By Ella Nilsen, CNN Around $50 billion of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package is marked for climate resilience — replacing roads to withstand extreme rainfall, treating forests to prevent wildfires and shoring up reservoirs that sank to new lows this year amid incredible drought. As climate disasters become more costly, federal officials say they are
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN When Chinese President Xi Jinping beamed into the White House on Monday evening for a virtual summit with President Joe Biden, the two men needed no introduction. “We’ve spent an awful lot of time talking to one another, and I hope we can have a candid conversation tonight as well,” Biden
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US strongly condemned a Russian anti-satellite test on Monday that forced crew members on the International Space Station to scramble into their spacecraft for safety, calling it “a reckless and dangerous act” and saying that it “won’t tolerate” behavior that puts international interests
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie opened up about the attacks on his weight that have hounded him throughout his political career, saying that while he used to find them hurtful, they have made him “tougher.” Christie, whose appearance as an overweight politician has long been the subject of jokes
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Wyoming Republican Party voted over the weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the party, the Casper Star-Tribune reported, a new instance of GOP blowback as Cheney continues to speak out against former President Donald Trump. The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any
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By Devan Cole, CNN Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie opened up about the attacks on his weight that have hounded him throughout his political career, saying that while he used to find them hurtful, they have made him “tougher.” Christie, whose appearance as an overweight politician has long been the subject of jokes
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol had yet to come to a consensus as of Monday night on dealing with former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ lack of compliance. Multiple members of the committee tell CNN that while
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN The conservative House Freedom Caucus has elected GOP Rep. Scott Perry to be its next leader, elevating an original member and noted ally of former President Donald Trump to the group’s top post. “For the past six years, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of the
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed a primary challenger running against Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan in his latest effort to oust the GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach him earlier this year. “John Gibbs is running against RINO Congressman Peter Meijer in Michigan’s 3rd District. Meyer has been
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Michigan state Sen. Tom Barrett on Monday announced his campaign for the US House, a bid that could see him potentially challenge Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin. The Michigan Republican vowed in a Facebook video announcing his campaign to push back against the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate. “I’ve spent my entire
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and marked the major legislative victory at a White House event with lawmakers from both parties. “The bill I’m about to sign into law is proof that despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US acknowledged for the first time that previously undisclosed airstrikes in Syria carried out days before the fall of ISIS in 2019 killed multiple civilians, including women and children, according to US Central Command. The disclosure followed the publication of a New York Times investigation into the strikes on Saturday.
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he believes the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was the result of former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “I think everything that he was saying from Election Night forward incited people to that level of anger,”
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By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and marked the major legislative victory at a White House event with lawmakers from both parties. “The bill I’m about to sign into law is proof that despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CNN that he called Rep. Paul Gosar last week after the Arizona Republican posted an anime video on Twitter depicting him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging a sword at President Joe Biden. But McCarthy — who had not publicly commented on the episode
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By Jasmine Wright and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Monday defended Vice President Kamala Harris as a “key partner” to President Joe Biden following CNN reporting that key West Wing aides are exasperated by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus from Harris and her staff, while many in the vice
Continue Reading By Ali Zaslav and Alex Rogers, CNN Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and the longest serving US senator still in office, announced Monday he won’t seek reelection for a ninth term next year, after serving in the chamber since 1975. “While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle and I have reached a conclusion: it
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn’s call for “one religion” in the US to win the battle of good versus evil has garnered sharp backlash from a range of critics. Flynn, who was subpoenaed last week by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, made the comment during
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By Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US strongly condemned a Russian anti-satellite test on Monday that forced crew members on the International Space Station to scramble into their spacecraft for safety, calling it “a reckless and dangerous act” and saying that it “won’t tolerate” behavior that puts international interests
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol had yet to come to a consensus as of Monday night on dealing with former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ lack of compliance. Multiple members of the committee tell CNN that while
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