Andrew Yang explains why he's joining forces with opponent
New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer why he is joining forces with other candidates and campaigning alongside them.
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June 21, 2021
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'That's the way science works': Fauci fires back at critics
Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to critics who claim he is flip-flopping on his Covid-19 guidance on a New York Times podcast with Kara Swisher.
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June 21, 2021
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'It's too late for me': Why dying veteran fights to end military burn pits
35-year-old retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black has terminal colon cancer that his doctor says is linked to breathing in toxic fumes from burn pits used while serving in Afghanistan. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports on the effort to end their use and protect US military service members.
The VA website acknowledges the issue is being studied and that those exposed "may be at greater risk for longer-term health conditions."
In an email to CNN on Sunday, Veterans Affairs press secretary Terrence Hayes urgedveterans exposed to sign up for the burn pit registry and those feeling ill due to a possible toxic exposure to submit a claim.
"The more veterans who do so only helps us gather the information and research needed to provide the care they require."
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June 21, 2021
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CNN asked Iran's President-Elect about nuclear deal. Hear his reply
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, and called on President Joe Biden to return to the agreement. Answering a question by CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Raisi called on Biden to lift all sanctions before adding that Iran's ballistic missile program "is not up for negotiation."
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June 21, 2021
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Stelter: Why isn't Fox News fact-checking Carlson's January 6 claim?
CNN's Brian Stelter emailed Fox News a number of questions about host Tucker Carlson's claim that the FBI was behind the January 6 Capitol insurrection and why their team of journalists have not investigated the veracity of the allegations.
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June 20, 2021
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Growing list of Arizona Republicans have had enough amid 'audit'
CNN's Pamela Brown talks to conservative talk radio host Mike Broomhead about the Republican-led election audit in Arizona that is entering its final stages, despite a process that was plagued by questions about transparency.
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June 20, 2021
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Acosta awards Carlson 'BS factory employee of the month' distinction
CNN's Jim Acosta slams Republicans and members of the right-wing media who continue to embrace a false conspiracy theory that claims the FBI orchestrated the Capitol insurrection. #CNN #News
June 19, 2021
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Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, set to win Iran's presidential election
Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, is set to win Iran's controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry and reported by state media Saturday.
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June 19, 2021
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Mike Pence heckled at conservative conference
Members of the crowd heckled former Vice President Mike Pence while he was speaking at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Kissimmee, Florida.
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June 18, 2021
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Haberman: Trump is preparing for an indictment
CNN's Maggie Haberman says that President Joe Biden's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin really underscored to former President Donald Trump that he's no longer president while he and his advisers are preparing for a criminal indictment.
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June 18, 2021
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Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday
President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day -- a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States -- will go down as "one of the greatest honors" of his presidency.
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June 17, 2021
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SE Cupp: Joe Biden failed to meet this moment
CNN's SE Cupp discusses former presidents' treatment of the media and the consequences of disrespecting reporters after President Joe Biden had tense moments with the press at a summit in Geneva with Russian President Vladmir Putin. #CNN #News
June 17, 2021
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Lemon reacts to 14 Republicans voting against Juneteenth holiday
CNN's Don Lemon discusses the House decision to overwhelmingly pass a bill that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
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June 17, 2021
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster agency
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples as potential foster parents because the agency believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
The dispute arose because Catholic Social Services -- which was receiving taxpayer funds -- was unwilling to work with LGBTQ couples as foster parents out of religious objections to same sex marriage. The policy was brought to the attention of the city in 2018 after inquiries from a local newspaper, and soon after the government put a freeze on the contract. The group, led by long-time foster parent Sharonell Fulton who has fostered more than 40 children over 25 years, brought suit.
The issue before the court was whether Philadelphia could require foster agencies to comply with its non-discrimination law.
READ: Supreme Court opinion in same-sex couple foster care agency case
READ: Supreme Court opinion in same-sex couple foster care agency case
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for six of the nine justices. Justices Thomas, Alito and Neil Gorsuch joined in the result, but did not join the majority's rationale -- and was disappointed at the result.
"The Court has emitted a wisp of a decision that leaves religious liberty in a confused and vulnerable state," Alito wrote. "Those who count on this Court to stand up for the First Amendment have every right to be disappointed -- as am I."
Alito would have gone much further overruling decades old precedent and making it much more difficult for the government to enforce laws that burden some individuals' religious beliefs.
