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By Nicole Gaouette, CNN Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to address long-standing complaints that the State Department places…

By Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Amid a rift over a new security agreement between the United States, Australia and the…

By Maegan Vazquez and Arlette Saenz, CNN American officials are defending a new deal to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines after…

By Tierney Sneed Listeners of the St. Louis talk radio show “Tomorrow’s News Today” were treated Wednesday to live audio of Roger…

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The White House has informed governors about the number of Afghan refugees they can expect to be resettled in their states…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN In a blog post shared first with CNN, White House economists argue that President Joe Biden’s climate agenda will not only…

By Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal grand jury has indicted cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann as part of a special counsel’s…

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday about the potential for violence from people involved in or opposed to the…

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Hackers breached the Republican Governors Association in February, potentially exposing the personal data of nearly 500 people…

By Eric Bradner and Dan Merica, CNN Immediately after Gavin Newsom beat back a recall effort, Democratic officials in California called for reforms…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge blocked the Biden administration from expelling migrant families with children apprehended at the US-Mexico…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday it is launching an investigation into fossil fuel industry…

By Rosa Flores, Kacey Cherry, Rosalina Nieves and Melissa Alonso, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he has directed the Texas Department of…

By Daniel Dale Swing state by swing state, former President Donald Trump is trying to get people who tried to overturn the 2020 election chosen to be…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Infighting within the Biden administration over the onslaught of challenges facing officials has, at times, stalled…

By Zachary Cohen, CNN New satellite images obtained by CNN reveal North Korea is expanding a key facility capable of enriching uranium for nuclear…

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, is struggling with a crucial decision: Whether to ask South…

By Jeff Zeleny, Don Lemon and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House offered to connect rapper Nicki Minaj with one of the Biden administration’s…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s new vaccine mandates and said Republican governors…

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A gun-control group that helped turn Virginia blue two years ago plans to spend more than $1.8 million in a bid to shape…

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans are trying to distance themselves from Saturday’s right-wing rally on Capitol Hill, an event that could…

By Jessica Schneider and Devan Cole, CNN The organizer of the right-wing rally coming up Saturday in Washington, DC, downplayed concerns of potential…

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security needs to enhance its Covid-19 prevention measures at the US-Mexico border, a newly released…

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former US rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard said Wednesday that she “would really like to see some follow-through”…

By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Tami Luhby, CNN A small group of House Democrats voted against key drug pricing provisions on…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Senate hearing Wednesday gave several acclaimed gymnasts who were abused by Larry Nassar a powerful platform to call out the…

By Delia Gallagher, Tom Foreman and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday said bishops debating whether to deny communion to public figures who…

By Katie Bo Williams and Jeremy Herb, CNN The defense of the top US military official kicked into gear across Washington Wednesday in response to…

By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Democratic leaders are actively discussing attaching an increase to the national debt limit onto a must-pass…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A federal judge on Wednesday set a hearing date for October 1 to consider a request from the Justice…

By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a new effort to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines,…

By Oren Liebermann and Alex Marquardt, CNN US Capitol Police have requested DC National Guard assistance ahead of planned right-wing protests…

By Dan Merica, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top aides were so confident the night before the Democratic governor defeated the effort to…

By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appellate court on Wednesday largely halted a judge’s order that would have upended the…

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday called the results of California’s recall vote “a resounding win” for…

By Kara Scannell A federal judge overseeing columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump has denied…

By Betsy Klein, Oren Liebermann and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has “great confidence” in Chairman of the…

By Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to subpoena the Pennsylvania Department of State for millions of voters’…

By Gregory Krieg, Veronica Stracqualursi and Ethan Cohen, CNN Boston mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George, both Democratic city…

By Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Actress, activist and humanitarian Angelina Jolie visited the White House on Wednesday and met…

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most Americans feel democracy is under attack in this country (56%), according to a new CNN Poll…

USA gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about the…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Olympic gymnasts McKayla Maroney and Simone Biles ripped the FBI and the Justice Department in Senate testimony Wednesday for…

By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of families will soon receive their third child tax credit payments, which the Internal Revenue Service sent out…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Six major climate provisions in congressional Democrats’ massive budget bill could slash US greenhouse gas emissions by…

By Marshall Cohen and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The September 18 right-wing rally in Washington, DC, had brought a new wave of concern about more potential…

By Eric Bradner and Dan Merica, CNN California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a decisive answer to the question of whether voters would…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In its boldest move to date, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Tuesday to issue a…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The FBI has fired an agent who is accused of failing to launch a proper investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry…

By Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans are digging in on their promise to vote against increasing the debt ceiling, lining up in defiance…

By Claudia Dominguez and Andy Rose, CNN Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced in a statement Tuesday that the state is suing President Joe…

By Manu Raju and Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Tuesday that he will place a hold on “every single civilian nominee”…

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN California’s recall election played out along established partisan lines, according to a California exit poll…

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN In their new book “Peril,” journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa explore the…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN ‘Succession’ star Alan Ruck was among the volunteer drivers in President Joe Biden’s motorcade during his trip…

By Maeve Reston and Gregory Krieg, CNN California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has defeated the effort to remove him from office, according…

By Christina Carrega, CNN A Miami nurse has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, the Justice Department announced.…

By Jessica Dean, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not rule out including raising the nation’s borrowing…

By Marshall Cohen, CNN The man who was caught with a machete and bayonet-style knife near the Democratic Party headquarters was formally charged…

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced federal computer fraud charges against three men who allegedly helped build a…

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN In their new book “Peril,” Bob Woodward and Robert Costa document how top…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will urge world leaders to collectively commit to vaccinating 70% of the world’s population against…

By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Four US military branches have set deadlines for when active-duty, reserve and National Guard service…

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end…

By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration plans to release most of a controversial $300 million tranche of aid for Egypt, with less than half…

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN It’s Election Day in California, where voters are deciding the recall fate of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The ballot…

By Nicole Gaouette and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Senate Republicans and Democrats expressed deep frustration with the Biden administration Tuesday,…

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump’s top…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN David Shahoulian, a senior Biden official at the Department of Homeland Security and influential figure on border issues,…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN After decades of inaction from the United States on climate, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats face a reckoning.…

By Christina Carrega and Peter Nickeas, CNN Federal law enforcement officers will be banned from using neck restraints during arrests and using…

By Tami Luhby, CNN The nation’s poverty rate rose to 11.4% last year, but the first two rounds of federal stimulus payments helped keep 11.7…

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats are proposing new legislation to overhaul voting laws after months of…

By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN The attempted recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom will reach its crescendo on Tuesday, with polls and ballot…

By Zachary Cohen, CNN A few months before rioters stormed the US Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security restricted the flow of open-source…

By Gregory Krieg, CNN The city of Boston will select the two finalists for its November mayoral election on Tuesday in a preliminary contest that…

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Presidents’ club is teaming up to aid in a massive, bipartisan effort to welcome and support Afghan refugees that is…

By Maeve Reston, CNN Earlier this year, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for the right message to convince disengaged Democrats to…

By Dan Merica, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday offered his full-throated support of California Gov. Gavin Newsom as the pair attempted to thwart…

By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats returned to Washington on Monday suggesting they were far away from reaching a deal on a $3.5…

By Katie Bo Williams, CNN Afghanistan is no longer the US’ top concern among international terrorist threats to the American homeland, the…