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By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Jessica Dean, CNN Senators on both sides of the aisle said Wednesday evening there’s an agreement with White House officials and 10 senators on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with senators planning to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday to discuss it. GOP

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says he wants to know what caused the January 6th insurrection and fired back at Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) question about critical race theory.

By Michael Conte, CNN The most senior general in the US military, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, offered a forceful rebuke of renewed efforts from Republican members of Congress to question the Defense Department’s diversity efforts and alleged embrace of “critical race theory.” Responding to a question by Rep. Mike Waltz about the appropriateness

By Donie O’Sullivan and Dan Merica, CNN People working with Joe Biden’s presidential campaign repeatedly warned Facebook about violent campaign-related rhetoric on its platform during the heat of the 2020 election, but a series of email exchanges reveals how the social media giant sometimes brushed them off. A cache of emails obtained by CNN highlight

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Key Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to extend the pandemic-related student loan payment pause another six months beyond October — or until the economy reaches pre-pandemic employment levels, whichever is longer. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts led a group

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday the readiness of the National Guard will “begin to erode” if it’s not reimbursed for protecting the US Capitol in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection. “I think you’ve heard me say before, that if we don’t resource the Guard, what will happen is

By Veronica Stracqualursi and David Wright, CNN A Republican-led investigation concluded Wednesday that there was “no evidence of widespread or systematic fraud” in Michigan’s 2020 election, rejecting claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the state’s election results were fraudulent. “There is no evidence presented at this time to prove either significant

By Tami Luhby, CNN The US Department of Agriculture is highlighting the difficulty food stamp recipients have in affording healthy meals as it seeks to revise the program’s funding formula. Nearly 9 in 10 participants face barriers to providing themselves and their families with nutritious food, the agency said Wednesday. The most common hurdle, reported

By Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Trump supporter who spent 10 minutes inside the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection was sentenced to probation Wednesday, avoiding jail, becoming the first rioter to learn their punishment in the riot investigation. At a hearing in DC federal court, Judge Royce Lamberth said

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Laura (Welch) Bush

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott is stepping down, according to a source familiar with the decision, marking the latest change in the border agency’s leadership structure. Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz is expected to step into the role on an acting basis. Scott, who assumed the post as chief in February

By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Partisan finger pointing is nothing new in Washington, and with prices increasing for a wide-range of everyday items, the blame game continues apace. One such product being used as a political weapon is gasoline. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio blamed Biden for the rising prices in gas

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Immigration and Customs Enforcement used involuntary and invasive medical procedures, such as force-feeding and forced hydration, in response to hunger strikes by detained immigrants, according to a newly released report from the American Civil Liberties Union and Physicians for Human Rights. The report, which is based on over 10,000 pages of

By Chandelis Duster, CNN An Iowa law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion was permanently blocked by a district judge on Monday. District Judge Mitchell E. Turner ruled the law was unconstitutional because it violated a 2018 decision by the Iowa Supreme Court that protects abortion rights. The law is also

By Tami Luhby, CNN As states seek to help unemployed residents return to the workforce amid widespread labor shortages, some are providing childcare subsidies to parents while they look for jobs. The Texas Workforce Commission last week approved opening up its childcare subsidy program to out-of-work parents seeking employment. It had previously been limited to

By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will head to the US-Mexico border on Friday, a source familiar with the trip told CNN. The upcoming trip to El Paso, Texas, comes as Harris has been dogged by criticism of her absence at the border by Republicans as she has taken on

CNN’s Jessica Schneider explains the Supreme Court ruling against union access while Jeffrey Toobin notes that the decision shows that the body still has deep political divisions.

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin reacts to the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of a former high school cheerleader who argued that she could not be punished by her public school for posting a profanity-laced caption on Snapchat when she was off school grounds.

By Ethan Cohen and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN India Walton, a self-professed socialist and political newcomer, will defeat four-term incumbent Byron Brown in the Democratic primary for mayor of Buffalo, New York, CNN projected Wednesday. Walton, who’s likely to become Buffalo’s first female mayor, is a nurse and community organizer. She’s been endorsed by organizations like

By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden’s closely watched summit last week with his Russian counterpart affirmed his belief that nothing can replicate a face-to-face with a tough adversary. Now, he and his aides are looking ahead to a higher-stakes encounter: a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. White House officials say the