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By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted 50-48 Thursday evening to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avert economic disaster following weeks of partisan deadlock over the issue. The House will next have to approve the extension before it can be sent

By Dan Merica, CNN The off-year elections in Virginia this November will serve as possibly the most revealing test of whether strict coronavirus policies, like vaccine mandates and mask requirements, are good politics in a contested election. No issue has defined Virginia’s statewide races more than how the Commonwealth’s government should fight the coronavirus, with

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian state-backed hackers are having greater success at breaching targets in the United States and elsewhere as they make government organizations the primary focus of their attacks, according to data that Microsoft released Thursday. Government organizations accounted for more than half of the targets for Moscow-linked hacking groups for the year

By Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down the

By Alex Marquardt, CNN The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a months-long review and a reflection of the intelligence community’s view of China as the greatest long-term threat to the United States. The new China Mission Center “will further strengthen our

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the national stage, according to newly available court records reviewed by CNN. While the bogus fraud claims

By CNN US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday issued an order blocking enforcement of Texas’ six-week abortion ban. Read Pitman’s order below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol interviewed Trump-era Department of Justice official Richard Donoghue last week, a source familiar with the committee’s work confirmed to CNN. Politico was the first to report on the news of Donoghue’s

By Eric Bradner, CNN Some Michigan local health departments are rescinding school mask mandates and other measures intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus after Republican state lawmakers approved a budget that threatens the funding of local health departments that issue those rules. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed the budget into law last

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will impose new cybersecurity mandates on the railroad and airline industries, including reporting requirements as part of a department effort to force compliance in the wake of high-profile cyberattacks on critical industries, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Wednesday. DHS is moving to require more companies in

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN NATO has expelled eight members of the Russian mission to the alliance who they determined were “undeclared Russian intelligence officers,” according to a NATO official. The move comes amid ongoing concerns about suspected killings and other aggressive actions by Russian spy services. The alliance has also halved the size of