CNN — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has engineered ways out of a devastating debt default in the past. This time may be different – at least for now. Facing the riskiest debt ceiling standoff in a dozen years, Senate Republican leaders are planning to take a backseat role and …
Read More »Ruben Gallego announces Senate bid in challenge to Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona
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 video …
Read More »Opinion: George Santos is no laughing matter
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Read More »Biden offers condolences to victims of California mass shooting, acknowledges impact on AAPI community
CNN — President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the victims of a mass shooting in California that left 10 dead, while acknowledging the impact on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in a statement on Sunday. “While there is still much we don’t know about the motive in …
Read More »Who is Jeff Zients? | CNN Politics
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 became …
Read More »Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
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 in …
Read More »2024 election: Why a historically small presidential primary field is possible
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 modern …
Read More »Biden campaigned on abolishing the federal death penalty. But 2 years in, advocates see an ‘inconsistent’ message
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 maybe …
Read More »Opinion: Mr. President, it’s time to go digital
Editor’s Note: Beth Sanner is a former deputy director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration, a position where she oversaw the elements that coordinate and lead collection, analysis, and program oversight throughout the Intelligence Community. In this role she also served as the president’s intelligence briefer. She is a professor-of-practice …
Read More »George Santos: Santos says he ‘was not a drag queen in Brazil’ but was having ‘fun at a festival’
CNN — Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos disputed claims that he was a “drag queen in Brazil,” telling reporters Saturday he was having “fun at a festival” as he refused to engage with questions from reporters on the debunked assertion that his mother was in the World Trade Center on …
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