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Almost five months into her new job, Jill Biden is still revealing what kind of first lady she wants to be, but one thing is already clear: you can call her “Jill.” Biden has insisted at just about every turn that people address her by her first name. She means it — people actually call

President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad since taking office includes a G7 summit where he’ll look to reestablish US leadership on the world stage. But what is the G7, and what power does it hold? Here’s what you need to know: What is the G7? The G7 is shorthand for Group of Seven, an organization

First lady Jill Biden met Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge on Friday, touring a school in Cornwall, England, near the G7 summit where President Joe Biden is making his first international trip abroad. Jill Biden and the Duchess focused their meeting on children and education during their first-ever meeting, which took place at Conor Downs

A bipartisan group of 10 senators announced Thursday they have reached a deal on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, the most significant development yet in negotiations over a key priority of the Biden administration, but it still faces serious obstacles from skeptics in both parties. “Our group — comprised of 10 Senators, 5 from each

President Joe Biden will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House next month, the White House says. It will be her first visit to Washington during Biden’s presidency, and likely her final US visit in a long era as chancellor. Merkel is not seeking a fifth term, and elections to replace her are

First lady Jill Biden will meet with Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge this week while she is in England, Kensington Palace told CNN on Thursday, as the first family makes their first international trip. Biden and Kate will focus on children and education during their first-ever meeting on Friday, a White House official told CNN.

First lady Jill Biden will meet with Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, this week while she is in England, Kensington Palace told CNN on Thursday, as the first family makes their first international trip. Biden and Middleton will focus on children and education during their first-ever meeting on Friday, a White House official told

Prosecutors in the Trump administration Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats — including Chairman Adam Schiff — along with their staff and family members as part of a leak investigation, an Intelligence Committee official and a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. Rep. Eric Swalwell

Rep. Ilhan Omar said Thursday that she was “in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries” after a group of Jewish House Democrats accused her of equating the US and Israel with the Taliban and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group designated as a terrorist organization by the US. “On Monday, I asked Secretary of

Six men from California who allegedly organized themselves as a “DC Brigade,” including one man who spoke at a right-wing rally in Washington, DC, the day before the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, face new conspiracy charges from the Justice Department, according to court documents made public on Thursday. The case adds to

No shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine have gone out from the federal government in several weeks, CNN has learned, because the one-shot vaccine is in short supply. The government has not sent any doses of the J&J vaccine to states since the first week of May, an official told CNN. That figure is

Texas will begin building its own border wall and next week will start arresting migrants who trespass on private property, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday. “Change is needed to fix the border crisis,” Abbott said. The order was one of several new initiatives announced by Abbott during the Border Security Summit, including appropriating $1

Alejandra Gomez worked tirelessly to get Democrats, including Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, elected in 2018. But now she feels betrayed. The 39-year-old co-executive director of the community organizing group LUCHA went door to door in the sweltering Arizona heat in 2018, turning out the Democratic voters that helped get Sinema elected to the Senate. The work

Liberal Senate Democrats are unloading on a bipartisan group of senators working on an infrastructure deal, warning that the effort to win GOP backing could erode support on the left — underscoring the stiff resistance the negotiators face in shepherding the proposal through a narrowly divided Congress. Even before 10 senators from both parties announced