[ad_1] CNN — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona on Monday announced his campaign for US Senate, setting up a potential 2024 clash with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who recently switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent. Gallego, a Phoenix-area congressman and retired Marine who served in Iraq, released a …
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[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden is expected to tap Jeff Zients, who ran the administration’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, to succeed Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff. Biden decided on Zients after an internal search when it …
Read More »Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
[ad_1] CNN — Jeff Zients, who ran President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, is expected to replace Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff, according to three people briefed on the matter. Klain is expected to step down …
Read More »2024 election: Why a historically small presidential primary field is possible
[ad_1] CNN — The 2020 presidential primary race was already in full motion at this point four years ago, with candidates jumping in left and right. The Democratic primary field, as well as the combined Democratic and Republican fields, were well on their way to being the largest in the …
Read More »Biden campaigned on abolishing the federal death penalty. But 2 years in, advocates see an ‘inconsistent’ message
[ad_1] CNN — Two years into his presidency, Joe Biden has taken few substantial steps to live up to his campaign promise to abolish the federal death penalty, disappointing advocates who see a mixed bag of policies from the White House and the Justice Department. “It makes me feel like …
Read More »New Zealand’s Education Minister Chris Hipkins bids to replace Jacinda Ardern as PM
[ad_1] CNN — Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, after her shock resignation announcement earlier this week. Hipkins emerged as the only candidate to be nominated for the leadership of the ruling Labour party on Saturday morning. The Labour Party caucus …
Read More »New Jersey AG files emergent application for recount and recheck of four towns in county impacted by voting system error
[ad_1] CNN — The New Jersey attorney general’s office on Friday filed an emergent application in superior court to ask for a full recount and recheck of vote tallies in a handful of towns in Monmouth County, which was impacted by a voting system error during the November election. The …
Read More »Washington’s little secret: ‘Spillage’ of classified information is a common occurrence
[ad_1] CNN — A Defense Department contractor allowed classified information to sit unprotected in a commercial cloud and email server for nearly two years. A private attorney received a 1,000-page file from the Army as part of litigation – only to be asked to return it to a special courier …
Read More »Opinion: The debt ceiling debate reveals how House Republicans are weaponizing the government
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including the New York Times best-seller, “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Lies and Legends About Our Past” (Basic Books). …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM to resign before upcoming election
[ad_1] CNN — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday she will stand aside for a new leader within weeks, saying she doesn’t believe she has the energy to seek re-election in the October polls. Speaking at a news conference, Ardern said her term would end by February 7, …
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