Politics

By Kristin Wilson, Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN The House Budget Committee voted Saturday to pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill out of committee and send it to the House floor. The vote was 20 to 17 with Democratic Rep. Scott Peters of California joining Republicans to vote against the bill. It came as

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican Rep. Brian Babin of Texas announced Saturday that he tested positive for Covid-19. Babin said in a statement that he started experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms Friday and, after a few negative tests, he tested positive for coronavirus Saturday morning. The GOP congressman and dentist, who is also

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN House Democrats scheduled a rare Saturday meeting to advance their proposed $3.5 trillion package, setting up a key procedural vote while they struggle to pass President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. The House Budget Committee is expected to vote on the individual components of the massive tax and spending

By Jasmine Wright and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris has hired Lorraine Voles and Adam Frankel to aid in her office’s communication capacity, according to a White House official. “Their experience has been and will continue to be a valuable resource for our whole team as we map out long-term planning and fulfill

By Sara Murray, CNN A day after a press release obliquely announced that a “full forensic audit” was already underway in a handful of Texas counties, officials in many of those counties told CNN they’re still in the dark about the audit plans. Hours after former President Donald Trump fired off a letter to GOP

By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, President Joe Biden’s agenda hangs in the balance. Amid a worsening migrant crisis at the southern US border and a jumbled booster shot rollout, Biden is urgently trying to mend fractures between moderate and progressive Democrats that threaten to topple his $3.5 trillion spending bill and $1 trillion infrastructure

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez penned a letter to her constituents Friday explaining her emotional reaction to voting “present” on a bill funding Israel’s Iron Dome Aerial Defense System this week. “Yes, I wept. I wept at the complete lack of care for the human beings that are impacted by these decisions, I

By Holmes Lybrand Once again, lawmakers are in a fight over the debt limit. Democratic leaders have called for suspending the debt ceiling through 2022 in order to keep the government open but Republicans staunchly oppose the legislation. In a joint statement on Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said it

By Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge erupted at a Capitol riot defendant as he pleaded guilty on Friday, chastising him for participating in an “attack on our government” and warning him to stay on the “straight and narrow,” in the latest strong reaction from the judiciary to the insurrection. “You’ve disgraced this country in the

By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN When French officials erupted in anger last week after being left out of a US-led security pact with Australia and the UK, much of Washington was caught off guard — including President Joe Biden, according to people familiar with his reaction. Biden had met

By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The task of accommodating 10,000 Afghan refugees, including pregnant women, is putting facilities at Ramstein airbase in Germany under tremendous strain as nighttime temperatures drop toward freezing and what was meant to be a 10-day temporary stay is stretching into weeks, with one US source familiar with the

By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden generally does not expect to assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era records from being seen by a congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection attempt, the White House said on Friday. “We take this matter incredibly seriously,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1924 Birth place: Plains, Georgia Birth name: James Earl Carter Jr. Father: James Earl Carter Sr., a farmer and businessman Mother: Lillian (Gordy) Carter Marriage: Rosalynn (Smith) Carter (July 7,

By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Tierney Sneed, CNN Six United Airlines employees are asking a federal judge to block the airline’s vaccine requirement set to take effect on Monday. The employees, including two pilots and a flight attendant, are accusing the airline of a “pattern of discrimination against employees who requested religious or medical

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the nation’s immigration courts. Neal previously served on the panel for two decades before departing under the Trump administration when a number of immigration judges resigned in response to the