Politics

By Morgan Rimmer and Jessica Dean, CNN Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday pushed back on claims that her extended absence from the Senate, and the Judiciary Committee, as she recovers from shingles has caused a significant delay in advancing and confirming judicial nominees. Feinstein indicated in the statement that she still plans to return but

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House on Thursday expressed openness to a short-term fix to the debt ceiling as the US barrels toward a June default with the full faith and credit of the US government in the balance. “Congressional leaders are going to have to figure out a way to do this. Of

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the current Republican favorite to be the party’s nominee for governor in 2024, has a long history of remarks viciously mocking and attacking teenage survivors of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for their advocacy for

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin ratcheted up demands for Chief Justice John Roberts to police the actions of Clarence Thomas in the wake of a new ProPublica report showing a GOP megadonor paying school tuition for a close relative of the conservative justice. But Durbin told CNN he can’t

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Four members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, DC, for their roles to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election. Enrique Tarrio — the Proud Boys

By Simone Pathe, CNN Maryland Rep. David Trone, who’s poured millions of his own money into his congressional campaigns, is announcing his Senate candidacy on Thursday, accelerating what will likely be a competitive Democratic primary for the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin. His announcement video opens with a ticking clock and Trone rattling off

By Marshall Cohen, CNN President Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden, is mired in a contentious and highly personal child support battle with an Arkansas woman who is the mother of one of his daughters. The parties reached a settlement in 2020 where Hunter Biden would pay monthly child support of $20,000 to Lunden Roberts, but

By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump is trying to move the New York criminal case regarding hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to federal court, saying the Manhattan district attorney’s charges are tied to Trump’s duties as president. In a court filing Thursday, Trump’s lawyers also hinted

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN The Iowa legislature has passed a Republican-led bill that would roll back child labor protections, including the hours teens are allowed to work and the establishments where they can be employed. If signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds — who has expressed support for the measure — the bill would allow

By Fredreka Schouten Florida lawmakers have passed an array of new restrictions on groups that register voters — an action that voting rights experts say could make it harder for people of color in the state to register and participate in future elections. The measures are part of a sweeping elections bill that now awaits

By Liam Reilly and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed bills into law Wednesday that enshrine abortion rights and protect gender-affirming care. “In our state, no one should ever have to justify their humanity,” Moore said at the signing. “In our state, no one should have to justify their own humanness.” The

By Katelyn Polantz and Paula Reid, CNN Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith have been asking questions in recent weeks about the handling of surveillance footage from former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort after the Trump Organization received a subpoena last summer for the footage, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. The handling

By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Jill Biden and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited the Bronx Children’s Museum Wednesday, marking a rare moment where a justice from the nation’s highest court appeared at an event with one of the White House principals. The two women visited with children and toured the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States is “engaged with Syria, engaged with third countries” to try to bring detained journalist Austin Tice home, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “We are extensively engaged with regard to Austin, engaged with Syria, engaged with third countries, seeking to find a way to get him

By Sara Murray, Annie Grayer and Evan Perez, CNN Two top congressional Republicans are demanding internal FBI documents that an unnamed whistleblower claims will show then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national. The unverified allegation, outlined in a new letter Wednesday, is the most explosive claim House Oversight

By Kevin Liptak, CNN The powerful United Auto Workers is holding off on endorsing President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, citing concerns over his policies that would encourage a transition to electric vehicles, according to a memo from the union. Biden, who has termed himself the most “pro-union” president in history, has already received the backing

By Ted Barrett, CNN The White House faced another setback to its regulatory agenda Wednesday after Senate Republicans won bipartisan support for two votes, one related to solar panels made with Chinese parts, the second dealing with endangered species protections for the lesser prairie chicken. This comes after Republicans have succeeded in pushing legislation through

By Tina Burnside, LJ Spaet and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have reached a deal on legislation that would place restrictions on most abortions after 12 weeks. Assuming the agreement holds, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, who has worked to enshrine abortion rights, would be unable to

By David Wright, CNN Texas Democratic Rep. Colin Allred announced a run for US Senate on Wednesday morning, entering the race to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024. “We don’t have to be embarrassed by our senator. We can get a new one,” Allred said in his announcement video. Allred is a former

By Annie Grayer, Sara Murray, Paula Reid and Zachary Cohen, CNN President Joe Biden’s former executive assistant said she wasn’t aware that any classified documents were among the papers she packed for the then-vice president as he was leaving office, according to excerpts from her transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee provided to CNN.

