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By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans will stop receiving their full Social Security benefits in about 13 years if lawmakers don’t act to address the pending shortfall, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees. That’s when the combined Social Security trust funds — which help support payouts for the

By Steve Contorno, CNN The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to take up a challenge to the state’s new congressional map, making it increasingly likely that elections this year will be conducted under the aggressively partisan congressional boundaries championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The 4-1 decision represents a setback for Democrats and voting

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration unveiled a plan Thursday to undo Trump-era rule changes to a key section of the Clean Water Act, essentially giving states, territories and tribes more say on fossil fuel or industrial projects that could pollute their watersheds. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule centers on Section 401 of

By Zachary Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr on Thursday met with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol as CNN spotted him inside a room used by the panel to conduct interviews. Barr met with the panel for just over two hours today, according

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a wide-ranging package of gun control legislation called the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” as lawmakers face intense pressure to act in the wake of recent mass shootings. The measure is not expected to pass the Senate, however, amid widespread GOP opposition

By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has handed over some documents to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol in response to a subpoena he received in March, his attorney told CNN. But there were clear limits to what Mastriano shared, raising

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Among those texting were Republican members of Congress, former members of the Trump administration, GOP activists, Fox personalities — even

By CNN CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over to the January 6 committee that were sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden’s inauguration, including more than 150 on January 6. Meadows’ texts, which he selectively provided to the panel, show

By Kara Scannell Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels. District Judge Jesse Furman said Avenatti’s conduct was “so brazen and egregious” adding, he “took advantage of a vulnerable victim given her unorthodox career and somewhat unorthodox beliefs.”

By Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles and Evan Perez, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection has started to reach out to witnesses informing them of the panel’s desire to have them appear as part of its upcoming public hearings, which start later this month. CNN has learned that two people,

By Tami Luhby, CNN There are few things that President Joe Biden wants more than to see inflation subside. But the few tools that he — and governors — have in their arsenal to help Americans cope with high prices will probably prolong the pain, experts say. Biden has spent this week outlining his administration’s

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Being familiar never makes the feeling less dreadful: White House aides emailing each other during one of President Joe Biden’s stops on the road, tracking who’s covering what he’s saying, which TV channels are taking the speech live — and realizing a number of times that the answer was none. “You

By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has begun testifying before a special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Raffensperger arrived roughly half an hour before his scheduled testimony on Thursday, saying it would be “hopefully short” on his way into

By Jeremy Diamond, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Thursday announced the latest round of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, targeting Russian government officials and elites close to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a slew of new financial and diplomatic sanctions. The sanctions, issued by the Treasury and State Departments,