Capitol Hill has picked Shalanda Young to lead OMB — but Biden hasn't yet
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Congressional Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Neera Tanden withdrew her nomination amid opposition in the Senate.
All nine Supreme Court justices have been vaccinated
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN All nine Supreme Court justices have now received the Covid-19 vaccine.
New York State Senate passes bill to repeal Cuomo's emergency executive powers
By Lauren del Valle, CNN The New York State Senate passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo's expanded emergency executive powers Friday.
Biden administration tells facilities for migrant children to reopen to pre-pandemic levels
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has notified facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-Covid-19 levels, acknowledging “extraordinary circumstances” due to a rising number…
Jeep boss says it might drop Cherokee name
By Chris Isidore and Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Jeep's new boss says the company is open to dropping the name “Cherokee” from its vehicles in response to objections from the Cherokee Nation.
US and EU agree to suspend tariffs linked to long-running Boeing-Airbus dispute
By Will Godley and Allison Morrow, CNN The United States and European Union have agreed to suspend for four months all tariffs related to the long-running dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus.
CNN analysis: Georgia's proposed weekend voting restrictions would strike at Black voters
By Fredreka Schouten, Casey Tolan and Kelly Mena, CNN Black Georgians disproportionately cast their ballots on the weekend days that Republican lawmakers want to eliminate as options in future elections, according to a CNN…
New York Times and Wall Street Journal: Top Cuomo aides rewrote nursing home report from state health officials to hide higher death toll
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Some top aides for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly rewrote a June nursing home report from state health officials to hide the higher Covid-19 death toll among the state's…
Stocks are mixed as a solid jobs report juices inflation fears
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for good economic news actually being treated as good news on Wall Street.
Fake tax preparer gets six Covid-19 bailout loans worth more than $1 million
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN His past clients say he's a scammer who ran off with their money, and a judge barred him from illegally masquerading as a certified public accountant after government officials…