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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Jaylen Smith graduated from high school in May. Less than a year later, the 18-year-old will be tasked with governing Earle, Arkansas, as the rural city’s newly elected mayor. Smith, a Democrat, was elected mayor of Earle — population 1,831 — on Tuesday. He defeated his opponent, Nemi Matthews, the city’s

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration’s first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale for federal waters off the West Coast generated more than $750 million, as energy companies competed for five areas that could eventually be home to massive floating wind turbines. Five companies, including Equinor and Invenergy, bid on five lease areas totaling more

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has decided to appeal a federal court decision that blocked the use of a controversial Trump-era policy allowing for the swift removal of migrants at the US-Mexico border. Last month, US District Judge Emmet Sullivan blocked the authority, known as Title 42, but agreed to a Biden administration

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen leaving her office Wednesday with her husband, Paul Pelosi. The pair greeted children waiting outside the speaker’s office and are attending a holiday party Wednesday for members. In October, Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer at the couple’s home in San Francisco by a

By Tami Luhby, CNN The cost of Covid-19 vaccines could quadruple if the federal government stops buying them in bulk, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The federal government has spent more than $30 billion so far on Covid-19 vaccines to promote their development and ensure that people can access them without charge, according to

By Kristen Holmes and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump was hoping for a win on Tuesday amid the slow start to his latest presidential campaign, believing a victory for his longtime friend and hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff would mitigate calls for new Republican leadership following a spate of losses for

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on Wednesday against Andrii Derkach, a Kremlin-linked former Ukrainian lawmaker who repeatedly promoted disinformation about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, for an alleged scheme to launder money and purchase real estate in violation of US sanctions. In 2020, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against Derkach

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Arguments in the Supreme Court‘s blockbuster election rules case played out for more than three hours on Wednesday as the justices examined claims from the North Carolina GOP legislature, which argues that state constitutions and state courts have little or no authority to impose limits on how

By Maegan Vazquez and Betsy Klein, CNN Second gentleman Doug Emhoff — the first Jewish person in his position — convened a roundtable on antisemitism at the White House on Wednesday, where he warned of an “epidemic of hate facing our country.” “We’re seeing a rapid rise in antisemitic rhetoric and acts,” Emhoff said at

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The family of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick said Wednesday that snubbing GOP leaders during a congressional gold medal ceremony was not for partisan reasons, but an “integrity issue.” “We were talking about saying something and then we said, ‘No, I think the best way is to just ignore

By Kaitlan Collins and Sara Murray, CNN Two documents with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit during a search by a team hired by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers, a person familiar with the situation told CNN. Those documents were handed over to the FBI. No other documents with classified markings were

By Betsy Klein and Clare Foran, CNN The White House declined to say whether President Joe Biden will sign the must-pass annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, if it includes a provision in current text to rescind the military Covid-19 vaccine mandate, reiterating that the president continues to support a mandate but leaving

By Annie Grayer, CNN The final report from the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, will include information about Republican National Committee fundraising directly after the 2020 presidential election, what Secret Service knew ahead of the attack and the response by the National Guard, committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar said in a wide-ranging interview