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By Sam Fossum and Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden predicted Thursday that student loan borrowers will start receiving relief — which is currently on hold over a court challenge — within weeks, projecting confidence that his administration will win the challenge. “We’re going to win that case. I think in the next two weeks

By Phil Mattingly, Maegan Vazquez and Kristin Wilson, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday in an exclusive interview with CNN that she did not see signs of a recession in the near term as the US economy rebounded from six months of contraction. During a one-on-one interview in Ohio that aired on CNN’s “Erin

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to clear the way for the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. “The Fulton County Special Purpose Grand Jury seeks

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House Ways and Means Committee is set to receive former President Donald Trump’s IRS tax returns in one week after a federal appeals court on Thursday declined Trump’s request to hold up the release. The Supreme Court could still intervene if Trump appeals. A three-judge panel on

By Ethan Cohen, Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Shania Shelton, CNN More than 13.8 million pre-election ballots have been cast in 44 states as of Thursday, according to data from election officials, Edison Research and Catalist. Florida continues to have the largest number of pre-election ballots cast for the midterm elections, at more than 1.9 million.

By Annie Grayer, Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol is wrapping up its review of more than a million pages of Secret Service documents and plans to bring in top agents and officials from the agency to testify in

By Sam Fossum, CNN White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged Thursday that President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Ron Klain violated the Hatch Act, saying that they take the provision seriously but that they “are not perfect.” “Ron is very careful and takes the Hatch Act very seriously in his media appearances and in

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming has endorsed a Democratic House colleague from Michigan locked in a competitive reelection fight and will campaign for her next week. In a statement Thursday, Cheney described Rep. Elissa Slotkin, with whom she serves on the Armed Services Committee, as “a good

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico. Personal Birth date: November 15, 1947 Birth place: Pasadena, California Birth name: William Blaine Richardson III Father: William Blaine Richardson Jr., executive with Citibank Mother: Maria Luisa (Lopez-Collada) Richardson Marriage: Barbara (Flavin) Richardson (1972-present) Education: Tufts University, B.A.,

By Holmes Lybrand The man who pulled former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone into the crowd of violent rioters on January 6, 2021, yelling “I got one!” was sentenced Thursday to 90 months behind bars. In the lower west terrace tunnel, a small entryway into the Capitol, the mob fought police with chemical

By Ellie Kaufman, Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US must strengthen its defenses against increasing threats from both China and Russia, focusing on Beijing as its main global competitor, the Biden administration’s national defense strategy released Thursday says. While Russia remains an “acute threat” to the US according to the strategy, it has