By Michael Warren, CNN Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, fresh off his victory in Virginia, got a hero’s welcome at a gathering of the country’s Republican governors on Wednesday. The attendees at the Republican Governors Association meeting could not stop gushing about the newest member of their club, who defeated a longtime Democratic politician in a state
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By Ariane de Vogue, Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate targeting businesses with more than 100 employees is now before the conservative-leaning Ohio-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which could soon decide its fate. Late Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which has blocked the mandate, transferred
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By Ariane de Vogue, Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate targeting businesses with more than 100 employees is now before the conservative-leaning Ohio-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which could soon decide its fate. Late Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which has blocked the mandate, transferred
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger broke ranks on Wednesday to join all Democrats in voting for a resolution that both censured Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and stripped him of his two committee assignments. The vote came after Gosar posted of a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter
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By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst Sometimes, during a busy week in Washington, a recap is in order. So let’s take stock of the Trump GOP for a moment: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, a diehard conservative, daughter of a diehard conservative vice president, has been excommunicated from the Wyoming Republican Party. GOP Rep. Paul
Continue Reading By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst Sometimes, during a busy week in Washington, a recap is in order. So let’s take stock of the Trump GOP for a moment: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, a diehard conservative, daughter of a diehard conservative vice president, has been excommunicated from the Wyoming Republican Party. GOP Rep. Paul
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t get everything he wanted this week from state lawmakers in his campaign against federal coronavirus vaccine mandates. But in a fast-moving three-day special session criticized by Democrats as “political theater,” the Republican-controlled state legislature on Wednesday handed DeSantis plenty of firepower to pressure businesses and hospitals
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Jeremy Herb, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused the Biden administration last week of secretly flying migrants from the US-Mexico border to his state in the dead of night without notice, but sources tell CNN the Biden administration did brief the Florida governor’s office about the flights
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN Watching from her home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Clarice Schillinger wasn’t surprised when Glenn Youngkin — riding parents’ fears and frustrations with schools — won the Virginia governor’s race. She says she saw the writing on the wall. “I hope that the race in Virginia really woke a lot of
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a resolution that censures Rep. Paul Gosar and strips him of his two committee assignments, the first time a sitting House member has been censured in more than 10 years. The action led by House Democrats represents a major rebuke
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Lawyers for right-wing firebrand Steve Bannon made clear at a court hearing Thursday that they intend to slow down, as much as possible, the criminal case against Bannon for failing to testify to the House January 6 select committee. “We’ll have to learn exactly what was done
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger broke ranks on Wednesday to join all Democrats in voting for a resolution that both censured Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and stripped him of his two committee assignments. The vote came after Gosar posted of a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter
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By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced two new selections to serve as circuit judges as the push to name — and confirm — a raft of judicial nominees stays a central focus of the White House and Senate Democrats, according to a White House official. Biden has selected Andre B. Mathis
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN It has been over 10 months since rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 and the House select committee investigating the attack continues to insist it is making progress, pointing to the fact it has issued 35 subpoenas and interviewed over 200 witnesses so far.
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By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN It has been over 10 months since rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 and the House select committee investigating the attack continues to insist it is making progress, pointing to the fact it has issued 35 subpoenas and interviewed over 200 witnesses so far.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Tim Pawlenty, former Republican governor of Minnesota. Personal Birth date: November 27, 1960 Birth place: St. Paul, Minnesota Birth name: Timothy James Pawlenty Father: Gene Pawlenty, a truck driver Mother: Virginia “Ginny” Pawlenty Marriage: Mary (Anderson) Pawlenty (1987-present) Children: Mara, 1996; Anna, 1993 Education: University
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski John Gibbs, the former Trump administration official backed by the ex-President in his bid to unseat a Republican congressman who voted for impeachment, has a history of conspiratorial and inflammatory tweets and defended a notorious anti-Semitic troll banned by Twitter. CNN’s KFile first reported on Gibbs’ statements in 2018, when he was
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By Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate on Wednesday night cleared a key procedural hurdle to advance the annual defense policy bill. The procedural vote on the measure passed by a wide bipartisan margin of 84-15. This comes after congressional leaders struck a deal earlier Wednesday evening, agreeing to negotiate on the China
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official told CNN. The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials
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By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official told CNN. The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials
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