June 09, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, meets with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Monday, June 7, 2021, at the National Palace in Guatemala City. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Harris invites all female senators for dinner at Naval Observatory amid infrastructure negotiations

By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris has invited every female senator to the Naval Observatory for dinner next Tuesday, according to a Harris aide and Senate aide, in a show of bipartisanship among a deeply divided Congress. If everyone invited attends, the guest list would consist of 24 female senators — 16 Democrats and

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Protesters wave at cars that honk at them to support the protest against Houston Methodist Hospital system's rule of firing any employee who is not immunized by Monday, June 7, 2021, at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas. Houston Methodist staff who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine so far and their supporters participated in a gathering and march. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Employees protest against Houston hospital’s policy that all staff must be vaccinated against Covid-19

By Carma Hassan, CNN A group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system’s requirement that staffers be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. Employees had to get the Covid-19 vaccine by June 7, according to Houston Methodist. More than 100 staffers at Houston Methodist filed a lawsuit on

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US Vice President Kamala Harris (C) participates in a bilateral meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City on June 7, 2021. - US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala on June 6, 2021, bringing a message of "hope" to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who will also visit Mexico, is making her first journey abroad as President Joe Biden's deputy with an eye toward tackling the root causes of migration from the region -- one of the thorniest issues facing the White House. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Administration officials perplexed by Harris’ border answer and worry it will overshadow her trip

By Nikki Carvajal, Kate Sullivan, Dana Bash, Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond Vice President Kamala Harris endured a rocky first foreign trip since taking office, with sources telling CNN her two-day swing through Mexico and Guatemala left some administration officials quietly perplexed about what they perceive as her bumpy answers to questions about whether she

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US reports lowest average of daily Covid-19 infections and deaths since March 2020. But experts warn millions are still vulnerable

By Aya Elamroussi The US is making significant strides in curbing the coronavirus pandemic just in time for the summer, with reported infections reaching a new low over the last year. The country averaged less than 14,400 daily reported infections and 427 deaths over the past seven days, according to Johns Hopkins University data. It’s

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President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden takes the lead role he’s always craved in his high-stakes first trip abroad as president

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins When President Joe Biden told officials this spring that he wanted to meet soon with his Russian counterpart for a summit, his team quickly set out to make it happen — even if some wondered what he really hoped to achieve. The last two administrations — including

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