By Ella Nilsen, CNN A federal appellate court has ruled the Biden administration can once again factor the cost of greenhouse gas emissions into its decision-making on oil and gas leases and other environmental regulations. On Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a Louisiana federal judge’s injunction that prevented the Biden administration
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By Alex Rogers and Michael Warren, CNN Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is seeking the Republican nomination for US Senate in Pennsylvania, said Wednesday that he would renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected, after one of his top primary rivals questioned his allegiance to the United States. “My dual citizenship has become a distraction in this
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By Jasmine Wright and Sam Fossum, CNN Sabrina Singh, Vice President Kamala Harris’ deputy press secretary, is leaving her office, according to a White House official. Singh becomes the latest high-profile departure from the vice president’s office, which suffered a turbulent first year due to missteps and messaging failures. She will join the Department of
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere Joe Biden always says foreign relations is about relationships, and he’s been developing the one he has with Vladimir Putin for two decades. Biden warned that Putin had dreams of rebuilding an authoritarian empire going all the way back to his days as a senator from Delaware. On the campaign trail, he
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By Geneva Sands and Corinne Dorsey, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is reevaluating how the United States and United Kingdom share intelligence following the hostage standoff in Colleyville, Texas, which was carried out by a British man who flew to the US weeks before the attack. In January, Malik Faisal Akram engaged in an
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By Sam Fossum and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” Wednesday, a rhetorical leap that came as civilian deaths mount in Ukraine. It was the harshest condemnation of Putin’s actions from any US official since the war in Ukraine began three weeks ago. Previously, Biden had stopped
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN The US Department of Education announced Wednesday that a number of historically Black colleges and universities that recently received bomb threats are now eligible for federal grants aimed at improving mental health resources and campus security. “The recent bomb threats experienced by HBCUs have shaken students and fractured their sense of
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By Katelyn Polantz, Kara Scannell and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department has charged five people with helping the Chinese Communist Party stalk, harass or spy on political dissidents in the US, including a congressional candidate and a Los Angeles sculpture artist, according to new court filings and a press release. “All the defendants allegedly
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Paul LeBlanc and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine as he sought to answer his Ukrainian counterpart’s impassioned call for help and leadership delivered to Congress earlier in the day. “The world is united in our
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Paul LeBlanc and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine as he sought to answer his Ukrainian counterpart’s impassioned call for help and leadership delivered to Congress earlier in the day. “The world is united in our
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President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced in just the last week.
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By Annie Grayer and Fredreka Schouten, CNN More than a dozen House Democrats are calling on the Department of Justice to address “insider threats” that they say candidates for state and local election posts, who believe the 2020 election was stolen, pose to the nation’s election systems. “Unfortunately, many of the candidates seeking to fill
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By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden marked the long-stalled reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act with an event at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating its passage and underscoring that more still needs to be done to combat domestic violence. “It took time to change the culture, and you did
Continue Reading By CNN staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to Congress on Wednesday. Read Zelensky’s remarks, below, as delivered via interpreter. [Zelensky speaking through translator] Thank you very much. Madam speaker, members of the Congress, ladies and gentlemen, Americans, friends, I’m proud to greet you from Ukraine, from our capital city of Kyiv,
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN A war-weary Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking from his office in Kyiv, called on the United States to do more to protect his country and people in a dramatic address to American lawmakers Wednesday. It was an extraordinary appeal to the world’s largest military and financial power at a critical moment.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to Congress for help directly Wednesday, telling US lawmakers “we need you right now” as he invoked tragedies in American history like the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attack.
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to Congress for help directly Wednesday, telling US lawmakers “we need you right now” as he invoked tragedies in American history like the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attack. The historic speech given as a virtual address on comes
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security will allow Afghans who are in the United States to remain in the country under a form of humanitarian relief, the department announced Wednesday. The relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, applies to people who would face extreme hardship if forced to return to homelands devastated
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By Rob Kuznia, Blake Ellis, Daniel A. Medina, Isabelle Chapman and Bob Ortega, CNN In the winter of 2015, computer hackers working for the Russian government attacked Ukraine’s power grid and switched off the lights and heat to more than 200,000 consumers. Last year, a cybercriminal group with operatives in Russia launched a successful ransomware
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By Gabby Orr and Michael Warren, CNN The days of Mike Pence defending Donald Trump’s controversial praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin are over, sources close to the former vice president told CNN. Days after Pence condemned “apologists for Putin” in reference to Trump and other Republicans who have made positive comments about the Russian
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