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By Tierney Sneed and Manu Raju, CNN Byung “BJay” Pak, a former US attorney in Atlanta who abruptly quit during then-President Donald Trump‘s mission to overturn the results of the election, stepped down earlier than planned because he caught wind Trump was considering firing him, according to a source familiar with Pak’s interview with congressional

By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday morning, setting the stage in the weeks and months to come for the party to craft and attempt to pass a sweeping economic package expanding the social safety net that President Joe Biden has made a signature agenda

By Andy Rose and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Democratic Arizona state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete resigned on Tuesday in the face of multiple felony charges in connection with allegedly sexually abusing a child. “This was the right thing to do considering the serious allegations,” Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Minority Leader Rebecca Rios said in

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN The Senate’s massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package marked a big bipartisan achievement after months of negotiations. The legislation, which still needs to be passed by the House, would provide $550 billion in new federal spending over five years. The new investments would reach far beyond the traditional infrastructure

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Veteran Rep. Ron Kind — a Wisconsin Democrat who represents a district carried by former President Donald Trump — announced he will not seek reelection in 2022 and will retire at the end of this term after serving more than two decades in Congress. His retirement

By Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he respects New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to resign after the President called on Cuomo to step down last week following an official report that said Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. “I respect the governor’s decision,” Biden said after delivering remarks on the passage

By Manu Raju, Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Trump White House is facing increased scrutiny on Capitol Hill as a powerful committee chairman wants to interview then-President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff to determine the extent of the pressure the Justice Department faced to try to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. Illinois Sen.

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden celebrated the Senate’s passage of a historic, sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan package on Tuesday, a step toward fulfilling a key item in his legislative agenda that also amounts to the biggest bipartisan win of his presidency so far. “The death of this legislation was mildly premature,” Biden said

By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Jade Gordon, CNN The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a state district judge’s temporary restraining order that had prevented the arrest of Texas House Democrats, who left the state last month in an attempt to stop the passage of restrictive voting bills. The ruling means that many of

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Senate Democrats’ push to advance their $3.5 trillion budget resolution is headed for a procedural speed bump known as a “vote-a-rama.” The time-consuming and stamina-challenging process is the only remaining hurdle for Senate Democrats before the chamber can adopt the budget resolution after voting to open debate earlier Tuesday. Politically, it

By Kylie Atwood, CNN There are active discussions about a further drawdown of the US embassy in Kabul among State Department officials, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, as the Taliban continues to gain ground in Afghanistan. Those gains — which have occurred much more rapidly than many US officials expected — have

By Ali Zaslav, Clare Foran and Alex Rogers, CNN The Senate on Tuesday voted to open debate on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution and has now begun a series of votes on amendments that could go late into the night before final passage. If both chambers of Congress adopt the budget resolution, then Democrats could

By Katie Bo Williams, CNN The National Security Agency’s inspector general on Tuesday announced that it is reviewing “recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the US news media.” Although the statement does not mention any specific media figure, the review comes amid ongoing public claims by Fox News

By Ali Zaslav, Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The US Senate passed a historic, sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan package on Tuesday by a bipartisan majority vote of 69-30 to shore up the nation’s crumbling infrastructure with funding for priorities like roads, bridges, rail, transit and the electric grid. It now heads to