By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States on Thursday accused Russia of having expelled the second-most senior diplomat at the US embassy in Moscow without any justification, calling it an “escalatory” move at a time of heightened alert over the Ukraine crisis. US Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow Bart Gorman, who
Continue Reading
By Eric Bradner, Stella Chan, Sara Finch and Paul LeBlanc, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his state’s plan for the “next phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic, which puts a specific focus on learning to live with the coronavirus. “What we’re announcing here today is about turning a page,” the Democratic governor said
Continue Reading
By Ella Nilsen, CNN In 2019, the city council in Berkeley, California, held a stunning vote: it would ban natural gas hookups in all new building construction to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the city’s impact on the climate crisis. No gas furnaces in new homes, the council said. No gas stoves or ovens. Other
Continue Reading
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week ahead of a looming Friday deadline when government funding has been set to expire. The House of Representatives voted last week on a bipartisan basis to
Continue Reading
By Kara Scannell and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House Oversight Committee is asking the General Services Administration to consider terminating the lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, before the former president’s business can sell it, in light of allegations that the Trump Organization submitted false financial statements to the federal government. The
Continue Reading
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jenn Selva, CNN Masks will be optional at public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, starting Thursday, following a ruling by a county circuit court judge. The ruling comes as a statewide law goes into effect allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates, with schools required to comply
Continue Reading
By Jasmine Wright and Natasha Bertrand, CNN When Vice President Kamala Harris enters the famed Hotel Bayerischer Hof on Friday in Munich, she’ll do so under the largest international gaze of her career. She leads the American delegation to the Munich Security Conference on Friday as Russia creeps closer to mounting what US officials have
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday morning said the US believes that Russia could be “engaged in a false flag operation” in order to spark a military conflict with Ukraine, despite Kremlin claims that they are withdrawing forces. “Every indication that we have is that they are prepared to go into Ukraine,
Continue Reading
By Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden warned Thursday morning a Russian attack on Ukraine could begin in the coming days, casting a new incursion into the country as all but certain and warning Moscow could stage events in the lead-up to generate a pretext for war. It was the latest sign
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Trevor Reed, an American who has been detained in Russia for more than two years, says he is coughing up blood and has not received medical care after prolonged exposure to tuberculosis in Russian prison, according to the US Embassy in Moscow. “In December #TrevorReed had prolonged exposure
Continue Reading
By Jeremy Herb, Veronica Stracqualursi, Kylie Atwood and Ellie Kaufman, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia was laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days, urging Moscow to change course at a tense United Nations Security Council meeting Thursday. Blinken
Continue Reading
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to give an independent agency more time to investigate unsolved racially motivated murders from the Civil Rights era. The bipartisan proposal would build on a 2018 law, extending the term of
Continue Reading
By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced $1 billion in funding from his administration’s signature bipartisan infrastructure law would go toward cleanup and restoration of the Great Lakes. “It’s going to allow the most significant restoration of the Great Lakes in the history of the Great Lakes,” Biden said
Continue Reading
By Pete Muntean, CNN The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is resigning. Steve Dickson, who took the role as FAA administrator in August 2019 after being nominated by President Donald Trump to the five-year term, says he will step down March 31. “Over the past several years, my family has been a source of
Continue Reading
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Missouri in an effort to prevent the state from enforcing a controversial law aimed at protecting gun rights. The law, which went into effect in August, blocks Missouri state and local law officials from enforcing federal gun laws. The Justice Department
Continue Reading
By Ellie Kaufman and Ted Barrett, CNN The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed a key Russia expert to a top Pentagon post, as tensions remain high over Russia’s buildup of troops along Ukraine’s borders. Celeste Ann Wallander won broad bipartisan support in a 83-13 vote to serve as assistant secretary of defense for international security
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson and Maegan Vazquez, CNN All members of Congress will be invited to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, according to the House sergeant-at-arms, marking a return to a full House chamber after last year’s socially distant speech. House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker wrote Thursday there will be coronavirus
Continue Reading
By Tami Luhby and Naomi Thomas, CNN More than 50 million households have received their free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government, a senior White House adviser told CNN on Wednesday. “That’s more than 80% of those who’ve ordered their tests have gotten them, and the rest will get them this week,” Dr. Tom
Continue Reading
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Education Department announced Wednesday that it has canceled another $415 million in federal student loan debt owed by nearly 16,000 borrowers who were misled by for-profit colleges. It’s the latest effort by the Biden administration to cancel student loan debt for borrowers who may already be eligible for debt relief
Continue Reading
By Donald Judd, CNN The White House announced new temporary leadership at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, just one week after Biden’s top science adviser, Dr. Eric Lander, resigned following an investigation into his office behavior. “Today, President Joe Biden announced that Dr. Alondra Nelson will perform the duties of director
Continue Reading