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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. Personal Birth date: July 22, 1923 Death date: December 5, 2021 Birth place: Russell, Kansas Birth name: Robert Joseph Dole Father: Doran Ray Dole, grain elevator and produce station operator Mother: Bina (Talbott) Dole Marriages: Elizabeth

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said he continues to work with his Republican and Democratic colleagues to pass gun safety legislation, especially after the deadly school shooting last week in Michigan. “The fact of matter is we have the votes in the House, in the Senate, for universal background checks bill.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The nation’s public education system could be transformed under President Joe Biden’s plan to create free, universal pre-K, which would make preschool available and affordable for 6 million more children. But if passed by Congress as part of a sweeping social safety net bill, one major challenge to implementation is hiring

By Devan Cole, CNN Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called recent Supreme Court oral arguments on a restrictive abortion law in his state “a watershed moment in American history,” saying he’s cautiously optimistic the court will overturn two seminal decisions that secured abortion rights for women nationwide. “This has been a watershed moment in American history

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday she is “very confident” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take “decisive action” against Rep. Lauren Boebert over the Colorado Republican’s anti-Muslim remarks. “I’ve had a conversation with the Speaker and I’m very confident that she will take decisive action next week,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper

By Daniel Dale, Oren Liebermann and Amir Tal, CNN President Joe Biden has a favorite story about his long relationship with Israel. For decades, he has been publicly recounting his 1973 meeting with then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir — which he described in 2015 as “one of the most consequential meetings I’ve ever had in

By Tierney Sneed At stake in the Mississippi abortion case heard by the Supreme Court December 1 is access to the procedure for millions of people across the country. As Justice Brett Kavanaugh made clear at Wednesday’s hearing, the justices are not considering whether to outlaw abortion nationwide. But a decision that overturns current Supreme

By Kristin Fisher and Sonnet Swire, CNN Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations for the US Space Force, said Saturday China is developing its space capabilities at “twice the rate” of the US. On a panel of US space experts and leaders speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in a panel moderated

By Sonnet Swire US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addressed recent Chinese military advancements Saturday, including the test of a hypersonic weapon system and strengthening of nuclear capabilities, saying, “America isn’t a country that fears competition.” During the Reagan National Defense Forum’s keynote address, Austin said the US is ready to face China’s military rise

By Marshall Cohen Federal prosecutors have accused two men of having ties to a Proud Boys leader and being among the first to breach the police line near the US Capitol on January 6. James Haffner, 53, of South Dakota and Ronald Loehrke, 30, of Georgia were arrested and charged this week with a felony

By Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration is still seeking a return to mutual compliance to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran but is “preparing for a world in which there is no return” to the landmark agreement, a senior State Department official said Saturday. The official’s bleak assessment following

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Friday at the age of 99. Shames “passed away peacefully at home,” said the obituary posted by the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory. During World War

By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Emad Shargi’s daughter says her dad has always been stoic during his ordeal as an American citizen unjustly held in an Iranian prison. But recently, she heard something different. “Whenever I tell him, ‘Oh, I wish you were here, I wish we could do this together,