get even more crowded with the expected entry Thursday of best-selling author J.D. Vance — setting up a messy fight for the GOP nomination in a state that voted for Donald Trump twice. Vance joins

As President Biden visits families and crews, work is halted at the condo collapse due to structural concerns

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN More than half a year after the 2020 presidential election, research is starting to provide a more precise picture of the demographic composition of the 2020 electorate, how various groups voted, and what changed from previous elections. The latest entry, released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, credits Joe Biden’s victory

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin says the result of the Supreme Court upholding two Arizona election laws means the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act is ‘close to being irrelevant’ and will require congressional action to save it.

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. Personal Birth date: July 22, 1923 Birth place: Russell, Kansas Birth name: Robert Joseph Dole Father: Doran Ray Dole, grain elevator and produce station operator Mother: Bina (Talbott) Dole Marriages: Elizabeth (Hanford) Dole (December 7, 1975-present);