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All eyes are on the Senate as Democrats plan a critical procedural vote on their voting rights bill on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators pushing a compromise infrastructure bill hope to convince President Biden to throw his support behind it.
Plus, Republicans hope they've found a new front in the culture wars: critical race theory.
And, New York City voters head to the polls this week to pick nominees for mayor. Will Democrats go with an ex-Republican former cop as their candidate?
On today's panel: CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Julie Pace of the Associated Press, The Washington Post's Paul Kane, Eva McKend of Spectrum News; CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic.
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Breaking news: The Justice Department releases harrowing new videos from January 6th showing a Trump supporter taunting, stalking and punching law enforcement outside the US Capitol.
Plus, Republicans gathering at a conservative conference take aim at a new target: critical race theory
And, Senator Mitch McConnell dashes Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s dreams of a bipartisan voting rights compromise.
On today’s show: CNN’s Abby Phillip, Jessica Schneider and Jeremy Diamond; CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Andrew McCabe; Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast; Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times; Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Univ. Center for Health Security; and University of Texas Public Affairs and History Professor Peniel Joseph.
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The Supreme Court rejects another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, leaving the Obama-era healthcare law in place.
Plus, President Biden returns from a fence-mending trip abroad only to face big Democratic tensions over stalled domestic priorities.
And, President Biden is poised to make Juneteenth a national holiday today, but despite all Senators voting for the bill, 14 House Republicans voted against it.
On today’s show: CNN’s Joan Biskupic, Jeremy Diamond and Nia-Malika Henderson; Paul Kane of The Washington Post; Margaret Talev of Axios; and Catherine Lucey of The Wall Street Journal
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On his first foreign trip as President, Joe Biden is delighting the country's closest allies as he says on the world stage America is back. Meanwhile, he prepares to take a hard line against Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Wednesday summit.
And, following revelations that Trump's Justice Department secretly seized the phone records belonging to two Democratic congressmen, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are demanding answers.
Plus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed a new infrastructure plan, but can it earn enough votes to clear the Senate?
On today's panel: CNN's John Harwood, Olivier Knox of the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal's Vivian Salama, Laura Barron Lopez of Politico, Politico's Melanie Zanona; CNN Legal Analyst Carrie Cordero.
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The Trump Justice Department secretly subpoenaed Apple to obtain phone data belonging to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee as part of a leak investigation. Now, Attorney General Lisa Monaco is asking the Justice Department’s Inspector General to investigate the handling of these subpoenas.
Plus, a group of 10 bipartisan senators signal that they have reached a compromise on an infrastructure package -- but the proposal faces an uncertain future in both chambers of Congress.
And, a Peach-state sized blow to Trump’s 2022 recruitment efforts. Sources tell CNN that the former president’s top recruit to primary Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has eyes for another job.
On today’s show: CNN’s Abby Phillip, Jessica Schneider, Manu Raju, Evan Perez, Kaitlan Collins and Michael Warren; CNN Legal Analyst Carrie Cordero; Tarini Parti of The Wall Street Journal; Margaret Talev of Axios; and Karoun Demirjian of The Washington Post.
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President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson renew a World War II accord that seeks to strengthen ties between both nations as they face new threats.
And, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar under fire from members of her own party. Jewish Democrats are demanding that she apologize after she equated the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban.
On today’s show: CNN’s Clarissa Ward, Kaitlan Collins, Kylie Atwood and Jessica Schneider; Vivian Salama of the Wall Street Journal; POLITICO’s Laura Barrón-López and former CDC detective Dr. Seema Yasmin.
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An 8-day trip nearly 50 years in the making – President Joe Biden embarks on his first foreign trip as commander-in-chief. The President leaves behind a stalled domestic agenda and faces his first summit with Vladimir Putin.
Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris' answer on visiting the border worries some in the White House – as she faces criticism from both sides of the aisle.
On today’s show: CNN’s Arlette Saenz and Dana Bash; Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post; Lisa Lerer and Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times; and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker.
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Can President Biden make a deal with Republicans to re-shape America's infrastructure? The White House rejected the GOP's latest offer, but Biden says he's not ready to give up on negotiations.
Plus, Democrats see an existential threat as Republican-led states advance voting restriction bills. But do they have any chance at passing an election reform bill after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he'll only support a voting bill that's bipartisan?
Former President Donald Trump is back at the podium -- peddling the same 2020 election fraud claims and slamming President Biden for his handling of the economy.
At today's roundtable: CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Julie Hirschfeld Davis of the New York Times and Spectrum NY1 Political Anchor Errol Louis.
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Breaking: Facebook suspends former President Donald Trump from its platform until January 2023.
Plus, FBI Director Christopher Wray likens the recent spate of cyberattacks to terrorism in the wake of 9/11.
And, a brand-new jobs report shows that the economy is on the mend but not as fast as forecasters predicted.
On today's show: CNN's Abby Phillip, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Donie O'Sullivan; Sabrina Siddiqui of The Wall Street Journal, Jackie Kucinich of the Daily Beast; former director of the National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter; Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics and C. Nicole Mason of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
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The Biden administration doubles down on its pledge to help vaccinate the world by sharing at least 80 million doses by the end of June.
Plus, new CNN reporting on former President Trump's obsession with the ‘Big Lie." As one former adviser puts it: He's now listening to the “bottom of the bottom of the crazies in the barrel.”
And, the Justice Department now looking at campaign contributions made by the Postmaster General's private sector employees.
On today’s show: CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Nia-Malika Henderson, Dana Bash, Kyung Lah and Kristen Holmes; POLITICO’s Rachael Bade and NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe; AJC’s Tia Mitchell and Jeremy Wallace of the Houston Chronicle.
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