Senate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal
By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Friday approved legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who became a national hero for his actions defending the Senate…
New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters
By Jamie Gangel, Kevin Liptak, Michael Warren and Marshall Cohen, CNN In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the…
Inside the Senate: Sketches of lawmakers watching videos from Trump counsel on Day 4 of the impeachment trial
By Dan Berman, CNN Former President Donald Trump's lawyers showed the Senate multiple videos of Democratic politicians saying they would “fight” to argue that Trump's rhetoric on January 6 did not incite the…
Lincoln Project under fire over handling of sexual harassment allegations against co-founder
By Eric Bradner, CNN The Lincoln Project says it is retaining an “outside professional” to review the tenure of co-founder John Weaver amid allegations that he has a history of sexually harassing young men.
Fact check: Trump lawyers make multiple false claims in impeachment defense
By Daniel Dale, Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Former President Donald Trump's lawyers mounted an aggressive defense Friday in Trump's second impeachment trial — and made multiple false and misleading…
Biden administration says it intends to close Guantanamo prison
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Biden administration intends to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, which houses approximately 40 prisoners, by the end of their term.
Senators demand intelligence agencies produce months-late report on domestic terrorism
By Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN Senators are pushing the Biden administration to produce a report detailing the threat posed by domestic extremists after relevant agencies ignored their obligation to do so under…
He says Fidelity wouldn't let him sell during Reddit mayhem, costing him $830,000
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Robinhood is in hot water for banning investors from buying GameStop during part of last month's Reddit-driven market mayhem. And now Fidelity is being accused of preventing one investor from…
Pentagon puts some 3,600 more troops on standby to assist with Covid vaccination efforts
By Barbara Starr, Ellie Kaufman and Caroline Kelly, CNN The Defense Department announced Friday that it has put around 3,600 service members on orders to be ready to deploy around the country to help with mass vaccination…
Psaki dodges questions on reports Cuomo's team delayed releasing Covid-19 death data
By Donald Judd, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged Friday when asked about a report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, had withheld information regarding Covid-19 fatalities in nursing homes during…
