Category: Politics

(CNN)US Customs and Border Protection determined that 60 CBP agents “engaged in misconduct and were subject to discipline” in a review of controversial Facebook posts, a new congressional report says, but many only received light final penalties from the agency and remain in their posts. The agency conducted 135 investigations into personnel affiliated with a…

The change will relax a patchwork of bans that had begun to cause fury abroad and replace them with more uniform requirements for inbound international air passengers. It will come as welcome news to the travel industry, which had been lobbying the federal government to lift some of the rules preventing international tourism, as well…

(CNN)President Joe Biden went to New Jersey to promote his economic agenda on Monday, amid a major week of negotiations with Democrats to pass portions of his sweeping, multi-trillion dollar agenda.The visit offered Biden a chance to pitch both his plans — a bipartisan infrastructure package and a social safety net package — ahead of…

(CNN)Consumers shopping for health coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges can likely find lower premiums and more choices for 2022 — as well as generous government assistance, according to a Biden administration report released Monday.The upcoming open enrollment period, which begins November 1 and runs through January 15, is the first for President…

The meeting is unlikely to result in a final deal or even a preliminary agreement on a framework for Democrats to unveil, officials familiar with the meeting said, as a critical week for Biden’s agenda begins. Instead, it’s meant to discuss still-outstanding issues in the talks and hopefully move forward in certain areas where Manchin…

(CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday Democrats are planning to have an “agreement” on a framework for President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan and a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the next week.”That’s the plan,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”Asked if they’ll have a deal on…

Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden’s plan to make tuition free at community colleges is unlikely to make it into the final bill to expand the nation’s social safety net. But boosting the federal Pell grant is still on the table and could have a big impact for low-income students.The latest proposal would add $500 to the…

Newark, New Jersey (CNN)Former President Barack Obama, stumping in Newark, New Jersey Saturday, took aim at Republican gubernatorial challenger Jack Ciattarelli, saying his participation in a rally to overturn the 2020 election shows “he’s not going to be a champion of democracy.”Obama was making his second campaign stop of the day, this one in support…

(CNN)The Virginia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the US Postal Service on Friday, alleging local branches failed to deliver and process election-related material ahead of its high stakes gubernatorial race, thereby “threatening to disenfranchise thousands of Virginia voters.”The organization says delays in election-related mail across Albemarle County, which includes the city of Charlottesville, James…

(CNN)The White House announced late Friday that it would further postpone the release of more documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, pointing to the “significant impact” of the Covid-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden issued a memo that said the national archivist recommended he “‘direct two public releases of the information…