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By Lauren Dezenski, CNN Hours into the Senate’s marathon overnight vote-a-rama, Sen. Tommy Tuberville wanted to send a message. The Alabama Republican sought to put Senate Democrats on the record on “defunding the police” with a budget amendment that would block federal funds from any municipalities that defunded their police departments. This was an amendment

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Federal wildland firefighters, who currently make as little as $13.45 an hour, could get a long-awaited pay raise if the bipartisan infrastructure package making its way through Congress eventually gets to President Joe Biden’s desk. The $1 trillion bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday but still needs House approval, would

By Geneva Sands, CNN Immigration and Customs Enforcement will avoid arresting or deporting undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime, except in exceptional circumstances, according to a new directive. The agency’s new policy, issued Wednesday, marks the latest effort by the Biden administration to pivot from the Trump administration and tailor enforcement priorities. Going forward,

By Kaitlan Collins and Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is on the cusp of approving the nation’s first Covid-19 vaccine without a permanent leader at the helm, and a nomination doesn’t appear to be in sight. For months, the agency at the forefront of the coronavirus response has served under the

By CNN The US House should be able to access some of Donald Trump’s tax records through a subpoena to his accounting firm Mazars USA, District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Wednesday. Read the ruling here: cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/read-ruling-on-trump-financial-records-request-mazars/index.html The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN The US House should be able to access some of Donald Trump’s tax records through a subpoena to his accounting firm Mazars USA, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The ruling is a resounding loss for Trump, given that the accounting records appear to cover

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for expensive battles to influence a crop of contests next year that often go unnoticed: secretary of state races. Former President Donald Trump’s persistent and fruitless efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — along with a bevy of new state laws that erect fresh

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A key piece of congressional Democrats’ voting rights push faces not only a near-impossible odds of becoming law, but also a daunting court battle in front of a conservative judiciary if it does. The legislation, known as the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,” is now a focus of the House

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday hit back against inflation concerns and took a victory lap for his recent Senate wins, citing a series of economic reports released in recent days that he says show his plans for the American economy are working. The President also outlined a number of new steps

By Kaitlan Collins and Devan Cole, CNN The Biden administration sent hundreds of ventilators to Florida in recent days as the state responds to a dramatic new increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, an official from the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN. But Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he’s unaware of

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden will meet Wednesday with the heads of several companies and institutions that are requiring their employees get vaccinated against Covid-19, aiming to encourage more companies to follow suit, a White House official said. Biden will meet virtually with the CEOs of United Airlines and Kaiser Permanente, as well

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is calling on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies like Russia to do more to combat rising energy prices, an effort that comes as gas prices are at a seven-year high. Warning that higher gas prices “risk harming the ongoing global recovery,” national security

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas. Personal Birth date: August 24, 1955 Birth place: Hope, Arkansas Birth name: Michael Dale Huckabee Father: Dorsey Huckabee, a fireman and mechanic Mother: Mae (Elder) Huckabee, an office worker Marriage: Janet (McCain) Huckabee (May 25, 1974-present) Children: John Mark,

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans have found a new boogeyman in the battle for the House: the nation’s top public health agency. As Republicans head back to their districts for the August recess, they are hammering the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and seizing on the backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated acting US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to permanently take on the role of representing the US government in cases before the Supreme Court. Filling in the top job on an acting basis since January, Prelogar has played a key role managing a wave of Biden

By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell, CNN New York federal prosecutors came to suspect the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, lied in testimony during their investigation of former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen three years ago, according to four people familiar with prosecutors’ thinking. Despite their suspicions, federal prosecutors did not pursue perjury