They said they would have overturned a 1990 case that said that if a legal requirement applied equally to everyone, even if it burdened religious practice, it was constitutional as long as the government had a rational basis for the law.
"Today's decision is another victory for religious groups, but not the major one that they sought," said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
"The court's three most conservative justices wanted to overturn three decades of precedent and subject virtually all government regulations that even incidentally impact religious practice to the most exacting judicial scrutiny. But Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett appeared unwilling, or at least not yet ready, to make such a move -- resting the decision on narrower grounds," he added. "That may also explain why none of the three more progressive justices dissented -- lest they encourage the three justices in the middle to go bigger."
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June 17, 2021
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Officer injured in Capitol riot: GOP lawmaker wouldn't shake my hand
A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 blasted GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde on Wednesday evening for what he called "disgusting" behavior during a tense exchange.
Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the riot, told CNN's Don Lemon on "Don Lemon Tonight" that he had come across Clyde in the Capitol and had been dismissed by the congressman after approaching him outside an elevator Wednesday afternoon.
Fanone's account comes after 21 House Republicans, including Clyde, voted against legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who had defended the Capitol. The vote stood as the latest reminder that members of Congress still cannot agree on the facts of the deadly January 6 riot, and prompted the officer's visit to Capitol Hill.
Officer injured in Capitol riot says insurrection is a 'triggering' word for lawmakers downplaying January 6
Officer injured in Capitol riot says insurrection is a 'triggering' word for lawmakers downplaying January 6
"I was very cordial. I extended my hand to shake his hand. He just stared at me. I asked if he was going to shake my hand, and he told me that he didn't who know I was. So I introduced myself. I said that I was Officer Michael Fanone. That I was a DC Metropolitan Police officer who fought on January 6 to defend the Capitol and, as a result, I suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a heart attack after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull, as well as being severely beaten," Fanone said. "At that point, the congressman turned away from me."
Once the elevator doors opened, Fanone said, the congressman "ran as quickly as he could, like a coward."
Clyde's office did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. The congressman also previously ignored questions from CNN asking to explain his vote against the Congressional Gold Medal bill.
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June 17, 2021
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Why the Supreme Court ruled to save Obamacare
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block the entire law.
The justices said that the challengers of the 2010 law did not have the legal right to bring the case.
Justice Stephen Breyer penned the decision that was 7-2. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
The court's ruling comes as President Joe Biden -- a firm supporter of the law that was passed while he served as President Barack Obama's vice president -- has expressed strong support for the law.
The justices noted that there is no harm to opponents from the provisions that they are challenging because Congress has reduced the penalty for failing to buy health insurance to zero.
"For these reasons, we conclude that the plaintiffs in this suit failed to show a concrete, particularized injury fairly traceable to the defendants' conduct in enforcing the specific statutory provision they attack as unconstitutional," Breyer wrote. "They have failed to show that they have standing to attack as unconstitutional the Act's minimum essential coverage provision."
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June 17, 2021
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See Chinese rocket launch to send astronauts to its space station
China successfully launched three astronauts into space, bringing the country one step closer to completing its new space station. CNN's David Culver reports and Becky Anderson speaks with Rick Larsen, co-chair of the bipartisan US-China Working Group.
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June 17, 2021
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The craziest conspiracy theory out of Trump’s White House
Wild conspiracy theories coming out of the Trump White House was common practice for four years, but details are emerging from emails sent by Donald Trump’s chief of staff to the Department of Justice that put one of them in a whole new light. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza unpacks Italygate, a conspiracy theory that Italian satellites influenced the 2020 election.
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https://www.facebook.com/italianslang/posts/the-italian-american-slang-word-of-the-day-is-maddonemadone-marone-madona-mia-ma/948698558500196/
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Fact check: Claims of electoral fraud in Rome, dubbed 'ItalyGate,' are baseless
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/08/fact-check-italygate-claims-electoral-fraud-rome-baseless/6567335002/
ITALYGATE: The SMOKING GUN | the THEFT of the 2020 presidential election
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June 17, 2021
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Tucker Carlson promotes conspiracy that FBI planned Capitol riot
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is promoting a new baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI planned the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. CNN's Brian Stelter has more.
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June 17, 2021
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See how Putin responded to CNN reporter's questions after summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to CNN's Matthew Chance on a series of questions including his relations with President Biden, cyberattacks and jailed opposition critic Alexey Navalny.
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June 17, 2021
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