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President Joe Biden makes an opening statement during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19

Biden urges Congress to pass legislation to help address semiconductor shortage

January 21, 2022 4:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation strengthening research and development and manufacturing for supply chains to address global semiconductor shortages. Semiconductor shortages have been a persistent thorn in the Biden administration’s side. The shortage of the chips — which are essential for the production

Jill Biden’s whirlwind first year as the President’s eyes and ears across America

January 20, 2022 11:05 PM CNN

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden visited Kentucky last Friday, a state that her husband, President Joe Biden, did not win in the 2020 election. Not that she cared. She was there to check in on victims of last month’s deadly tornadoes, which ripped through Bowling Green, taking down houses, gutting businesses and

Panel approves new Missouri state house districts

January 20, 2022 10:00 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A panel of 20 in the Missouri House approved a new map for the chamber’s 163 seats.

Former Trump campaign adviser acknowledges being part of 2020 ‘alternate electors’ plot

January 20, 2022 8:58 PM CNN

By Sonnet Swire Boris Epshteyn, an adviser for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, acknowledged Friday that he was part of the effort to prop up so-called “alternate electors” to support Trump in key states. “Is that something you ever worked on or would support, for example, in Michigan?” MSNBC’s Ari Melber asked him

DOJ wants Oath Keepers leader to remain in jail pending trial

January 20, 2022 8:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, Andy Rose and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Justice Department is arguing that Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes should remain in jail as he awaits trial for seditious conspiracy related to the attack on the US Capitol. “There are no conditions of release that can reasonably assure the safety of the community

The US will require essential travelers crossing into the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and provide proof of vaccination starting Saturday

Biden administration to require essential travelers coming to US by land or ferry to be fully vaccinated starting Saturday

January 20, 2022 7:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The US will require essential travelers crossing into the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and provide proof of vaccination starting Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Biden administration in early November opened its borders with Canada and

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the US Capitol on October 7

Virginia congressman blasts McConnell for comment on voters of color

January 20, 2022 5:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Eva McKend, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing fierce criticism for comments he made this week in response to a question about the concerns of voters of color. Virginia Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin condemned the remark in a letter to the Kentucky Republican, saying, “I am writing today in response to your

Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman says she almost declined to speak at Biden’s inauguration

January 20, 2022 4:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, recounted her fears ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration in an op-ed published exactly one year later in The New York Times on Thursday. Gorman, now 23, wrote that she was “terrified” and almost declined to be the inaugural poet. She cited the

Rep. Ruben Gallego says his phone has been ringing a lot recently -- with many Democrats making a pitch to him: Run against Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.

Arizona Democrat says some senators urging him to challenge Sinema with party at a ‘breaking point’

January 20, 2022 3:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Rep. Ruben Gallego says his phone has been ringing a lot recently — with many Democrats making a pitch to him: Run against Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. Among those making the case, he claimed, are Sinema’s own Senate Democratic colleagues. “It wasn’t Bernie, I’ll tell you that,”

Over the furious dissent of three liberal justices

Supreme Court rejects another attempt to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban

January 20, 2022 3:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Over the furious dissent of three liberal justices, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another attempt by abortion providers to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The court’s order is the latest setback for providers who are trying to revive challenges to the law five months after it

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with people as he awaits a speech from U.S. President Joe Biden at Mack Truck Lehigh Valley Operations on July 28

Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw fake electors plot in 7 states

January 20, 2022 3:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Dan Merica, CNN Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw efforts in December 2020 to put forward illegitimate electors from seven states that Trump lost, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the scheme. The sources said members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign team were far

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah depart the Senate Chamber on Friday

Bipartisan group of senators seeks common ground on changing Electoral Count Act

January 20, 2022 3:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, CNN A bipartisan effort in the Senate is underway to overhaul a 19th century law that has come under scrutiny in the wake of last year’s January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden have been pushing for the passage of more

Fact-checking six claims from Biden’s news conference

January 20, 2022 2:29 PM CNN

By Daniel Dale President Joe Biden held a news conference on Wednesday to mark the end of the first year of his presidency. Biden made at least three inaccurate claims during the extended proceedings, which he allowed to run for nearly two hours. He also made a claim about surprise medical billing in which he,

US President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House

Fact-checking six claims from Biden’s news conference

January 20, 2022 2:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Daniel Dale President Joe Biden held a news conference on Wednesday to mark the end of the first year of his presidency. Biden made at least three inaccurate claims during the extended proceedings, which he allowed to run for nearly two hours. He also made a claim about surprise medical billing in which he,

DA for Atlanta area requests special grand jury to probe Trump’s election interference

January 20, 2022 1:05 PM CNN

By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN A district attorney in the Atlanta area investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state has requested a special grand jury to gather evidence and compel witnesses to testify in relation to her probe. The request to seat a

Blinken warns any Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine would be met with a ‘severe and a united response’ following Lavrov meeting

January 20, 2022 12:27 PM CNN

By Jeremy Herb, Veronica Stracqualursi and Vasco Cotovio, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that any Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “met with a severe and a united response” following his meeting Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the latest round of diplomatic talks that Blinken said provided a “clearer path

Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state

January 20, 2022 12:24 PM CNN

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Election officials in a rural Georgia county are weighing plans to close all but one polling place ahead of this year’s elections, alarming local voting and civil rights groups. But the deliberations by the Lincoln County elections board have reverberated far beyond this Georgia community of roughly 7,700 northwest of Augusta.

The Supreme Court handed the House January 6 committee a significant win as it shut down former President Donald Trump's bid

Trump’s January 6 documents are at the House. When can we see them and what’s next?

January 20, 2022 12:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Thanks to the Supreme Court, the House select committee investigating January 6 has now received all the pages from the National Archives that former President Donald Trump had tried to block. The defeat of Trump’s legal challenge was resounding, though the Supreme Court left the door open to

New York Democratic House candidate Jamaal Bowman greets supporters on June 23

Democratic congressman arrested during voting rights protest

January 20, 2022 12:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman was arrested Thursday during a voting rights protest at the US Capitol, his office said in a statement. “Today, Congressman Jamaal Bowman joined a voting rights non-violent direct action at the North Barricade of the US Capitol Building and was arrested by

What Biden talked about most in his first year

January 20, 2022 11:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Betsy Klein, Christopher Hickey and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden took the oath of office one year ago Thursday, a year consumed with crises at home and abroad. Among them were an evolving Covid-19 pandemic, record inflation, partisan divisions, a chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, a dangerous Russian military buildup on the