By Steve Contorno, CNN Shortly after winning the GOP nomination for Florida governor in 2018, Ron DeSantis decided it would be too much to serve in the US House while campaigning to become the state’s top executive, so he voluntarily resigned from his congressional seat. “As the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, it is

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration, already facing an increase in border crossings, is setting plans in motion to manage an anticipated influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week, sources tell CNN. On May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the Title 42 authority,

By Devan Cole, CNN Newly released documents from the files of a late justice show how the Supreme Court was concerned with how to avoid appearing political when it ruled unanimously against President Bill Clinton’s attempts to avoid lawsuits in the White House 25 years ago. The decades-old documents provide a fresh look at how

By Donie O’Sullivan and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN President Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign has often been celebrated as the first to effectively use social media as a mobilization tool to capture the White House. In the 15 years since, the technology has gone from being a novel addition to a political campaign to transcending every

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court analyst Justice Sandra Day O’Connor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, Supreme Court documents released on Tuesday show. Memos found in the newly opened files

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A 41-year-old woman was arrested over the weekend for allegedly throwing a drink at Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz at a wine festival. The woman, Selena Chambers, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and one felony count of battery on an elected official. Chambers has been released on

By Kristin Wilson, Nicky Robertson and Lauren Koenig, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not address the absence of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, but typed up notes show the Democratic leader had prepared an answer should a question about Feinstein come up. “I spoke with Sen. Feinstein

By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge will hear arguments Thursday over a proposed protective order in Donald Trump’s criminal case that would limit the former president’s ability to publicize information about the investigation. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is seeking to restrain Trump’s access to the evidence it turns over to his attorneys,

By Celina Tebor and Shawna Mizelle, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed two bills into law aimed at increasing access to medication abortion and over-the-counter contraceptives for New Yorkers. The bills, which passed the New York state legislature earlier this year, “will make the difference between an unwanted pregnancy and a future

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Some Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that they want to see more transparency around the Supreme Court, though they railed against the Democratic push for Congress to impose a code of conduct on the justices who exempt themselves from many of the ethics rules that lower courts follow. The debate — coming

By Donald Judd, CNN The Muslim mayor who was turned away from an Eid reception at the White House on Monday said he believes it was due to racial profiling. When asked by CNN whether racial profiling was a factor, Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, said “there’s no doubt in my

By Fredreka Schouten and Shania Shelton, CNN Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have moved to erect new barriers to voting for high school and college students in what state lawmakers describe as an effort to clamp down on potential voter fraud. Critics call it a blatant attempt to suppress the youth vote as young people

By Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Tierney Sneed, CNN In a carefully worded, but blunt statement, conservative former federal judge J. Michael Luttig sent a warning shot to the Supreme Court, calling on the Court to enact a code of conduct that would “subject itself to the highest professional and ethical standards that would render

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN When the slim House Republican majority came into power this year, White House officials said they saw opportunities to work with Biden district Republicans — GOP lawmakers whose districts President Joe Biden carried in 2020. But nearly four months into the new Congress — and with the debt ceiling showdown now

By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has accepted an invitation to meet with President Joe Biden on May 9 about the debt ceiling, according to a source familiar, setting the stage for a high-stakes moment in the debt ceiling standoff. Biden invited all four Congressional leaders to the meeting. Biden’s calls came after

By Jack Forrest and Joe Sutton, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law Monday banning gender-affirming care for minors with the possibility of a felony charge for health care professionals who provide it. Senate Bill 613 bars health care professionals from providing gender-affirming care to those under the age of 18 in

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US Marshals Service is still recovering from a February ransomware attack on a computer system holding sensitive law enforcement data and will soon bring a new version of the system online with better security, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday. “Most critical tools” related to the affected computer network

By Kit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed three “anti-crime” bills into law, one of which would make child rapists eligible for the death penalty with the minimum sentence of life in prison without parole. “We think that in the worst of the worst cases, the only appropriate punishment is the ultimate

By Tami Luhby, CNN The US could default on its obligations as soon as June 1 if Congress doesn’t address the debt limit before then, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday. “After reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy all of the government’s obligations