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House passes sweeping government funding bill with $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday to pass a massive $1.5 trillion government spending bill that will fund a wide range of priorities, including delivering desperately needed aid to Ukraine and additional money to fight Covid-19.
[ cnn.com ]Florida House passes bill creating election police force
The Republican-controlled Florida House on Wednesday night passed a voting overhaul bill that would create a new security office to investigate election crimes and increase penalties for violating the state's elections laws.
[ cnn.com ]Florida legislature passes bill prohibiting some classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
Lawmakers in Florida gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, sending the controversial bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has signaled his support for the measure.
[ cnn.com ]Florida legislature passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks, without exception for rape or incest
Florida's state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allowing only for exceptions involving "serious risk" to the pregnant person and fatal fetal abnormality but with no exceptions for rape or incest.
[ cnn.com ]Senate passes annual defense bill authorizing $770 billion in Pentagon funding
The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass defense bill that authorizes $770 billion in funding for the Defense Department, is set to pass the Senate on Wednesday with a bipartisan vote.
[ cnn.com ]House passes Ilhan Omar's legislation to combat Islamophobia
The House voted 219-212 Tuesday to pass Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's legislation to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, a week after progressives introduced a separate resolution to strip Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of her committee assignments following her anti-Muslim comments calling the Minnesota Democrat a terrorist.
[ cnn.com ]Congress passes bill to give Capitol Police chief authority to request National Guard help
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House and Senate have passed by unanimous consent a bill that would give the chief of the US Capitol Police unilateral control to ask for support from the National Guard or federal law enforcement in the event of an emergency.
[ cnn.com ]Kim Kardashian passes California's 'baby bar' law exam at fourth attempt
Kim Kardashian has passed a law exam and moved a step closer to being able to practice as an attorney in the state of California.
[ cnn.com ]Trump surpasses Chuck Norris in taekwondo. Really
Former President Donald Trump now has an honorary ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo, the highest ranking one can attain in the sport. Referred to as a grand master of the martial art, it can take decades to reach such a level. Actor Chuck Norris, who began his martial arts training in the 1950s, is only an eighth-degree black belt. Bianca Nobilo has more.
[ cnn.com ]Pakistan passes anti-rape bill allowing chemical castration of repeat offenders
Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new anti-rape legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences.
[ cnn.com ]Cheers on House floor after Biden's infrastructure bill passes
The House has passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, a major pillar of President Joe Biden's agenda, after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats. It will now go to the President's desk to be signed into law.
[ cnn.com ]Oil surpasses $85 for the first time in seven years
The oil rally hit another milestone Monday, with crude topping $85 a barrel for the first time in seven years.
[ cnn.com ]Tom Brady becomes inaugural member of 600 touchdown club; gifts hat to young cancer surviving fan
Tom Brady became the first player in NFL history to have thrown 600 touchdown passes in his career during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rout of the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
[ cnn.com ]Brazil passes grim milestone of 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, second only to US
Brazil on Friday surpassed the grim milestone of 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, the second-highest number of fatalities in the world after the United States, according to John Hopkins University data.
[ cnn.com ]Singapore passes law to tackle 'foreign interference,' giving authorities the power to block internet content
Singapore's Parliament has approved a law giving broad powers to the government to deal with foreign interference -- sparking concern from the opposition and experts about its wide scope and limits on judicial review.
[ cnn.com ]House passes bill preserving abortion right. It likely won't pass the Senate
The House will vote Friday on the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill aimed at preserving access to an abortion nationwide, as abortion rights are being threatened across the country by Republican-led state legislatures.
[ cnn.com ]Biden goes all in to try to defuse Democratic infighting with his agenda on the brink
President Joe Biden may have started this week with a foreign policy-heavy schedule, but his decision to launch intensive in-person engagement at the White House on Wednesday makes clear the reality: The stakes for his domestic agenda simply could not be higher at this moment, nor the impasses more complicated to reconcile.
[ cnn.com ]Dr. Gupta looks back on the pandemic as US deaths surpass 675,000
More than 675,000 people in the United States have died from Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. That surpasses the estimated US death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic, the deadliest pandemic of the 20th century. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
[ cnn.com ]Messi surpasses Pelé to become South America's top international goal scorer in men's football
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in Argentina's 3-0 win against Bolivia to become South America's record goalscorer in men's international football.
[ cnn.com ]Look at these stunning before-and-after aerial images
Until a hurricane like Ida passes, it's difficult to know what kind of damage has been done. It isn't until days after the storm makes landfall that images like those below emerge, clearly showing the destruction left in the storm's wake.
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