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As Omicron disrupts schools and causes a surge in pediatric hospitalizations, the FDA authorizes Pfizer’s booster for 12-15-year-olds, while also chopping a month off the timeline to get the third shot. Also: The NY Attorney General subpoenas the former President’s children, Ivanka and Donald Jr. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad...

Holiday travel plus the highly transmissible Omicron variant equals record-breaking Covid cases across the country. Thanks to vaccinations hospitalizations and deaths remain lower than last winter's surge. But, the variant is causing staffing shortages from airlines to hospitals. Plus: nearly a year since the January 6th Capitol attack, 6 in 10 Republicans still believe there was significant voter...

Omicron pushes the average U.S. daily Covid case count above 300,000. Now the variant has some states rethinking when and how kids will go back to school. Plus: Despite low unemployment and stock market records, the everyday economic reality for some Americans feels very different. And: Biden and Putin prepare to speak again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/pri...

As an American Covid-19 case record falls, the CDC chief explains why the agency reduced its isolation advice if you’re asymptomatic … and why it left testing out of the equation. Plus: Putin reaches out to Biden. And: a look back at Harry Reid’s remarkable life. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

Omicron has scrambled everything. Daily Covid cases climb to 237,000, more kids land in hospitals and the CDC changes its isolation guidance to 5 days for asymptomatic cases. Plus, Democrats run over the same old ground. Is President Biden's agenda dead, or can Joe Manchin be swayed? And, Democrats have the slimmest of majorities in the U.S. Senate with the balance of power at 50/50. CNN identifie...

As the Omicron surge continues, the U.S. is now averaging nearly 200,000 new Covid cases per day, and the biggest concern, with New Year's Eve celebrations around the corner - will a spike in hospitalizations and death come next? Plus, President Biden closes out his first year in office where he began, with his giant rewrite of the American social safety net still unfinished. Senator Cardin says t...

President Biden ends his first year in office with the lowest approval ratings of his career. He can also point to some big wins, like a bipartisan infrastructure bill and low unemployment. But can he recover politically as long as Covid still dominates voters’ lives? Plus – Manchin in the middle. How the West Virginia Democrat became Washington’s indispensable man. Can fellow Democrats convince h...

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Noting the Omicron variant may be “the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes,” doctors predict a "a viral blizzard" with “millions of cases in our communities.” Plus: Biden’s year-end agenda falls short, leaving a 2022 scramble. And: More evidence the Trump coup attack was real. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more abo...

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Colleges retreat to online learning, big games are postponed, and big Broadway shows are shuttered. Omicron, Delta, plus the flu bring a new season of uncertainty … President Biden’s biggest priorities are stalled because Democrats can’t work out their differences … Wall Street likes the new Federal Reserve plan to fight inflation, but how might they impact you? To learn more about how CNN protect...

A brand-new CNN poll reveals two-thirds of Americans have doubts about President Biden’s leadership … Will the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against Mark Meadows? … The Omicron explosion. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the House prepares to hold President Trump’s former Chief of Staff in contempt, new evidence – texts from Donald Trump Jr. on January 6 – makes clear why getting the full truth is so important … Encouraging data on the Covid pill that fights serious illness and death … New reporting on one of the Democratic senators holding up a central piece of President Biden’s agenda. To learn more about how...

After being briefed on the government’s planned response to the devastation wrought by weekend tornados, the President announces he’ll visit Kentucky on Wednesday. Also: Jan 6 committee prepares to hold Mark Meadows in contempt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A series of deadly tornadoes in the Midwest level towns and leave dozens dead. We have the latest from the storm zone. Plus, a new report on inflation shows prices rising at the fastest pace in 39 years. President Biden says the crisis has peaked – but can he convince Americans his administration has it under control? And do the latest numbers make it harder for him to get his “Build Back Better”...

A source confirms to CNN that the New York Attorney General’s office wants to question Donald Trump under oath and ask him if he lied about the value of his property. Also: The FDA says it’s okay for kids 16-17 to get a vaccine booster shot. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President says using force to confront Russia is “not in the cards right now,” but promises sanctions “like none he’s ever seen” if Putin sends in troops. Also: Jan 6 committee will seek criminal contempt charge against Mark Meadows. And: Pfizer says three vaccine shots provide robust defense against Omicron. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn mo...

Joe Biden goes one-on-one with Vladimir Putin, hoping to dissuade the Russian leader from attacking Ukraine. Meadows does an about-face. Nunes quits Congress to work for Trump. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two dramatic developments will make this week a defining test for Joe Biden on the world stage. #1: The White House announces a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics. #2: A phone call tomorrow between Biden and Vladimir Putin. Plus: New Covid travel rules … NYC expands its vaccine mandate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad ch...

The White House rolled out new measures to control Covid-19 ahead of an expected winter surge as the Omicron variant spreads. He says it won't include new lockdowns or domestic restrictions -- but Republicans are attacking it anyway. Plus, nearly 50 years since Roe v. Wade, five conservative Supreme Court justices signal they may be ready to overturn the landmark ruling. And another week of infigh...

Hear the press conference where prosecutors explained why James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the 15-year-old charged in this week's deadly shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School, have been charged with four counts each of homicide involuntary manslaughter. Also: Joe Biden wants Americans to see that the economy’s about to get better, but convincing them is critical to himself and the p...

President Biden outlines a new plan: flooding the country with at-home tests (and getting insurance to pay for them), and convincing companies to give employees time off so they can get boosted. Plus: new CNN reporting reveals Mark Meadows repeatedly peddled bogus theories about 2020 election fraud on officials across the government. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn...

Arguments wrap up in Dobbs vs. Jackson. At stake, Roe vs. Wade and the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion. Plus: A shocking revelation in former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadow’s new book. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the new Omicron variant spreads to at least 19 nations, the CDC ups its guidance on boosters, recommending all adults should get an added shot. Also: An appeals court hears Donald Trump’s bid to keep his White House records secret. How its decision will help or hamstring the Jan 6 committee. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad ch...

The President vows to fight the new COVID variant with “knowledgeable scientific action and speed, not chaos and confusion” … and again urges Americans to get vaccinated. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices