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Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks to supporters during a primary night rally at the Hippodrome Theater June 17

Glenn Youngkin wrote a GOP playbook for winning Virginia. Republicans hope Winsome Earle-Sears can follow it

By Eva McKend, CNN Vienna, VA (CNN) — On a Tuesday evening in northern Virginia, Republicans on edge across the state finally got their wish: a campaign event featuring gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, backed by incumbent Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who beat a Democrat four years ago. A racially diverse crowd was packed into a firehouse

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A view inside FEMA headquarters is seen in Washington

‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials from across the country scrambling for answers. “We’ve been ghosted by FEMA,” Robert Wike Graham, deputy director of Charlotte-Mecklenburg

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Stefanik criticizes Columbia University president over potential violation of the Civil Rights Act

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is criticizing Columbia University’s president over past comments that the congresswoman said are a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act, including her call to have an Arab person on the university board, as the university faces continued investigations into its handling of

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Haitian immigrants and supporters rally to reject DHS Decision to terminate TPS for Haitians

Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s early termination of temporary protected status for Haitian migrants

By Angelica Franganillo Diaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Brooklyn has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary protected status for Haitian migrants ahead of schedule, ruling that the Department of Homeland Security violated the law in its rush to strip deportation protections and work permits from over half a million people.

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Congolese refugees look through a corrugated metal fence at the final batches of food delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in a storage and food delivery area at the Musenyi refugee site in Giharo

Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years

By Jennifer Hansler and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years. “This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) walk to the US Senate floor

Senate GOP passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after scramble to win over holdouts, setting up high-stakes House fight

By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, Lauren Fox and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package Tuesday after a dayslong grind to secure the support of key holdouts. Some of the hardest work may still lie ahead, however, as Trump and GOP leaders must now

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