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Biden says he’s not going to ‘sit by’ and let Republicans enact ‘extreme policies’ on reproductive rights

By Betsy Klein, Allie Malloy and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration is not going to “sit by and let Republicans throughout the country enact extreme policies” when it comes to reproductive health care, announcing new steps to enhance abortion protections as he marked 100 days after Roe v.

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Inside the White House’s failed effort to dissuade OPEC from cutting oil production to avoid a ‘total disaster’

By Alex Marquardt, Natasha Bertrand and Phil Mattingly, CNN The Biden administration launched a full-scale pressure campaign in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. But that effort appears to have failed, following Wednesday’s crucial meeting of OPEC+, the international cartel

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US response to Iran protests expected to include new sanctions on those directly involved in crackdown

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN. President Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally

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Kelly warns ‘wheels’ could ‘come off our democracy’ while Masters tries to tie him to Biden in Arizona Senate debate

By Maeve Reston, CNN While trying to distance himself from his own party, Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly warned during an hour-long debate on Thursday that the “wheels” could “come off our democracy” if candidates like his GOP opponent, Trump-backed Blake Masters, are elected in November. But Masters aggressively pushed back on those attacks, portraying

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Ron Johnson again says Jan. 6 was not an ‘armed insurrection,’ adds ‘protesters did teach us’ how to use flagpoles as weapons

By Donald Judd, CNN Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson repeated his claim Tuesday that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was not an “armed insurrection,” adding however, that protesters “did teach us how you can use flagpoles, that kind of stuff, as weapons.” “There weren’t thousands of armed insurrectionists. I asked the

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Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Federal prosecutors played audio recording in court on Tuesday of an alleged November 2020 Oath Keepers planning meeting that discussed plans to bring weapons to Washington, DC, and prepare to “fight” on behalf of former President Donald Trump. The meeting lasted about two hours and was secretly recorded

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Biden says he’s not going to ‘sit by’ and let Republicans enact ‘extreme policies’ on reproductive rights

By Betsy Klein, Allie Malloy and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration is not going to “sit by and let Republicans throughout the country enact extreme policies” when it comes to reproductive health care, announcing new steps to enhance abortion protections as he marked 100 days after Roe v.

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