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Trump’s endorsement tease in the Missouri GOP Senate primary set off scramble among Republican allies

By Kristen Holmes and Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s last-minute pledge to deliver an endorsement in the Missouri GOP Senate primary set off a scramble among rival campaigns and allies of the former President, sources told CNN. The intense lobbying effort ultimately ended with Trump issuing a dual endorsement of former Missouri Gov.

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Senate passes bill to expand death and disability benefits for public safety officers who suffer from PTSD and those who die by suicide

By Kristin Wilson and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate approved a House-passed bill on Monday night that would expand disability benefits to public safety officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following traumatic events, and would provide death benefits to survivors of officers who die by suicide in the wake of those events. The bipartisan legislation,

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New Biden administration initiative looks to fix water infrastructure problems in poor, rural areas

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday launched an initiative that it hopes will help resolve wastewater issues in 11 poor, rural communities where inadequate disposal is a health risk to residents. The Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative, launched under the US Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency, is set

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These are Tuesday’s key House races

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN The 2022 midterm season returns in earnest Tuesday, with primary elections in five states: Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. In addition to high-profile Senate, gubernatorial and other statewide races, there are a number of key US House races to watch as Democrats fight to defend their razor-thin

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These are Tuesday’s key House races

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN The 2022 midterm season returns in earnest Tuesday, with primary elections in five states: Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. In addition to high-profile Senate, gubernatorial and other statewide races, there are a number of key US House races to watch as Democrats fight to defend their razor-thin

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White House selects FEMA and CDC officials to coordinate monkeypox response

By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally named Robert Fenton as the White House’s national monkeypox response coordinator. Fenton, a regional Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator who oversees Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, will coordinate the federal government’s response to the outbreak, while Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the US Centers for Disease Control

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First on CNN: Top economists say Democrats’ health care and climate package will put ‘downward pressure on inflation’

By Betsy Klein, CNN Congressional Democrats’ climate and health care package is getting a boost from a group of top economists, who wrote in a new letter that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act will lower prices for American consumers amid high inflation. “This historic legislation makes crucial investments in energy, health care, and in shoring

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First on CNN: Top economists say Democrats’ health care and climate package will put ‘downward pressure on inflation’

By Betsy Klein, CNN Congressional Democrats’ climate and health care package is getting a boost from a group of top economists, who wrote in a new letter that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act will lower prices for American consumers amid high inflation. “This historic legislation makes crucial investments in energy, health care, and in shoring

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