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By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, President Joe Biden’s agenda hangs in the balance. Amid a worsening migrant crisis at the southern US border and a jumbled booster shot rollout, Biden is urgently trying to mend fractures between moderate and progressive Democrats that threaten to topple his $3.5 trillion spending bill and $1 trillion infrastructure

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez penned a letter to her constituents Friday explaining her emotional reaction to voting “present” on a bill funding Israel’s Iron Dome Aerial Defense System this week. “Yes, I wept. I wept at the complete lack of care for the human beings that are impacted by these decisions, I

By Holmes Lybrand Once again, lawmakers are in a fight over the debt limit. Democratic leaders have called for suspending the debt ceiling through 2022 in order to keep the government open but Republicans staunchly oppose the legislation. In a joint statement on Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said it

By Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge erupted at a Capitol riot defendant as he pleaded guilty on Friday, chastising him for participating in an “attack on our government” and warning him to stay on the “straight and narrow,” in the latest strong reaction from the judiciary to the insurrection. “You’ve disgraced this country in the

By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN When French officials erupted in anger last week after being left out of a US-led security pact with Australia and the UK, much of Washington was caught off guard — including President Joe Biden, according to people familiar with his reaction. Biden had met

By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The task of accommodating 10,000 Afghan refugees, including pregnant women, is putting facilities at Ramstein airbase in Germany under tremendous strain as nighttime temperatures drop toward freezing and what was meant to be a 10-day temporary stay is stretching into weeks, with one US source familiar with the

By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden generally does not expect to assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era records from being seen by a congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection attempt, the White House said on Friday. “We take this matter incredibly seriously,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1924 Birth place: Plains, Georgia Birth name: James Earl Carter Jr. Father: James Earl Carter Sr., a farmer and businessman Mother: Lillian (Gordy) Carter Marriage: Rosalynn (Smith) Carter (July 7,

By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Tierney Sneed, CNN Six United Airlines employees are asking a federal judge to block the airline’s vaccine requirement set to take effect on Monday. The employees, including two pilots and a flight attendant, are accusing the airline of a “pattern of discrimination against employees who requested religious or medical

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the nation’s immigration courts. Neal previously served on the panel for two decades before departing under the Trump administration when a number of immigration judges resigned in response to the

By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN California Democratic Rep. Karen Bass is preparing to launch a 2022 campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, and could make her announcement as soon as next week, according to a person familiar with her plans. “Los Angeles is facing a humanitarian crisis in homelessness and a public health

By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center next week, according to a new video from the former first couple, beginning one of the final steps in the delayed process. The Obamas, joined by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago

By Kara Scannell A New York judge has ordered the Trump Organization to submit a report next week to the New York Attorney General in an effort to resolve a long-running dispute over subpoenas for records, according to an unsealed order. “The Trump Organization, by September 30, 2021, shall provide a report, in reasonable detail,

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Department of Education on Thursday repaid a group of Florida school board members whose salaries were withheld for implementing mask mandates in defiance of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that parents, not school officials, must decide how to protect their children in the pandemic. The Alachua County School Board,