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By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The US Air Force flew a reconnaissance mission this week over eastern Ukraine to gather intelligence about the situation on the ground — two days after Russia announced it would withdraw 10,000 troops from its border with that nation. Monday’s flight was the first time an E-8C Joint Surveillance

By Natasha Bertrand President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon “to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia,” National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne told CNN. The call was requested by Putin, according to an administration official, and Biden accepted because “he believes

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN As Americans enter the third year of the pandemic, they can expect to receive significantly less federal aid. There won’t be any more stimulus checks. Boosted unemployment benefits and guaranteed paid sick leave programs have expired. The last round of expanded child tax credit payments went out earlier

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Supreme Court that has declined to block several types of vaccine mandates is now considering whether to allow the Biden administration to require millions of Americans to get Covid-19 vaccines. While the court has been tolerant so far of vaccine mandates that have come before it — refusing to halt

By Tierney Sneed, CNN In states like Texas and North Carolina, Republican lawmakers in charge of redrawing the political maps for the next decade say that the new plans are “race blind.” Their opponents in court say that the claim is implausible and one that, in some situations, is at odds with the Voting Rights

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kylie Atwood and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Aminullah Hotaki flew out of Afghanistan on September 21 with his wife and 5-year-old son. They landed in the United Arab Emirates where they expected to stay for a short period of time before coming to the United States. Now, three months later, he is still

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday accepted former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, which Trump had vowed to rescind if Dunleavy endorses Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. “Please tell the President thank you for the endorsement. With regard to the other issue, please tell the President he has nothing to

By Dan Merica and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Harry Reid, the scrappy former Democratic Senate leader who spearheaded epic legislative battles through three decades in Congress, has died at the age of 82, according to a statement from his wife, Landra Reid. “I am heartbroken to announce the passing of my husband, former Senate Majority Leader

By Sara Murray, CNN When the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection struggled to serve Dan Scavino with a subpoena, the former Donald Trump aide said he had been in a fairly obvious locale: Mar-a-Lago. “The dangerous and false narrative of me trying to avoid or evade a subpoena is a disgrace,” Scavino tweeted in

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Tuesday her office will not criminally charge former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a “thorough” investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct made by two women against him. Westchester investigators focused on allegations from a state trooper who served on Cuomo’s protective detail, as

By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans are set to have one less health care headache in 2022. The No Surprises Act, which bans most unexpected medical charges from out-of-network providers, is scheduled to go into effect January 1. It will apply to about 10 million surprise bills a year, according to federal estimates. The new law,