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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday urged Americans to elect more members of Congress in November’s midterm elections who will support legislation protecting abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion. The President said the court’s ruling means women’s health is now

By Tami Luhby, CNN Congress voted Friday to extend the pandemic school meal waivers that have helped keep tens of millions of children fed and gave districts the funding and flexibilities needed to cope with supply chain and labor issues. Lawmakers approved the nearly $3 billion bill, titled the “Keep Kids Fed Act,” just a

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday could open the door for courts to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other rights. It’s already set off a debate among justices over whether overturning Roe puts those precedents in danger. The majority opinion from Justice Samuel Alito attempted to wall

By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients. The legal challenge targeted HHS’ interpretation of the formula used to calculate Medicare’s

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration repatriated a Guantanamo Bay prisoner to his home country of Afghanistan on Friday after a federal court ruled he was unlawfully detained, an administration official said. The prisoner, Asadullah Haroon Gul, also known as Haroon Al Afghani, was born in Afghanistan and has been detained in the Guantanamo

By Barbara Starr and Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Friday in a demonstration of the United States’ “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” just days after dozens of Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s self-declared air defense identification zone, US Indo-Pacific Command said in a

By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN Georgia investigators are scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani‘s appearance before state lawmakers in 2020, where he peddled baseless claims of voter fraud and encouraged legislators to appoint a new slate of presidential electors. The special purpose grand jury — which has been investigating whether former President Donald Trump or his

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill to address gun violence into law Saturday before departing for Europe, the White House announced Friday. The bill amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades and marks a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of

By Lauren Fox, CNN Thursday night, both Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer had reason to celebrate. After decades of inaction on gun legislation, the two men were able to achieve something that neither had imagined possible just weeks before: a compromise on gun safety legislation brokered by four members they’d each given their blessing

By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure, marking a

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, questioned British filmmaker Alex Holder on Thursday about his interview with Ivanka Trump, showing particular interest in what she and other members of the Trump family had said about election irregularities, he told CNN’s Don Lemon. Speaking to CNN after his deposition with

By Kylie Atwood, Katie Bo Lillis and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department has announced that US diplomats and family members impacted by severe “Havana syndrome” symptoms who required at least a year of medical assistance are going to be eligible for compensation payments of about $140,000 or $187,000. The payments will be paid