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By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN A federal agency announced Wednesday evening that it will launch an investigation into what caused the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. The announcement of the full technical investigation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a small agency within the Commerce Department, follows an initial assessment and

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 368 migrant children who had been separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, down from 391 last month, according to a federal court filing Wednesday. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a bill repealing a Trump-era rule that rolled back regulations on methane emissions — a particularly potent greenhouse gas believed to contribute significantly to the climate crisis — from the oil and gas industries. The President described the bill as an “important first step” to

By Zachary Cohen and Geneva Sands, CNN Department of Homeland Security officials are warning that the same sort of rhetoric and false narratives that fueled the January 6 attack on the US Capitol could lead to more violence this summer by right-wing extremists. A growing belief among some Donald Trump supporters that the former President

By Tami Luhby, CNN While states feared the coronavirus pandemic would wreak havoc on their budgets and force them to slash services, it turns out that many are doing far better than they predicted. So instead of cutting spending in the wake of the pandemic, many states are cutting taxes. Nine states have passed legislation

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Internal Revenue Service still had more than 35 million tax returns to process at the end of this year’s filing season, a backlog four times bigger than at the end of the 2019 filing season. About 23 million of those returns were filed by individuals who may be waiting on

By Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN Only two House Republicans — Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — voted Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Both GOP lawmakers, who are frequent critics of former President Donald Trump, were among the

By Jamie Gangel and Alex Rogers, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney sharply criticized Republican leaders ahead of a vote Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, which she said she supported. It was the latest attempt by the high-profile Republican to hold former President Donald Trump

By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has died at the age of 88, according to a statement from his family. No cause of death was immediately provided. “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and

By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated on Wednesday that she stands by her assertion that the House won’t take up a bipartisan infrastructure deal until the Senate passes a more sweeping package through budget reconciliation, a position that has drawn criticism from Republicans and caused some anxiety among moderate House Democrats. “The

By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed a Republican-backed election overhaul bill that would tighten election deadlines and expand voter identification requirements, among other changes, in the latest battle between Democrats and Republicans over voting rights. “I made it clear I wouldn’t sign a bill that creates barriers

By Daniel Dale, CNN On Tuesday, President Joe Biden repeated a vivid story he has been telling since at least his 2020 presidential campaign. Biden’s story serves to illustrate both his connection with average workers and his fondness for Amtrak, the rail service he famously used for years to commute between Washington and his home

By Gregory Krieg and Ethan Cohen, CNN A day after the New York City Board of Elections botched a dry run of its new ranked-choice vote-counting process, the beleaguered office released an updated results that found Brooklyn Borough Eric Adams narrowly in the lead. Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia and civil rights attorney Maya Wiley

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN A member of the Oath Keepers has cut a plea deal with prosecutors and is testifying secretly against others in the right-wing group, according to a criminal case unsealed Wednesday in Washington, DC. The newly public case is the latest known move by the Justice Department to prosecute the extremist group

By Dan Merica and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Republican governors across the country are deploying state law enforcement officials to the US-Mexico border, giving each governor the opportunity to emphasize their fealty to former President Donald Trump while simultaneously lambasting President Joe Biden’s administration. The deployments, which have come from states ranging from South Dakota to

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Manhattan District Attorney is expected to file tax-related charges against the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg. CNN’s Kara Scannell has more.

By Erica Orden, Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan grand jury indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s unclear how many charges they include. The charges are expected to be unsealed on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1932 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Donald Harold Rumsfeld Father: George Donald Rumsfeld, a real estate salesman Mother: Jeannette (Huster) Rumsfeld Marriage: Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld (1954-present) Children: Nick, Marcy and Valerie Education: