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By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Drew Griffin, CNN Since the presidential election, Christina Jensen says she’s been stopped on the street several times by acquaintances who wanted to share troubling news: hackers from Beijing had switched nearly 24,000 votes for Donald Trump in their rural, GOP-leaning Wisconsin county. Jensen, the Clark County clerk and

By CNN The Congressional Budget Office offers lawmakers an assessment of how much legislation will cost the US taxpayer if implemented. A new report from the CBO out Thursday says a bipartisan infrastructure plan, currently making its way through the Senate, would add $256 billion to the projected federal deficits over the next decade. Read

By Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated the Republican push to pass new voting restrictions in the state, announcing on Thursday a second special session of the state legislature that could continue the bitter standoff with Democrats in the Texas House who broke quorum and fled to the nation’s

By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed a bill into law at the White House on Thursday to award congressional gold medals to the police forces that responded to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The Congressional Gold Medal is the US Congress’ “highest expression of national appreciation

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration has continued to back negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban, insisting the latter is still invested in the political process and political success is still possible, even as the international community has accused the Taliban of atrocities that may amount to war crimes.

By Geneva Sands, CNN In her first major speech since taking office, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly sought to elevate the young agency, pushing for more cybersecurity talent across the US and announcing a new initiative collaborating with the private sector on ransomware and other issues. Easterly made her debut discussing one

By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Internal discussions at the US Food and Drug Administration have centered around an early September timeline for laying out a strategy on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, a Biden administration official told CNN. The strategy would apply for all vaccinated people. A decision for those who are immunocompromised and

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The newly formed House select committee is taking the lead on investigating January 6 going forward, consolidating the investigation, as other committees looking into the matter begin handing over their work, according to a multiple sources familiar with the matter. That includes interviews with key figures

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN After Joe Biden came into office, Suleiman Omar Hassan and his roommate, both living in Uganda at the time, scrolled through the news on their cellphones every day looking for the answer to a life-altering question: Will Biden raise the refugee cap? Hassan’s hopes to resettle in the United States were

By Kristin Wilson, Ali Zaslav, Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The bipartisan infrastructure plan making its way through the Senate will “add $256 billion to projected deficits” between 2021 and 2031, a report from the Congressional Budget Office released Thursday found. “The Congressional Budget Office estimates that over the 2021-2031 period, enacting Senate Amendment

By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Ralph Norman tested positive for Covid-19, the South Carolina Republican announced Thursday, coming one week after he joined in a lawsuit against Speaker Nancy Pelosi over being fined for not wearing a mask on the floor of the House. “After experiencing minor symptoms this morning, I sought a COVID-19 test

By Dianne Gallagher and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday called for a second special session of the state legislature to begin this weekend, after Democratic lawmakers fled the state to block a restrictive voting bill. In the Republican governor’s proclamation, which includes “election integrity” on the agenda, he says the special

By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Education Sec. Miguel Cardona on Thursday warned Americans not to let adult politics get in the way of schools reopening safely and remaining open without disruption, specifically expressing concern about states that are preventing schools from instating mask mandates. “The tools are there, it’s just — are we

By Christina Carrega and Devan Cole, CNN The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is launching an investigation into policing practices in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, with a focus on how the city treats residents experiencing homelessness, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. “We have reviewed court files, media reports, citizen complaints and we also

By Lauren del Valle and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A wide-ranging New York state impeachment investigation into various allegations of misconduct against embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to concluding, according to a letter obtained by CNN. In a letter sent Thursday, lawyers working for the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee’s impeachment probe informed

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden unveiled another component of his administration’s plan to fight the climate crisis on Thursday, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid. Biden signed the executive order at the White House alongside representatives

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department inspector general could not find evidence that FBI employees leaked non-public information to Rudy Giuliani about the Hillary Clinton email investigation in the lead-up to the 2016 election, according to a new report. Details of Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s review of the Giuliani leak allegations were revealed Thursday

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House touted progress in vaccinations in recent days, noting that over the past 24 hours, the US recorded more than 864,000 vaccinations, the highest daily rate since July 3, and praised momentum for vaccine mandates Thursday, days after President Joe Biden issued a vaccine requirement for all federal workers

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the most powerful labor organization in the country and a close ally of the Biden White House, has died. He was 72. A cause of death was not immediately announced. Trumka, who had led the AFL-CIO as president since 2009, was known for