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What to watch in Tuesday’s elections

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Dan Merica, CNN Tuesday’s elections in states and cities across the country are set to serve as an early gauge of Joe Biden’s presidency and the political environment headed into next year’s midterm elections. The marquee contest is in Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin aims to halt Democratic former

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The Biden administration is proposing new rules from a number of federal agencies with the same goal

Biden announces new methane rules and launches global pledge to slash planet-warming emissions

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden targeted planet-warming methane emissions on Tuesday from the UN climate summit, announcing strong new US regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and launching a Global Methane Pledge, in partnership with the European Union, that has been signed by around 100 countries. At the center of Biden’s US methane

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on two bills key to President Joe Biden's agenda "as soon as tomorrow

Jayapal says House progressives ready to ‘pass both bills’ without commitment from Manchin and Sinema

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on two bills key to President Joe Biden’s agenda “as soon as tomorrow,” a significant concession after previously seeking direct assurances from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on the legislation.

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McAuliffe and Youngkin close tight governor’s race with the same strategies that got them here

By Dan Merica, CNN Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are closing their gubernatorial bids in Virginia’s closely watched off-year elections with strikingly similar tactics to the campaigns that brought them to this point. McAuliffe crisscrossed the state over the weekend, casting the Virginia elections as a chance for Democrats to validate their eight

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Jayapal says House progressives ready to ‘pass both bills’ without commitment from Manchin and Sinema

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on two bills key to President Joe Biden’s agenda “as soon as tomorrow,” a significant concession after previously seeking direct assurances from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on the legislation.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights

Liberal justices warn that guns, same-sex marriage and religious rights could face limits if Texas wins abortion case

By Tierney Sneed Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights, same-sex marriage, birth control and other contentious issues could be open to attack depending on how the court handled the Texas abortion ban cases that were in front of it Monday. The court’s attention in Monday’s arguments

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Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are closing their gubernatorial bids in Virginia's closely watched off-year elections with strikingly similar tactics to the campaigns that brought them to this point.

McAuliffe and Youngkin close tight governor’s race with the same strategies that got them here

By Dan Merica, CNN Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are closing their gubernatorial bids in Virginia’s closely watched off-year elections with strikingly similar tactics to the campaigns that brought them to this point. McAuliffe crisscrossed the state over the weekend, casting the Virginia elections as a chance for Democrats to validate their eight

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