By Geneva Sands, CNN US Border Patrol made nearly 1.66 million arrests for unlawful crossings on the US-Mexico border over the past year, the highest annual number of apprehensions on record, according to year-end data released by the agency Friday. In September, the border agency made 185,515 arrests, bringing the total to 1,659,206 during fiscal
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By Morgan Rimmer Rep. Glenn Thompson has tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement released on Twitter, and is being treated at Walter Reed “out of an abundance of caution.” The statement notes that the Pennsylvania Republican began experiencing “cold-like symptoms and was promptly tested for COVID-19” on Friday afternoon, and that he is
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden drove by the US-Mexico border more than a decade ago, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday — one day after the President said he knows the border “well.” “He did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008. And he
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden drove by the US-Mexico border more than a decade ago, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday — one day after the President said he knows the border “well.” “He did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008. And he
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By Lauren del Valle Rudy Giuliani‘s former associate Lev Parnas was convicted on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. A jury of eight men and four women found Parnas guilty of scheming with co-conspirators to use a Russian backer’s money to fund political contributions they hoped to trade for political favor for
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN After publicly condemning Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s decades-old racist yearbook photo in February 2019 as “racist, unacceptable and inexcusable at any age,” Terry McAuliffe, who is now running to succeed Northam, struck a different tone just a few months later, dismissing the photo as a youthful mistake —
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By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Democrats are once again on track to miss a self-imposed deadline to reach a deal on President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan by the end of the week, as progressive Democrats confront the reality that many of their top priorities are going to be scrapped in
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle Rudy Giuliani‘s former associate Lev Parnas was convicted on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. A jury of eight men and four women found Parnas guilty of scheming with co-conspirators to use a Russian backer’s money to fund political contributions they hoped to trade for political favor for
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By Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Paris and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron next month, the White House announced on Friday. While in France, Harris will deliver a speech at the fourth annual Paris Peace Forum on November 11 and participate in the Paris
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Justice Clarence Thomas‘ unconventional ideas, daring rhetoric and booming baritone have distinguished him from his Supreme Court colleagues over the past 30 years. From the start, his image at the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings went beyond the world of the law. The 73-year-old Thomas remains
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By Mitchell McCluskey, Eric Bradner and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday that he would welcome three western Maryland counties whose Republican legislators have asked to join the state. “Absolutely, without any question, the invitation is wide open,” Justice, a Republican, said Friday, adding, “We want everyone to always know that
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks to remain in place for now, but it agreed to hear oral arguments on the law next month. The law, banning abortions often before a woman knows she is pregnant is in stark
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Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks to remain in place for now, but it agreed to hear oral arguments on the law next month. The law, banning abortions often before a woman knows she is pregnant is in stark
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By Natasha Bertrand China’s test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile has given new fuel to critics of President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda to scale back America’s nuclear arsenal, with intelligence and defense officials warning that the Chinese launch marked a significant technological leap that could threaten the US in new ways. News of the launch
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By Jamie Gangel, Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Kristen Holmes, CNN The House select committee is setting its sights on the financing behind events and people associated with January 6, CNN has learned, including money that funded pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rallies that preceded the attack on the Capitol that day, in an
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department informed congressional staff Thursday that it is in touch with 363 US citizens in Afghanistan, 176 of whom want to leave, two sources familiar with the call told CNN. The figures presented on that call underscore the ongoing challenge faced by the Biden administration as Americans continue to
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By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge said Friday that defiant US Capitol rioters, who are still defending their role in the January 6 insurrection, are fueling threats against judges from people who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. “It bothers me that she would try
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By Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Melanie Zanona, CNN Drama on the House floor developed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Reps. Jamie Raskin and Liz Cheney as the House was voting on the criminal contempt resolution against Steve Bannon. The conversation with Greene devolved to “Jewish space lasers” and the Georgia Republican accusing Raskin,
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Neera Tanden was named White House staff secretary on a morning staff call on Friday, a person familiar with the matter and a senior White House official said, after her nomination to be President Joe Biden’s budget chief was pulled earlier this year when key senators balked at
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